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RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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READING ACTIVITIES Here are some of the books we will study during the year. Frindle Rip Van Winkle/Legend of Sleep Hollow Owls in the Family Family Under the Bridge Phoebe the Spy George Washington's Socks The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Castle Diary Knights of the  Kitchen Table Max and Me and the Time Machine Ella Enchanted Beautiful Land Caribbean and Pirates           Must have 50 AR points by the end of the year!

The major purposes of homework are to help students to become self-directed, independent learners, and improve their achievement. Parents should provide conditions conducive for studying and should monitor their children's home study time. We want to see 50 AR point by the end of the year!

Working Together for Student Success                             Issue 1                     January 2008

February excitement Medieval Build a Castle

Caribbean Unit We study this at the end of the year.

REWARDS AND CONSEQUENCES Our classroom often includes positive reinforcement as well as consequences. Students are rewarded for showing positive behaviors. When students show negative behaviors or break classroom rules they receive a consequence such as taking away a privilege.

Language Arts Standards: Fifth graders should be able to write a five paragraph composition including an introduction, three supporting paragraphs, and a summary. Recognize parts of speech and correct sentence structure. Use appropriate punctuation including capitalization, quotation marks, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, titles of books, poems, magazine, songs and stories. Math Standards: Fifth graders should know addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of whole numbers. Knows how to solve problems with two operations. Knows how to solve fractions using addition, subtraction, multiplications. Know how to change decimals to percents and fractions.

We study the Constitution, Branches of Government & the American Revolution.

Preparing for Testing...

Go to the free website: www.freerice.com You will find a vocabulary game and for every correct answer, the sponsors will donate money to buy rice for the UN to give to under privileged countries.

Mrs. Oldenburg

Mrs. Ronck