From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Dec. 16, 2013

Thought: Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.  ~Norman Vincent Peale  What does this mean to your family?_____________________

Upcoming Dates:

Dec.18^th- Early Out       Dec.19^th- Christmas Sing

Dec.20^th- School Christmas Movie-CLASS CHRISTMAS PARTY and CRAFT -Please bring a $1 wrapped gift.

Volunteer Food Assignments:

Chocolate Milk-              Cut up Strawberries-

Cut up Oranges-             Cups and Plates-

Dec.23-Jan.5^th- Winter Recess

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.4- Multiplication Patterns and Whole Numbers with Decimals- Math Tutoring is available schoolwide afterschool M, T, Th and Friday from 3:30-4:00 from Mr.Jenkins.

Reading-Key Ideas and Details

Informational Text Standard 2 
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. Class Story- “Seeing Earth from Space”  

I have assigned and sent home our Historical Fiction Book Report Packet due Jan.7^th Please make sure your student is reading a book they haven’t read beforeJ

Science- Science Benchmark- Magnets

Earth and some earth materials have magnetic properties. Without touching them, a magnet attracts things made of iron and either pushes or pulls on other magnets.

Social Studies- The United States Grows

Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 17-suffixes

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT  Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

                From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Dec. 9, 2013

Thought: The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.  ~James Bryce    

What does this mean to your family?_____________________

Upcoming Dates:

Dec.10^th- Santa Flight Fieldtrip and Assembly

Dec.11^th- Early Out

Jan. 7^th- Historical Fiction Book Report Packet Due

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.4- Multiplication Patterns and Whole Numbers with Decimals-

GREAT JOB on those who passed off their times table chart completely for our Winter BBQ!!

Math Tutoring is available schoolwide afterschool M, T, Th and Friday from 3:30-4:00 from Mr.Jenkins.

Reading-Key Ideas and Details

Reading: Informational Text Standard 1 
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.   Class Story- “Oceans”  

I have assigned and sent home our Historical Fiction Book Report Packet due Jan.7^th Please make sure your student is reading a book they haven’t read beforeJ

Science- Science Benchmark- Magnets

Earth and some earth materials have magnetic properties. Without touching them, a magnet attracts things made of iron and either pushes or pulls on other magnets.

Social Studies- The United States Grows

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 15-suffixes w –tion/-ness

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Dec. 2, 2013

Thought: Don't be fooled by the calendar.  There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.  ~Charles Richards     What does this mean to your family?_____________________

Upcoming Dates:

Dec.4^th- Early Out

Dec.6^th- 5^th Grade Multiplication BBQ

Jan. 7^th- Historical Fiction Book Report Packet Due

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.3- Test Moving into Chp.4- Multiplying Decimals

Math Tutoring is available schoolwide afterschool M, T, Th and Friday from 3:30-4:00 from Mr.Jenkins.

Reading-Reading: Literature Standard 10 
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Continue to develop fluency when reading documents written in cursive.

Class Story- “Summer of Fire”   **November Reading Calendar Due

I have assigned and sent home our Historical Fiction Book Report Packet due Jan.7^th

Science- Beginning our Unit on Magnets

Social Studies- The United States Grows

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 14 –words with –ant and -ent

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

          From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Nov. 18, 2013

Thought: Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare.  They are consumed in twelve minutes.  Half-times take twelve minutes.  This is not coincidence.  ~Erma Bombeck       What does this mean to your family?_____________________

Upcoming Dates:

Nov. 19^th- SUU Students

Nov.20^th- Early Out

Nov.22^nd- AR Assembly

Nov.26^th- All Day Fieldtrip to Zion National Park

Nov.27-29^th- Thanksgiving Holiday

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.3-Decimals Place Value, Standard Form and Expanded Form, Rounding and Using Base Ten Block Models

**Watch for information coming home. Math Tutoring will soon

 be available afterschool each day from 3:30-4:00 from Mr.Jenkins.

Reading- Reading: Literature Standard 9 
Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Class Story- “The Everglades” ** Start looking for a Historical Fiction Book to read for our upcoming book report. Mrs.Clark will give us many book options this Friday. 

Science- Landforms Review and Test

Social Studies- Chp.2 George Washington-Colonial America

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 12 –Compound Words

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

Nov. 11, 2013

Thought: “On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.”
—Dan Lipinski

What does this mean to your family?___________________________________

Wonderful Performance this past week by Violinist,Jenny Oaks Baker!!!

