Mrs. Manchester's Fifth Grade - mrsmanchestersfifthgrade

Grand Friends Day

2011-11-19

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Vocabulary Parade

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Bees

Field Trip: Rotch Jones Duff House

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Welcome to Fifth Grade

Dear Parent/Guardian:

 Welcome to fifth grade! The fifth grade is a very important year for your child. It is the last opportunity for students to not only master certain academic skills, but more importantly, it is the year when they must fine tune their study habits and those independent skills and responsibilities so necessary at the Middle School.  Mastery of these skills must be a major responsibility for me, as a teacher, and for you, as parents this school year. 

 I think of teaching your child as a TEAM /parents and teacher.  I am looking forward to a year where we continue to strengthen the basic foundations of learning and build upon those skills. With your help, encouragement, and teamwork your child will accomplish so much in fifth grade.

  I truly believe that every child is gifted and talented in their own unique way. I will encourage the children to celebrate and share their talents and accomplishments, yet expand their learning by also encouraging them to explore new areas and ideas that perhaps they have been hesitant to try. Our classroom is a safe environment where children are encouraged to explore and grow academically. We all make mistakes and a great deal can be learned from our mistakes. Praise, shared experiences, laughter, positive and loving encouragement helps overcome many of the challenges your child may face this year.

  Please let me know of any areas of concern that you have with your child. It is important that we not let any concerns you may have linger.  I am always available to meet with you whenever you feel it is necessary, just call the office to set up an appointment. Or, you can email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I am usually at school by 7:45 A.M. and I don’t usually leave until 4:00 P.M.  If you have an e-mail address perhaps you would be willing to send it to me so that I may contact you if needed.

  Our school year will go by quickly. June will fall upon us sooner than we wish! Our classroom door is always open for you to join us in learning and to share your expertise!  As a TEAM we can help your child grow both academically and socially.

Welcome

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O.R.E.O. Project

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Guess the Mystery State

Can you guess the mystery state?  Each day I will give a clue.  See if you can guess The state.  You only get one guess so pay careful attention to the clues!

When you have figured out the answer you

can e-mail me your answer :

pmanchester@fairhavenps.org 

  Here's your first clue!

Monday

You can find this state at 45 degrees north latitude.  

Tuesday  

The Snake River flows through this state.

Wednesday 

A city in this state has the longest main street in the United States, 33 miles.

Thursday

The logging industry is important to this state. As a matter of fact, some people note that the state is shaped like a logger's boot

Friday

The largest city in this state is Boise.  

Why Have Your Child Read for Twenty Minutes a Day

   Minutes of Reading Tonight?

Let’s figure it out—mathematically?

   Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.

   Student B reads only 4 minutes a night or not at all!

   Student A reads 20 minutes times 5 times a week = 100 minutes per week.

   Student B reads 4 minutes times 5 times a week= 20 minutes per week.

   Student A reads 400 minutes in a month.

   Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

   Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.

   Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.

   Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading practice.

  Student A will have read the equivalent of 60  whole school days.

  Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.

  One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened 

  considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.

  How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

  Which student would you expect to read better?

  Which student would you expect to know more?

  Which student would you expect to write better?

  Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?

  Which student would you expect to be more successful in school…and in life?

Meet Mrs. Manchester's TEAM

2011-09-05

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Agenda: January 30

REMEMBER

Every Tuesday:

Orchestra: 8:25 am

String instrument lessons

Band instrument lessons

Band after school: 2:50 - 3:50

Fridays are School Spirit Days!!!

Wear your Wood School Blue.

Important Dates to Remember

January 25: School Council Meeting:  3:15 

  School Committee Meeting at 6:30

January 30:  Report Cards go home

January 31:  Banking Day

We are a Bucket Filling School!

At the Wood School we are a family of "Bucket Fillers." The Bucket represents a child's mental and emotional health. Bucket filling is based around the idea of a dipper and a bucket.  It demonstrates how words and actions can fill individuals' buckets and hurtful actions dip into or empty our buckets. Anyone with an empty bucket is desperate to fill it and will  act out and seek attention to do so.

Ms. Hartley-Matteson read the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud at an all school meeting, and challenged the children to be bucket fillers not only at school but also at home and in their community. 

Every day, we as teachers have the 

chance to fill many children's buckets. We also teach children how they can fill a bucket by using kind words, by helping others, and by being a friend to others. 

  You may even wish to use this idea in your home by identifying bucket filling acts within your family. 

By being bucket fillers we hope to make our school an even better place to be.

Always remember that everyone carries an invisible bucket and by filling someone's bucket you will also be filling yours!

What little thing can you do to fill someone's bucket today?

Here at Wood School we fill buckets...NO DIPPING ALLOWED!!

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