Fabian's Fifth Grade

March Madness is Here!

   Fifth grade is quite busy this month!  Please keep in mind that we are just weeks away from the CRCT and this is a critical year!!  Keep practicing on the computer with your login sent home in December.  Keep reviewing math vocabulary, and keep your student reading 30 min a day.  Discuss what is read with him/her to monitor the comprehension.

   Our out of town field trip is coming up!  We go to Chattanooga on Friday. March 16th.  Students must be at school by 6:30 a.m. that morning.  We will return to school around 5:00.  Please make sure your student is covered for rides to and from school that day!!  Breakfast will NOT be served before we leave.  Your student has a list of acceptable items to bring on the bus.  Thank you to our chaperone moms:  Mrs. McKouen, Mrs. May, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Kjar, and Mrs. Lange. 

    Thank you for going over those papers that come home in Thurs folders so we are sure that our students continue to make progress.  We do go over those in class, but working one on one with your child at home is the best!!

   Several of our students are in the March 9th talent show.  Tickets need to be purchased now if you are planning to attend.

The sock hop is coming up on March 14th (Wed).  Tickets need to be purchased ahead of time.

  Report cards come home on March 21st. 

Thank you all for your support!

Mrs. Fabian

February is here!!

  The days are going by so quickly.  We had a successful 100th day celebration with our pennies and probability activities.  We turned fractions into decimals and into percents as well!!   Thank you for the donations to our field trip fund.

   We are still short of some funds for the field trip, but we are hoping to get the outstanding money in soon!  Thank you for your timely payments.  We have four chaperones who have volunteered to ride with us!!

    In math we continue our geometry unit with reviewing perimeter and area of rectangles, triangles, and even irregular shapes!!  Reviewing this and all math concepts learned this year is ESSENTIAL as you prepare for the CRCT.  Your student's math journal should be full of great vocabulary and examples to review.  Keep practicing online as we move closer to the test date.

    All my students are working on a writing fair entry of their choice.  In the next week we will be working on typing the final copies.  Writing fair entries can only have a minimum of teacher and parent editing help.  Our statewide fifth grade writing test takes place during the first week of March.

     Thank you, as always, for making sure your student completes any homework each evening.  They should be reading at least 30 minutes each night.  We continue to record our 25 chapter books to be completed by the end of the school year.

Christi Fabian

 

 

 

 

Fifth Grade Second Semester

   We are in the second semester of fifth grade.  We are working on responsibilities to prepare us for middle school.

   If you have not returned the report card envelope and signature card, please do so as soon as possible.

   In math we have started the geometry unit.  Please take time to review the vocabulary with your student. 

   Students should be practicing for the CRCT online using the information sent home just prior to the holiday.

   Remember -- field trip money is due next week.  We will be making a decision on whether we have enough money to make the trip.

   Reminder -- 100 pennies for our 100th day of school next week!

    Human Growth and Development permission forms are coming home today.  Please read over carefully.

    Mrs. Fabian

 

Happy 2012!!!

   Welcome back to school fifth graders!!  It is the last HALF of the year coming up.  My goodness, time flies!!

    Report cards went home today (Fri. Jan 13th).  Please return the signature card and envelope next week.  Remember there is no school on Mon. Jan 16th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  The student assignment for the weekend is to perform a random act of kindness in memory of Dr. King.  We will write about it next week.

     Look for information to come home next week about Immigration Day where we celebrate what life was like for the immigrants coming into our country around the turn of the century (20th century, that is!).

   Congratulations to our room spelling bee winner, Cindy Bishop and our runner-up, Garrett May.  I can spell very well, but not in front of so many people!!  We are proud of you!

   Our geography bee representative is Taurean Davis.  Parents can always help out at home by going over basic map skills and geography with their students!!

   More information to come soon!  It's good to be back, but vacation was sure restful!!

Mrs. Fabian

 

Fifth Grade Half Way Point

   It is hard to believe this is the end of the second nine weeks and halfway into our fifth grade year.  We have accomplished quite a bit, but of course, have a ways to go!!!!

    Our Holiday party is Thurs. Dec. 22 at 1:00.  Thank you for all the contributions.  The favorite thing for most fifth graders is to eat and talk, so we will enjoy some social time.

    Over the holiday break, please, please, please work on those multiplication and division facts!!  Review our fifth grade fraction concepts.  We want to be ready to move on to geometry soon after the new year begins.

    Keep your fifth grader reading!!  Our goal was to have 50 AR points by this break; however, less than 1/3 of us have reached this goal.  We visit the media center each week.  They have a chance to check out books whenever they need new ones.  Try reading together over the break.

    We will see you on Jan 9th!!!

Mrs. Fabian

 

Heading into December!!

