Happy Summer!

I truly enjoyed teaching all of you in 5th grade this year! You were a wonderful group of students! Stay smart and stay kind!

Over your summer vacation, continue to work on your math skills using

• IXL
• xtramath
• Moby Max

Remember, 6th grade is not going to begin with a review. Go in prepared! Show what you know!!

Also, keep your notebook! All the notes in it will be a great reference for you to use. 

Important Dates:
March 20 ~ Report Cards go home
March 22 ~ Awards Assembly 10:30 in Gym
March 29 ~ Willy Wonka play @ JCC
March 30 - April 6 ~ Spring Break
April 27 ~ Ocean Studies Field Trip

Math Happenings

• Red and Yellow Groups are reviewing Adding and Subtracting Fractions this week. Assessment will be Friday.

• Blue Group will begin Dividing Decimals. This should be mostly review. We have been working on this all year with our Five A Day problems that we work on everyday at the beginning of class. We'll practice sliding the Divisor Decimal and Raising the Roof with the Dividend Decimal. Then we'll quickly move into Adding and Subtracting Fractions. 

• Your child has an IXL username and password if they paid for their subscription at the beginning of the year. We will be working on IXL once a week in class. Your child may also work on this at home; it needs to be a skill we have practiced in class. If your child did not pay at the beginning of the year, they can send in their $12.00 now and I will set up their subscription.

• Your child also has access to xtramath.org. They have a username and a pin number. When they get to the website, it is going to ask for my email. It is khines@neusecharterschool.org. Please have your child practice this at home!!

• IXL, Moby Max, and xtramath can all be accessed at home. This can be worked on at any time.  Any day -- during the week or weekend!!

• I need your help reminding students that Math Morning Work that is handed out on Tuesday mornings during Homeroom is graded. I still have several students that have not turned theirs in from last week. This counts as a classwork/participation grade. If it is not finished during homeroom, it can be finished during Cougar time.

Important Dates

• Feb 22 ~ National Elementary Honor Society Induction 2:00
• Feb 23 ~ Reverse Raffle
• Mar 2 ~ Hoops for Heart
• Mar 6 ~ Spring Pictures
• Mar 9 ~ End of 3rd Quarter ~ Early Release 11:45
• Mar 12 ~ Teacher Workday
• Mar 13 ~ Teacher Workday
• Mar 20 ~ Report Cards
• Mar 22 ~ 3rd Quarter Awards Assembly 10:30

Math Happenings

• Your child has an IXL username and password if they paid for their subscription at the beginning of the year. We will be working on IXL once a week in class. Your child may also work on this at home; it needs to be a skill we have practiced in class. If your child did not pay at the beginning of the year, they can send in their $12.00 now and I will set up their subscription.

• Your child also has access to xtramath.org. They have a username and a pin number. When they get to the website, it is going to ask for my email. It is khines@neusecharterschool.org. Please have your child practice this at home!!

• IXL, Moby Max, and xtramath can all be accessed at home. This can be worked on at any time.  Any day -- during the week or weekend!!

• I need your help reminding students that Math Morning Work that is handed out on Tuesday mornings during Homeroom is graded. I still have several students that have not turned theirs in from last week. This counts as a classwork/participation grade. If it is not finished during homeroom, it can be finished during Cougar time.

Important Dates to Remember:

Jan 24 ~ Round Table Meeting with Ms. Pullium ~ Intermediate Academy 3:30-5:00

Feb 7 ~ Progress Reports Go Home

Feb 16 ~ Teacher Workday

Feb 19 ~ Teacher Workday

Feb 22 ~ National Elementary Honor Society Induction 2:00

Mar 6 ~ Spring Pictures

Math Happenings

• Your child has an IXL username and password if they paid for their subscription at the beginning of the year. We will be working on IXL once a week in class. Your child may also work on this at home; it needs to be a skill we have practiced in class. If your child did not pay at the beginning of the year, they can send in their $12.00 now and I will set up their subscription.

• Your child also has access to xtramath.org. They have a username and a pin number. When they get to the website, it is going to ask for my email. It is khines@neusecharterschool.org. Please have your child practice this at home!!

• I need your help reminding students that Math Morning Work that is handed out on Tuesday mornings during Homeroom is graded. I still have several students that have not turned theirs in from last week. This counts as a classwork/participation grade. If it is not finished during homeroom, it can be finished during Cougar time.

• Yellow and Red Groups are working on multiplying with decimals. We will most likely have a test of that this week. After that we will begin working on dividing with decimals and then moving on to fractions.

• Blue Group is adding and subtracting decimals. We will most likely finish next week and have our test towards the end of the week. Then we will begin multiplying decimals.