Week of May 3rd, 2022
Mrs. Harrington & Mrs. Gosney
Hello Families!
We hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend. It’s hard to believe we are in the month of May, and the end of the school year is quickly approaching.
Please continue to check in on your child’s grades, any missing assignments they may have, and make sure your child is following all assignment directions and staying after school if they have any questions or need help! Encourage them to sign up with a teacher on Wednesdays in order to make sure they are catching up with any missing assignments. Please always feel free to reach out with any questions you might have on DOJO or email, schoology or CLEVER! WE HOLD HELP SESSIONS TO HELP YOUR CHILD!!! PLEASE HAVE THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS!!! These are held in Mrs. Massa’s link during Recess Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. NO SCHOOL TUESDAYTHIS WEEK
Gosney Missing Assignments
Harrington Missing Assignments
Please review the newsletter below for materials needed, important dates, and concepts we will cover throughout the next week:
- Join the PTA HERE: https://vapta-12462441.memberhub.com/store
- COMPUTER HELP: As a reminder, please access this site for Henrico Family Device & Digital Resource Support. Also, click here for information on in-person technical support. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR COMPUTER TO THE NEAREST MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SUPPORT ON THE DEVICE MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE ON MONDAY BEFORE SOL TESTING ON WEDNESDAY!!! It is critical that you take care of your device and keep all programs running smoothly for a seamless educational experience. Use this Google Form for HotSpots for the internet or any other computer needs. PLEASE STATE TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN ABOUT OUR NEED FOR COMPUTER (NOT CHROMEBOOKS) FOR OUR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR!!! Put it in forms you fill out, suggestions, or just plug it verbally to anyone!
- LEXIA & DREAMBOX: Please make sure you are completing your Lexia AND Dreambox weekly! These activities will hold weight on your final grade. THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE HVA!!!! - School Wide Lexia & Dreambox Score Usage!!! WE WERE MOVING UP, LET’S STEP IT UP!! - We are being beaten by 1st & Kindergarteners!
Moving Up Ceremony: Save the Date: June 14th, 2022
Will be held VIRTUALLY on June 14th during the school day. More information will be shared soon!
Important Dates & Events HERE:Upcoming Schedule:
- May 2 - May 6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 3 - Student Holiday-No School
- May 4th is the READING SOL for 5th grade!!!! Will report to home school to test!
- May 17 is the MATH SOL for 5th grade!!!! Will report to home school to test!
- May 25th is the SCIENCE SOL for 5th grade!!!! Will report to home school to test!
- May 25 - HVA Student Exhibition
- May 26 - Elementary Storytime
- May 27 & 30 - Schools Closed
- TBD - SOL Retakes
- June 4th - End of Year Celebration 10 - 2
- June 7 - Elementary Transition Day
- June 14 - 5th Grade Ceremony
- June 15 - Elementary Field Day
- June 16 - Student Half Day. Elementary Dismissal at 11:30, Secondary Dismissal at Noon. Last Day of School for 2021-2022
Important! Please READ! NEW THIS NINE WEEKS!!!!!!!
As we enter the last nine weeks of school, we feel it is more important than ever to prepare your child for grade level expectations for next school year. Therefore for the remainder of the year, we will be instituting the following HVA late work policy: Any work not turned in on its due date will be assessed at 10% off per class period. Since fifth graders have every class every day, we will be operating on a -5 points a class day policy. After 10 days, if an assignment has not been turned in, it will no longer be accepted. Your child is responsible for turning in his/her work. We have asked them for it, reminded them that it is due, shown them how to check their grades in PowerSchool for missing work, as well as included their name on a missing work document. If you see their name on that missing work document (that is also shared weekly with you in this newsletter and can be found on Mrs. Gosney’s website) your child can navigate to that assignment and “prove” that it is turned in for you. Since assignments that are turned in late are not being graded at the same time as the rest of the class’ work, the grades will take longer to appear in PowerSchool.
What are we learning next week with Mrs. Gosney?
Whole Group Reading/Writing- This is the week of the SOL test! Your child will report in person to their zone school to complete the test on Wednesday. They are ready for this! Please help ease any anxieties that your child may have by ensuring that they get adequate sleep the night before and a breakfast before they go in to test. You may pick up your child after they finish their test.
Gosney Homeroom Math- This week in math we will begin reviewing for the math SOL as well as continue learning about perimeter, area, and volume, and equivalent measures.
Please encourage your child to complete the required 5 lessons on DreamBox weekly. This is required by the HVA and is used as a grade. You can check out the weekly dreambox board here. Please continue to encourage your child to complete at least 1 lesson a day. My class did an amazing job this week with 97% logging in and completing lessons!! Way to go!
Harrington Homeroom Math- This week in math we will begin reviewing for the math SOL as well as continue learning about perimeter, area, and volume, and equivalent measures.
Please encourage your child to complete the required 5 lessons on DreamBox weekly. This is required by the HVA and is used as a grade. You can check out the weekly dreambox board here. Please continue to encourage your child to complete at least 1 lesson a day.
What are we learning next week with Mrs. Harrington?
Small-Group Reading- Here we go! Let’s rock these SOL tests!!
Social Studies- We will continue to sprinkle history in each week as we focus on Science for the SOL!
Science- We are all done with 5th grade content and we will be reviewing 4th grade science the next two weeks! Please use SOL Pass as it is a great study resource. Please continue to make sure you study about 10 - 20 minutes a day on reviewing all the concepts from the school year. Message me for the username and password!
This Week: Plants & Weather!