Upcoming Dates:

Nov. 12^th- SUU Students

Nov.13^th- Early Out

Nov.15^th- Picture Retakes

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.3-Decimals Place Value, Standard Form and Expanded Form, Rounding and Using Base Ten Block Models

Reading- Reading: Literature Standard 7 
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). Class Story- “ Island of the Blue Dolphins”

** Start looking for a Historical Fiction Book to read for upcoming book report

Science- Landforms- Our fifth grade thanks Discovery Gateway for the great “ MATTER” presentation

Social Studies- Chp.2 George Washington/Veteran’s Day

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 11 –Words with silent letters

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Nov. 4, 2013

Thought: When I started counting my blessings,
my whole life turned around.
Willie Nelson

Upcoming Dates:

Nov.5^th- SUU Students

Nov.6^th- Discovery Gateway Science on “MATTER”

Nov. 7^th- 12:50pm Walking to the Piute Tribal Building

Nov. 8^th- 11:00 am Walking to the Heritage Center to see

              Jenny Oaks Baker, the violinist perform.

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp.3-Decimals Place Value, Standard Form and Expanded Form

Reading- Reading: Literature Standard 6 
Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

Class Story- “ Woodsong”

Science- Landforms

Social Studies- Chp.2 Building a New Nation

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 10 –Plurals

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

                     From the desk of Mrs.Orton   

                               Oct.14, 2013

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING S.E.P.S!!

Thought:  “ Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.”  ~Jim Ryun

What does this mean to your family?________________

                                                                                            

Upcoming Dates:

Oct. 9^th- Early Out 2:30

Oct. 11^th- School Wide Health Screening-Vision and Hearing

Oct. 15^th- ESL Night 5:30pm

Oct.16^th- End of First Term

Oct. 17^th-21^st- Fall Recess

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp. 2 Divide Whole Numbers- Using base –ten blocks to model division, Estimating and Adjusting Quotients

Reading- Small Group Instruction

SUU Students- Reading: Informational Text Standard 9- Students will integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Class Story- Theme 1 Review of our past stories/skills-

“ Folktales from Asia”

Science- Landforms

Social Studies- Chp.2 Building a New Nation  

Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 7 adding –ed and –ing

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at valerie.orton@ironmail.org

From the desk of Mrs.Orton    

Sept.30, 2013

Thought: Fall seven times, stand up eight.  ~Japanese Proverb

What does this mean to your family?________________

                                                                                             

Upcoming Dates:

Sept.30^th- Oct. 4^th- SEP WEEK –School Dismissed at 2:30

Sept. 30^th- Suicide Prevention Parent Seminar 6-8:00pm-CHS

Oct.3^rd- Utah Core Standards Meeting 6:00pm-SUU

Oct. 4^th- Fall Pictures

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp. 2 Divide Whole Numbers- Place the First Digit, 1 and 2 digit Divisors and Interpret the Remainder

Reading- Small Group Instruction Begins

Reading: Reading: Literature Standard 3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).  

Class Story- Theme 1 Review of our past stories/skills-

“ We’ll Never Forget You Roberto Clemente”

Science- Landforms

Social Studies- Chp.2 Building a New Nation-SUU students

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 6 words ending in/zher/ and /cher/

I will be handing our the PATRIOT BOOK for your students to work on at home and at school. Pass off days will be the end of each month.

I’m looking forward to meeting with you this week for SEPSJ

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Questions/Concerns- I can be reached by phone-

Please call 586-2840, send a note with your student or email at

valerie.orton@ironmail.org

From the desk of Mrs.Orton    

Sept. 23, 2013
 

Thought: Having a place to go - is a home.  Having someone to love - is a family.  Having both - is a blessing.  ~Donna Hedges

What does this mean to your family?________________

Upcoming Dates:

 

ACCCLERATED READING PROGRAM IS ONLINE!!

Sept.24^th- Author Visit:  Tyler Whiteside “ Janitors”

Sept.25^th- Early Out

Sept. 26^th- 5^th Grade Maturation Program 2-3:30

Meeting Place: Mothers and Daughters- Library

Fathers and Sons- Gym

Sept. 27^th- AR ASSEMBLY- Try to get your blue eagle!

Sept.30^th- Oct. 4^th- SEP WEEK –School Dismissed at 2:30

Common Core Update:

Math- Chp. 2 Dividing with 1 and 2 digit numbers- It is essential you student has their times tables memorized!

Reading- Small Group Instruction Begins

Reading: Literature Standard 2 
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Class Story- Theme 1 Review of our past stories/skills                   

Science- Landforms- SUU Students coming to present lesson 

Social Studies- Chp.2 Building a New Nation

 Spelling/Vocabulary- Lesson 5 /s/, /z/ and /sh/ sound

I’m looking forward to meeting with you next week for SEPSJ

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT