​IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENTS 
On December 23rd the class will be having a holiday party. Your student is welcome to bring a small gift of no more than $5 for another classmate in class, for our gift exchange. We will play a musical chair type game to exchange gifts. *If you need finical support to provide a gift please reach out to me via email and we will figure something out!

11.3.2022 Raider Ticket Classroom Game Time
11.4.2022 End Of Quarter
11.6.2022 Clocks fall back
11.7.2022 Conferences 
11.9.2022 Conferences 
11.11.2022 Veterans Day 
11.24.2022 NO SCHOOL
​11.25.2022 NO SCHOOL

In writing student will be writing a research paper on a type of government. Students will have a grammar and spelling packet to complete weekly. The packet is due on Fridays. In reading your student will be learning about comparing and contrasting. We will also be learning about point of view from which a story is told. 

In math we are finishing up chapter 3. In chapter 3 your student has been learning about ratios. In November we will also start leaning about precents and making conversions between decimals, fractions and precents. 

In the month of November students will be learning about the Solar System. We will spend time learning about the inner and outer planets in our solar system. We will also spend time learning about meteors, comets and asteroids. We will then take a look at things outside of our solar system.

In social studies we have been spending time learning about the Early Dakota and Ojibwe people. We are currently reading the book The Birchbark House, as part of this unit. The unit test will be coming up. Your student should be studying the material at home to prepare for the test. 

In math we have been working on chapter two. In chapter two the students are working with decimal and fraction operations. Chapter 2 test will be the week of October 10. We will start to learn about precents next. 

In social studies the students will complete their current event for the month. We will also be learning about the Early Dakota and Ojibwe people. We will start reading the book the Birchbark House in class this month. 

In math we will be working with place value, numeration and fractions and decimals in the month of September. 

Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. Students will have  grammar tests on Friday.

The first essay students will be writing this year is a personal narrative. 

In Social Studies we will start to look at the importance of MN history. 

Every Wednesday students will be completing a current event, where they will research an event that is currently happening in the world and share that event in a small gorup. 

To start off the year in science we will be learning about the solar system. 

We are studying two different genres this month in reading. We will cover Narrative Nonfiction as well as Realistic Fiction stories. Students will be working on identifying the main idea and supporting details as well as the story elements of a text. ​

3.4.22 NO SCHOOL 
3.22.22 End of the quarter

This month in Math we will start to learn about measurements. We are working with the customary measurements as well as metric measurements. After spending time to understand measurements we will move on to learn about shapes and understand the relationship between them. We have started to prepare for our MCA test with Minute Math. Each day your student is to complete a Minute Math worksheet, that is 10 questions to review math skills they have already learned. 

In Social Studies we just finished up learning about WWI. We will be starting to learn about the Boom and the Bust that followed the war. We will then move on to learn about WWII. 

This month student will be writing a Free Verse piece of poetry. Students will also be writing a research report on a country of their choice. 
Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. The class spends 15 minutes a day working in class on the grammar packet.  Grammar tests are on Fridays. 
At the start of the week your student should be brining home a spelling list. This list is for your student to keep at home. It is their responsibility to study their words at home. Students have time to complete their packet at school each week. ​

In reading we have started using this new program Reading Theory. This is an online website where students can practice their reading comprehension. 
This month in reading we will be doing a March Madness bracket with poems and songs to compare. We will listen and read to two and decide on the winner that moves onto the next round. 
We will be focusing on reading expository and historical fiction stories in reading.  

Currently in science students are learning about the Geological Time Scale. We are learning about the different layers of Earth's crust and how it relates to relative and absolute time. After learning about Geological Time Scale we will spend some time learning about fossils and the different time periods. 

2.4.22 January AR Party
2.4.22 Raider Time Groups "I Love to Read"
2.11.22 Raider Time Groups "I Love to Read"
2.14.22 Valentine's Day Party
2.18.22 Raider Time Groups "I Love to Read"
2.18.22 Kids Heart Challenge Kickoff
2.21.22 NO SCHOOL- Presidents Day
2.25.22 Raider Time Groups "I Love to Read"
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This month in reading we will be working on Unit 4. Within Unit 4, we will focus on biographies, dramas and poetry. Students will be starting Literature Circles in the month of February. They will be put into groups of four and hold their own book club for the book. This month is I Love to Read, students will be working towards reading 1,000 books as a school. We will have Raider Time groups on Fridays where students will be reading to younger students for 20 minutes to try and reach this goal. 

In science we are finishing up our unit on earthquakes and volcanoes within the first two weeks of the month. We will then have a short review on the rock cycle, then go into weathering, erosion and deposition. 

