September 4, 2014

Mark Your Calendars

Wednesdays
D.A.R.E. with Mrs. Crisafulli
Friday, Sept. 5
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Vocabulary Quiz (9/11: A Dark Day)
Tuesday, Sept. 9th
Math Test (Measurement)
Wednsday, Sept. 24th
Early Release Day
Friday, Sept. 26th
Emergency Day (NO SCHOOL)


Curriculum
In Science, In Science, we will be finishing Unit 1
Scientists at Work (Unit Test 9/12/14) and beginning Unit
4, The Nature of Matter. The Beachland Elementary
School Science fair will be held in December. Details will
be coming home in weekly folder soon.
In Reading, students are learning sequencing and
how to utilize context clues while reading. Every other
Monday we will have a list of vocabulary words, which will
include a homework assignment due Thursday of that
week. A vocabulary test will follow on Friday. Every
other week students will receive a reading
comprehension test, assignments, and continue to take
AR tests after each book. We will begin FAIR testing
(computerized reading test) this month in the computer
room.
As part of the Collins Writing program, students are
writing each day and learning the correct proofreading
marks needed for corrections. Each Friday there is a
quiz for grammar and conventions. These weekly
quizzes will be kept in their writing notebook along with
their personal dictionaries. This month students will be
writing a fictional essay.


As far as Math, we have been learning about units of
measurement, both customary and metric, and how to
convert one unit to another. We will be having a chapter
test on Tuesday, September 9. Students were
introduced to two websites that well be using in class,
Khan Academy and Moby Max. These are important
tools in helping students become more proficient in math.
They can login from either home or at school. Do you
know what an Interactive Notebook is? Ask your child to
explain how they are using it in math. Were psyched to
be using this throughout the year in deepening students
understanding of math concepts.

In Social Studies, we are completing our study of
maps this week. We have learned about many different
kinds of maps. At school, each student is creating a
detailed map from their home to their favorite place in
Vero Beach. This map is due on Friday. In addition, for
the next two weeks we will be reading and discussing in
great detail the events that happen on September 11,
200l. We will be reviewing the reading strategy of
sequencing as we create a timeline of the events of that
fateful day. Please help your child review the vocabulary
terms for this unit.

PTA Membership/3 for Me Program
If you have not already done so, please join the PTA.
We hope to have 100% participation! We aren't asking for
3 hours a day, we aren't asking you for 3 hours a week,
we aren't even asking you for 3 hours a month. We are
asking you to pledge ONLY 3 hours during the entire
2012-2013 school year to help us at BEACHLAND
ELEMENTARY! Imagine ALL that we could accomplish if
every family volunteered just 3 hours a year. That would
equal out to be about 1,500 volunteer hours!
If you can pledge "Three for Me" email Paige Visser,
PTA Volunteer Chair at [email protected] and sign
up. Tell us when you are available to volunteer and what
areas and events you are interested in participating in.
All family contributions to the school are valued and make
a difference.
Three for Me helps the school organize and
effectively communicate its needs to parents and
welcomes all families into the school as partners in
creating a better learning environment for children.
By making the Three-for-Me promise and dedicating
three hours of your time to the school over the course of
the school year, you can strengthen the partnership
between home and school for your childs benefit.




Accelerated Reader
Please encourage your child to be reading every night
at home. Remember that each child must read at least 30
minutes each day. As our former principal, Mrs. Carol
Wilson said, Today a reader, tomorrow a leader!

Scholastic Book Order
Please remember if you are interested in ordering
from Scholastic to send in your check made payable to
Scholastic Book Club no cash please. All orders are
greatly appreciated and also allow our classrooms to earn
free books!

Helpful Websites
The Parent Portal for eSembler is open. If you havent
done so already, you can register so that you can view
your childs grades online. You can find the link by going
to www.indianriverschools.org and click
Parents/Students.
Students can also access ThinkCentral
(www.thinkecentral.com), which is the website for our
Math and Science series. Students can prepare for
quizzes and tests, view lessons online and even access
workbooks if they forget them at school.
We also have two other websites of note. We have a
fifth grade blog, which you can find at
fintasticfifth.blogspot.com. Its updated regularly, and you
can find important and helpful information. You can also
sign up to be notified by e-mail when the site is updated.
Have you registered on our homework site yet?? Its
called School Notes, and you can find it at
new.schoolnotes.com/mrk/. You can also sign up to
receive notifications there as well. It is updated daily.

Birthdays & Lunch with Your Child
If youd like to celebrate your childs birthday with a
treat, heres all you need to do! If youd like to send in a
sweet treat, please make sure that there are enough for
your childs homeroom. If you plan on dropping them off
at school, our lunch time is from 1:00-1:30.
Fifth graders LOVE it when family members come and
eat lunch with them!! If you plan to do so, we just wanted
to remind you that that special time is for family members
and your child. Other students are not allowed to eat with
you. Its a school wide rule, and we appreciate your
cooperation!!


Box Tops
Have you ever looked on the bottom of a Kleenex
box? Well start looking. Kleenex is just one of MANY Box
Tops participants! Beachland Elementary is a BIG
supporter of Box Tops For Education. We would like to
extend an invitation to all parents, students and teachers
to help us reach a goal of $2,000 from Box Tops this
year.
Each Box Top is worth $.10 or more. The teachers
use these monies to provide for children at Beachland.
Its easy. All you have to do is look for participating
products; just look for a Box Tops symbol on the box or
package. You will be amazed at how many participants
there are. One of the newest ones is Huggies; and some
of the most common are Ziploc, General Mills, Hefty and
Pillsbury. So clip those Box Tops and send them in! We
appreciate all donations! Thank you to Mrs. Stawara for
sponsoring this program.

Dismissal Procedures
We discourage early dismissal but if you have to pick
your child up early, it MUST be written in the agenda.
If you are changing your way home, that too must be in
the agenda or contact Ms. Brown via email at
[email protected] or call her at 564-
3300. We ask that you call before 2pm. Classroom
phones will go directly to voicemail so you must contact
the front office.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
your childs teacher.

Mrs. Baker: 564-3302
[email protected]
Mrs. Brown: 564.3369
[email protected]

Mrs. Crisafulli: 564.3364
[email protected]
Mrs. Eby: 564-3340
[email protected]
Mr. Kolesnik: 564-3304
[email protected]


We are looking forward to an AMAZING year, and we
cant tell you how much we appreciate your support!!!!


The Fifth Grade TEAM
Mrs. Baker Mrs.Eby Mrs. Crisafulli
Mr. Kolesnik Mrs. Brown