40 Book Challenge Video

Room 51 worked on planning, implementing, and editing a video put on by 5th grade students about reaching their 40 book challenge this year.  It was played on WDTV with the hope that it will inspire other scholars this year to reach for their dreams!!

Typing Practice at Home

Many families search for a keyboarding/typing product to use at home. Many years ago Osseo Area Schools worked with Sunburst to offer our families a discounted price for Type to Learn.

If interested in purchasing for home practice,  parents should call Kelly Johnson, at Sunburst Digital, directly. Her phone number is #1-800-321-7511, extension 3374. **

Week of Oct. 20th-24th

Subject     Standard                                                                                         Homework

Reading            I can infer while reading grade level text.                           Read 30 minutes a night

Writing             I can write a memoir.     

Math                 I can convert and use the metric system of measuring.      2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5

                          I can find the perimeter and area of rectangles.

                          I can find the area of right triangles and parallelograms.  

                          I can find the area of any triangle.

Word Work    I can apply my patterns to my writing.                                  Word Sorts

                                                                                                                             Due Friday       

WIN TIME 

We will be starting WIN (What I Need) Time Tuesday.  Your scholar has been placed in a group based on their needs.  The various groups will include:

1.  Fluency Group

2.  Comprehension Group

3.  Word Masters Group

4.  Reading/Technology Group

If you would like to know what group your scholar is in, please email me and I will be happy to share with you. 

Retest for UNIT 2 MATH will take place on Thursday and Friday this week. 

Enjoy this beautiful fall weather!!

Brenda Tollas

Welcome to MEA week!

Greetings Room 51 Parents!

     I am so looking forward to seeing all of you and having a little time to connect during conferences!  Getting to know our scholars has been an absolute thrill for me.  We have such a caring, engaged, and hilarious classroom!

Monday, a math test will be coming home.  Please look over the test with you child, sign, and return back to school the next day.  All tests will be kept in their assessment binder.


Wednesday is UNITY DAY!!!!
This is a day that we stand up against BULLYING!!!
WEAR ORANGE!!!
Also, we will do an art project with a younger grade making capes!  Those capes will be used to SOAR around the school:)



Enjoy your 4 day weekend with family and friends!!

Sign Up For Conferences!!

Please make sure you have signed up for conferences!  I very much look forward to this time to connect with you!

To schedule online, go to:
http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Woodland_Elementary_School

or call
763-315-6400 to let us help you get scheduled.

Conference Dates are:
October 13, 14, and 21
8:00-9:00am and 4:30-7:30pm

Welcome to the week of Oct. 7th!

We will be full swing into our academics this week!

Social Studies:  Students have been researching the first Americans!  Each group has been finding facts and crafts about a specific tribe.  They will then present a google presentation with their information, along with an art project that represents their tribe.

Reading:  We will start this week with visualizing realistic fiction!

Math:  The properties of multiplication have been a little more difficult for us.  So, we are going to spend another couple days on this concept and hope to test by Friday this week on Unit 1.

Writing:  Assist your student in thinking about a time in their life that was important to them.  We will be embarking on our first writing project:  Memoirs!

Efficacious Learner Traits:  Your scholar will evaluate themselves this week on how they feel they are doing on their efficacious traits:  problem solver, resourceful, skilled communicator, responsible, self directed.

• 5th grade will be adding some helpful resources for parents on our web page.  I will also add them to my blog for easy access. 

Reading Calendars!

October reading calendars are coming home today!  Before today, students were keeping track of how many minutes they are reading every night in their planners.

Now, they can start recording their minutes on their reading calendars!  Their goal is to read 30 minutes for 5 nights a week for a total of 600 minutes a month.

Students need to turn in at least 6 out of the 8 reading calendars this year to earn their reading medal:)

Happy Reading!!