In the first week of the month students will start to work on writing a biography. Each student will pick one person they wish to research more and will write a five paragraph biography on their person.
Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. The class spends 15 minutes a day working in class on the grammar packet.  Grammar tests are on Fridays. 
At the start of the week your student should be brining home a spelling list. This list is for your student to keep at home. It is their responsibility to study their words at home. Students have time to complete their packet at school each week. ​

We are just finishing up topic 10, where your student is learning about integers. We will be starting to work with percentages next. At the end of the month we will start to work with probability. 

In social studies your student will be finishing up their unit on the industrialization of Minnesota. Our next unit after we will be learning about WWI. 

In Science we have switched to learning about Earth Science. We are focusing on Plate Tectonics right now and will move into volcanoes and other land masses. Your student will also be learning about the different types of rocks and the cycles that they go through. 

Your student will be writing a persuasive essay in the month of January. We will start to work on this the second week of the month.
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Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. The class spends 15 minutes a day working in class on the grammar packet.  Grammar tests are on Fridays. 
At the start of the week your student should be brining home a spelling list. This list is for your student to keep at home. It is their responsibility to study their words at home. Students have time to complete their packet at school each week. ​

In the month of January we will be working with fractions and mixed numbers. Your student will learn how to multiply and divide both fractions and mixed numbers. We will also start to learn about integers and start to work with negative numbers. 

For social studies we just finished up our unit on the Civil War. We are now learning about life post war in MN. 

This month we will be starting Unit 3. In Unit 3 we will be working with Realistic Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction and Argumentative Texts. We will be working on finding the theme of realistic fiction stories. Theme is the message that the story conveys. With our Narrative Nonfiction stories we will be working on Sequencing events. At the beginning of January we will start to work with the Argumentative stories.  

In science we will finish up our unit on Space within the first two weeks of December. Our next unit is on Earth. We will focus on plate tectonics and continetial drift. 

This month your student will be writing a Realistic Fiction story. We will work through this process for the whole month of December. 
Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. The class spends 15 minutes a day working in class on the grammar packet.  Grammar tests are on Fridays. 
At the start of the week your student should be brining home a spelling list. This list is for your student to keep at home. It is their responsibility to study their words at home. Students have time to complete their packet at school each week. In Google Classroom towards the beginning of the week I will post a spelling list. I also post a GIMKIT game that the students can play. GIMKIT is an online educational game system, that I use as a way to review in class. 

In math we have just finished up Topic 6. Your student has been learning about decimals and fractions. In Topic 7 your student will start to learn about adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. 

This month in social studies we will be learning about America during the Civil War. We will look at the Civil War through the lens of Minnesota. As a whole class we will be reading the book "Soldier's Heart" by Gary Paulsen. This book is about a solder during the Civil War. 

11.5 - End of 1st quarter
11.8 - Conferences
         - Flu Shot Clinic @ High School Library (1-7)
11.9 - Conferences
11.11 - Veteran's Day Program
11.18 - Students only Shrek the Musical
11.19 - Shrek @730
11.20 - Shrek @730
11.21 - Shrek @2
11.25 - NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING 
11.26 - NO SCHOOL

In the month of November we will be working with expository texts, historical fiction and poetry. Students are working on comparing and contrasting topics. They will also work with identifying the point of view. Within our poetry unit students will work with figurative language. 

Students will be working on a research paper about a type of government. Students will also be writing a lyric poem in the month of November. 

Students are given a grammar packet at the start of the week and are expected to have it completed by the end of the week. The class spends 15 minutes a day working in class on the grammar packet.  Grammar tests are on Fridays. 

At the start of the week your student should be brining home a spelling list. This list is for your student to keep at home. It is their responsibility to study their words at home. Students have time to complete their packet at school each week. In Google Classroom towards the beginning of the week I will post a spelling list. I also post a GIMKIT game that the students can play. GIMKIT is an online educational game system, that I use as a way to review in class. ​

In math we will be working on topic 4 and 5. Within topic 4 we will be working with algebraic expressions. In topic 5 we will start to work with fractions. 

In science we will finish up our unit on planets and our solar system in early November. We will still be learning about space throughout the rest of November. We will change our focus to asteroids, meteors and comets, for a couple of weeks and then finish up with the reason behind why we have different  seasons at the end of the month. This will complete our study on space for the year. 

In social studies we are studying the fur trade here in MN, during the 1700 and 1800s. Students will have a chance to work through a fur trade simulation, to further their understanding. We will also start chapters 6 and 7 in November. For these chapters, students will have the chance to trade places with the teacher. Each group will become and expert on their topic. Then they will share what they have learned with the class.