Important Information

  • Mondays:  College T-Shirt Day
    Wednesdays:  Cardio Club Shirt Day
    Friday:  CG Spirit Shirt Day

    Classroom News for this week:

    Math: We are currently working on
    Reading: We are learning about
    Science: We are working on
    Social Studies: We are studying the events that led to the formation of the United States

School Supply List

  • FIFTH GRADE 
     #2 Pencils 1 box
     24 ct. Crayola Crayons 
    1 5” Pointed Fiskar Scissors
     4 Wide-ruled Composition Book (70 page) 
    4 Spiral Notebooks 
    10 Pocket Folders w/ Brads-different colors 
    1 box Crayola Classic Broad-tip Washable Markers
     1 12” Standard/Metric Ruler 
    1 Elmer’s White Glue 8 oz. 
    2 Glue Sticks (2-pk.)
     1 Zipper Supply Pouch 
    2 Red Pens
     1 2” 3-Ring Binder (No Trapper Keeper)
     2 200 ct. Wide-ruled Notebook Paper
     1 set Dividers with 8 Tabs 
    1 12 ct. Colored Pencils 
    1 Highlighters (2-pk.)
     1 Blue or Black Ballpoint Pens ( pkg. 10) 
    2 boxes 200 count Kleenex Tissues 
     

Seven Habits Happenings!

  • Part of being a leader is learning to set goals and look closely at who you are as a person.
    Here are some fun things you can do in your spare time to work on your habits.
    Please feel free to share with your parents, friends or with me (it's okay to keep these to yourself too)!

    * What would your road map to leadership look like? Create a road map for yourself. You can map out your 5th grade year or go all the way to college. Make it cool, take your time. I'd love to see it!

    *Use a circle diagram to map out the choices you have control over (inner circle) and those you have no control over (outer circle). Remember to work on the inner circle. Things you have control over might include: studying for a test, going to bed early, or eating healthy foods.

    *Read about a leader. Mrs. Wood reads a lot of history and you can learn a lot about leadership by reading about others who have led before you (good people and bad...you can learn not to make the same mistakes some bad people have made.) There are a lot of cool biographies in our library. 

    My list includes:

    Mr. Ambassador, Warrior for Peace (memoirs,) biography of the first African American Ambassador of S. Africa
    Silent Spring, Rachel Carson's account of environmental problems
    Empire of the Summer Moon, story of the Comanche Indians in Texas
    Profile in Courage, John F. Kennedy
    A Cool and Lonely Courage, story of sister spies in occupied France
    The Diary of Ann Frank
    The Story of Helen Keller
    Unbroken,      by Lauren Hillenbrand--WWII prisoner of war
    Code Talkers, Navajo Code Talkers during WWII
    His Excellency,  bio of George Washington
    Isaac's Storm, the first meteorologist's account of the Galveston Hurricane of 1901
    In the Garden of Beasts,  WWII Ambassador's story of WWII Germany
    The biography of Benjamin Franklin
    The biography of Mary Todd Lincoln
    The biography of Franklin Roosevelt