Mrs.

Stonehouse’s
Peek at the Week
November 2, 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2 3 4 5 6
Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music Day 3 – Media Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music

IB PLANNER: Spelling Test

Environments Spanish

Spanish 1st Grade F.A.D.

Reading Buddies
Camp Payment is
due ($90)

MIS AMIGOS
Are you interested in helping to foster
interpersonal skills in children of all ages?
Would you like to build self- confidence,
leadership and respect in our
students? Then consider helping us lead
cross age groups called "Mis Amigos"
once a month. Call Marie Andrews at 651
426 2214 or andrews206@msn.com or
Sarah Hesseltine at 651 246 0222 or
ffreezinmn@aol.com.
We would love your participation!
IMPORTANT DATES:
 11/02 – Camp payment due $90
 11/09 – No School Classroom Volunteer Opportunities
 11/12 – Camp St. Croix A letter went home last week
 11/13 – Camp St. Croix asking for anyone interested in
 11/17 – Innisbrook Fundraiser pick up 3-6:30 volunteering regularly in class. We
 11/23 – Conferences (No School) have blocks of time in the morning
 11/24 – Conferences (No School) (11:00-12:00) with our Unit of Inquiry
 11/25-27 – No School
learning, and in the afternoons (1:00-
2:00) for math, and (2:00-3:00) for
book clubs, when it would be great to
have extra adult help. If your schedule
CLASS WEBSITE: would allow you to come and help once
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year. a week, or every other week, I would
Please check it out! love to hear from you. Thanks!
http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 Our week: CLASS NEWS
CAMP
Environments was the topic of our Unit October 26-30 We are getting excited for our
of Inquiry study this week. We learned about
upcoming trip to Camp St. Croix. All
scientific classification and defined some terms
payments are due on Monday,
from this planner. Ask your son or daughter
November 2nd. Behavior Contracts and
what an environmental factor is. We listed as
Medication Forms (green forms)
many different environments as we could, and
should be signed and returned at this
looked more closely at rain forests.
time as well. A packing list went home
Our math work focused on area and
last week, to help you prepare your
perimeter of rectangles, triangles and
child for our trip. We will be hauling
parallelograms. Math Talk is an important part
gear and leaving school at 9:00 am on
of our Math Expressions curriculum. We are
Thursday (11/12), and returning around
continuing to practice “listening for
2:15 pm on Friday (11/13). Students
understanding” and asking good questions of
may leave school any time after our
class mates. Some of the question prompts we
return. Transportation arrangements
are using in class include: “How did you
should be made for both Thursday &
know…?” “How is your strategy different
Friday.
from ______’s?” “Can you explain that
another way?” and “Why did you…?” There
is great value for the students in learning from
each other and articulating their math thinking.
Our conversations are getter richer every week.
We also worked hard in book clubs this
week. We are averaging a chapter a day of
reading, along with comprehension questions
and a vocabulary word or two. In general,
students are doing a nice job of keeping up CONTACT
with their book club work. This is important INFORMATION:
as it’s tough to catch up once you’ve fallen a Fun in Fifth Grade!! 
day or two behind.
Julie Stonehouse
As always, thanks for all of your Room 115
support at home. (651) 407-7600 x1609
Have a great week! jlston@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us
Thanks to everyone who
supported our Fall fun day
celebration with $$ donations and
help at school on Friday. A great
time was had by all!!