Upcoming Dates and Important Information
- Wednesday, January 14 – Spelling Bee!
- Students were sent home with a list of possible words.
- The winner advances against middle school, then to the county!
- Monday, January 19 – MLK Day of Service (More info below)
- 5th Grade to WCDS Soup Kitchen
- DROP OFF AND PICKUP AT WV NORTHERN BRANCH CAMPUS
- Friday, January 30 – Freedom Friday and 8 am Parent Coffee
- Friday, February 6 – 11:30 Early Dismissal – Winter Long Weekend
- Monday, February 9 – No School
- Tuesday, February 10 – No School
On Monday, January 19th, our 5th grade students will participate in our school’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service by volunteering at the Wheeling Soup Kitchen. This meaningful experience allows students to honor Dr. King’s legacy through service and giving back to our community. Students may dress down in casual clothing, preferably wearing WCDS apparel. They may choose to eat lunch at the soup kitchen or pack a lunch from home. On this day, 5th-grade students should be dropped off at West Virginia Northern – Branch Campus at 8:00 a.m., and pickup will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the same location. We will walk to and from the soup kitchen together from our Branch Campus.
We are excited to have Miss Reid back with us from Bethany College full-time this semester as she begins her official student teaching experience!
WEEKLY RECAP:
Language Arts:
- Students began their research projects and spent the week investigating non-fiction texts, discovering what they want to learn, and what they don’t know that they want to know more
- We are working towards a five-paragraph informational essay and a creative passion project to show what they’ve learned through their research
- Learned how to take notes and paraphrase information
Math:
- Students returned to school with a Jeopardy review of the fraction skills they learned in December before Winter Break
- Learned how fractions can be equivalent and how we can make them equal
- Used fraction strips and board games to take some hands on approach to math this week!
- We learned how to find the Greatest Common Factor and how to use it to simplify fractions
Social Studies:
- Covering the Industrial Revolution and the technologies that were developed during that time, and their impact on our transportation systems
- This week, students read through the Social Studies textbook (to practice note taking and text feature identification), explored a Gallery Walk of inventions and inventors, and completed a Webquest exploring articles, videos, and artwork of the time period.
- Discussed the development of the National Road, and its relevance to us! Next week, we will be taking a van trip on National Road to explore the monuments and markers as we go learn on location!
Music:
- Students were placed in groups to explore different musical genres!
- Each group will be presenting what they learn, and also creating their own musical piece on an online platform
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KIDS:
- What subject are you doing for your research project?
- How do you make an equivalent fraction?
- What is manifest destiny?
- What genre of music are you creating a piece for?
- Why is our National Road so important?