     Welcome back from Thanksgiving break!!  We have four weeks to go before another break and four weeks before the end of the grading period!  Academic Alerts come home this week!

     Thank you for working on those math facts over the holiday!!  Fifth grade math is so much easier when we know our facts.  We continue to work on adding and subtracting fractions, and we'll soon be multiplying and dividing them. 

      Our goal for AR points is 50 points by the December break.  Thank you for keeping your fifth grader reading every (or almost every) night!  They should have at least 12 chapter books read by December since the requirement for fifth grade is 25 chapter books!!

     We have our Social Studies test on Friday over Reconstrucrion.  Thank you for helping your student prepare for the test.  They should have completed study guides on Ch. 6:  Lessons 4 & 5. 

     In science the students are attending class with Ms. Wright learning about electricity and magnetism. 

    Next Wednesday we are attending our annual performing arts performance at the Cobb County Energy Center.  We will be listening to the Atlanta Symphony.  We ask the students to make sure they are dressed nicely to attend a performance. 

    Our holiday party will be held the last Thursday before break at 1:00.  More information to follow!!

Thank you!!

Christi Fabian

 

    

November is Here!!

Thank you for the wonderful first nine weeks attendance. Many of our students have perfect

attendance during this time.

Reminder that this week Tuesday (11/08) is a student holiday. This would be a great day to practice math facts on a wonderful website like multiplication.com. We are moving into our fraction unit and will be working on finding equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions right away. In fifth grade we add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. The final answer must always be in simplest form!!

Our Civil War Simulation Day was a great success. We had many interesting costumes and discussions. We have completed our Civil War lessons and will begin learning about the Reconstruction era starting this week.

The students have science projects due for Ms. Douglas this Wed. 11/09 as we finish this unit of science. Next week they will begin the unit on electricity and magnetism with Ms. Wright.

Keep your student reading at least 20 minutes each night, and remind them to keep up with their AR tests. A couple of our classmates are close to the 100 points mark!! Everyone should have a goal of 25 points by the Christmas holidays.

Thanks for all the support! We are working together to develop responsible, organized students!!

Mrs. Fabian

Conference Week Ahead!

  Reminder, parents, that next week is conference week!  Students will be released early, and you will be attending a conference at your scheduled time Mon - Fri. 

   We are busy into the second nine weeks.  Keep your students reading 20 min every night.  It is their responsibility, but they do need reminders.  Have them read to you or another family member as part of their time.  They must read at least 25 chapter books this fifth grade school year, and you can help them keep on track for this goal.  Some of my voracious readers are already close, so make their goal 50!

  Remember our Civil War Simulation will be next Friday, Oct 28th.  This should prove to be memorable for the students to "live" in the 19th century during this horrific time in our history. 

 Keep practicing those math facts!!  Most fifth graders will tell you they "know" those facts, but if they have to take more than a second to come up with the fact, they do not know them well enough!  Fifth grade math will be soooo much easier with knowledge of those facts!  They should have a list of websites in their agendas for good places to study these facts online.  Of course, they know more fun sites to go to than either you or I do! 

   Thank you for keeping the snacks healthy!  Keep that in mind especially the day after Halloween!  Next week they will not need snack as we have lunch quite early during conference week.

Thanks, as always, for your support!!

Mrs. Fabian

Halfway Through Our First Quarter

  Wow!  Time does fly in fifth grade!!

   We continue in math working on factors and multiples.  Practice those math facts at home!!

   Tues 9/20 is our Social Studies test on Chapter 5:  Lessons 1 & 2.  We have a study guide that will prepare us for the test. 

    Thurs 9/22 Academic Alerts go home for students experiencing grade averages of 70 or below.  There are suggestions for how to help your student on them.  As always, let us know of concerns you have at home as well.

   Spelling words for the week of 9/19:

fondness                        graceful                restless

beautiful                        skillfulness            politeness

truthful                           priceless                friendliness

fanciful                        flawless                    emptiness

careful                        tireless                    respectful

speechless                darkness                    grateful

kindness                    worthless                    breathless

flawlessness            delightful                    thoughtlessness

Thank you for the support,

Christi Fabian

 

Fabian News 9/11

   We continue to work hard in math reviewing divisibility rules, prime and composite concepts, and factoring.  We are working on adding and subtracting decimals.  Our math facts skills are a little bit rusty; extra practice with flash cards never hurts!!

    We have started our Social Studies chapter on causes of the Civil War. 

   Spelling words for next week starting 9/12:

      cleanest            fancier                    cleaner            stranger

     quieter               quietest                   hungriest        harshest

     earlier                louder                      shiniest          trickiest

     strangest         fanciest                    hungrier            harsher

     busier                busiest                    shinier            trickier

   duller                    dullest                    earliest            loudest

Have a great weekend!!

Christi Fabian