Reminders:

• Be sure to return all beginning of the year paperwork & pay fees.
• Friday, September 4th Progress Reports
• 5th Grade Idiom Day = Thurs, 9/10

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Important Dates:

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Mon, 8/31

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Tues, 9/1

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Wed, 9/2

Rachal (SS): 5 Pillars of Islam Cold Read Due

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Thurs, 9/3

Ryland/Blood ELA: BBH “Dagwaagin” Test

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Fri, 9/4

Gates/Kenrick (Math): Bellringer Quiz on Week 4 and Test on Lesson 4

Ryland/Blood ELA: Bell Ringer #3 Due

Rachal (SS): Illuminated Manuscripts Due

Parent Night — September 3rd

We hope you’ll join us for Parent Night on Thursday, September 3rd at 6:00 PM. We’ll share helpful information about:

• Federal Funding — Learn how federal funds support our school and students.
• Technology Help for Parents — Get help navigating the technology and digital resources your child will use this year.
• Parent Questions & Onboarding — Get answers to important questions and information you need for a successful school year.

We want our families to feel confident and connected to what is happening at HRL. Come learn, ask questions, and start the year strong with us!

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ELA

Math

Science

Social

Studies

READING: We are continuing the The Birchbark House Unit. While reading this novel

we’ll focus on the characters. Students will need to be able to identify traits of the

characters, responsibilities they have, relationships they form, & how they grow/change

throughout the book.. “Dagwaagin” Test - Thurs, 9/3 Study Guide should be in ELA folder.

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WRITING: We will be learning about figurative language for the next couple of weeks.

Test - Thurs, 9/10. Study ELA notebook & practice with task cards in Google Classroom.

HOMEWORK: Read 20 mins nightly to work towards AR goal.

Please be sure to sign your child’s CommonLit & Flocabulary tracker for ELA this

quarter (in ELA folder).

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Gates’ and Kendrick’s students: We will have a Quiz on Lesson 4 Friday, September 4. We will begin Lesson 5 on dividing multi-digit numbers.

We will have a Bellringer Quiz on Friday (September 4) on Week 4.

Make sure to do nightly Multiplication Fluency.

This week we will be Continue Ch. 2: Expansion of Empires, War, and Reform. Students received their Ch. 2 Study guide (On BRIGHT Orange Paper). Students can continue working on their Flocabulary lessons for this nine weeks. Students will need to have lessons 1-5 completed by October 5th, 2026 on flocabulary.

PARENTS: Students need to review their study guide every night, esp what has been taught that day. Also Students should not go ahead of the class and work on their study guide. These will keep students not having to redo certain questions. Students will succeed on the test if they review their study guide every night. I will also try and make Blookets for each chapter to help with studying.

Illuminated Manuscripts Due: Sept 4th

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HOMEWORK: Review Study guide and Work on Flocabulary lesson 1-5

Lesson: We will finish Chapter 1 of our Patterns of Earth and Sky Unit, trying to answer the question “Why don’t we see a lot of stars in the daytime?”

Grades: On Thursday, 8/27, students will complete Chapter 1 test for a Major grade. Students will be asked to answer multiple choice questions regarding chapter 1.

Review: Vocabulary page & Chapter 1 Unit 1 Study guide.

Bellringers due every Friday.(Minor grade at the end of the 9 weeks)