The Annual Becket Washington School 

Food Drive

Beginning November 27th and running through December 7th, Becket Washington School will be collecting non-perishables to benefit the Parish of Becket Food Pantry. Please consider a contribution to assist us in this community service project. No donation is too small. 

Second Quarter Has Begun

Wow!! Where did the first quarter go? 

With the start of the second quarter, we have begun our nonfiction reading and writing units. These units will be integrated with social studies and science. In social studies, we are learning about the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Aztecs, the Mayas, and the Incas. This will then lead to native Americans. In science, we are finishing up Living Systems and will soon begin Earth and Sun.

The Chromebook pilot program is off to a good start with students being very responsible for their devices. We have almost figured out how to work on Docs offline which will mean that you will be seeing your child doing more schoolwork on them.

DATES TO REMEMBER

    Book Fair         November 6-9 

                               Fifth grade will visit on November 9th

    Parent Teacher

    Conferences       November 7 Early dismissal

    Veterans Day      November 10 No School

     B.O.C.               November 15

                               Need snack, lunch, drink, and appropriate                                         clothing and footwear.

     Thanksgiving

     Break                November 22 is a 1/2 day. No school on the                                       23rd or 24th.

     Picture 

     Make-up           November 30.

                               You must return the original picture packet.

CHROMEBOOK  PARENT MEETING

I wanted to remind everyone that on October 3rd, we will have a parent meeting to launch the pilot program of bringing Chromebooks home. 

The meeting begins at 6:30 P.M. and will take place in room 212.

Fifth Grade Makerspace

We need your help in stocking our fifth grade makerspace. A makerspace is an area where students can create, invent, and learn. Often times, a challenge may presented and students are asked to create a strategy to accomplish that challenge, carry it out; often times with a partner, and then revise the plan based upon the outcomes.

                                         

Below is a list of suggested supplies which would greatly improve the class makerspace. If you can help, just send materials in with your child. As you will see, many of the items on the list are materials that are often times thrown away or recycled.

Makerspace

Materials Needed

Can you help us stock our fifth grade makerspace? We need any small interesting materials. Below are some suggestions.

Small boxes Paper towel tubes Tape

Pipe cleaners Corks Popsicle sticks

Toothpicks Sponges Paper cups

Wire Straws Clay

Playing cards Beads Egg cartons

Foil Waxed paper Plastic tubing

Short pieces of plastic piping Floral wire

Rubber bands Q-Tips Paper plates

Cupcake liners Duct tape Cotton balls

Buttons Velcro sticky dots Coffee filters

Welcome to the New School Year

The year has begun very well and we have already jumped right into the fifth grade curriculum. Below are some important upcoming dates:

• PTO Meeting: September 6, 2017   6:30 P.M.
• Open House September 12, 2017    6:30-7:30
• Early Dismissal September 15, 2017                        11:20 A.M
• Becket Outdoor Center October 17, 2017

Get a Head Start on Battle of the Books For Next Year

Be a Part of Our Battle of the Book Team

Below, you will find the 2018 book list.

Traditional/Standard 30 Book List 3-5 Grades 2017-18 ::

Author	Title
Applegate, Katherine	The One and Only Ivan
Blume, Judy	Freckle Juice
Bulla, Clyde Robert	A Lion to Guard Us
Byar, Betsy	Tornado
Christopher, Matt	Ice Magic
Cleary, Beverly	Muggie Maggie
Cohen, Barbara	Molly’s Pilgrim
Davies, Jacqueline	Tricking the Tallyman
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie
Dowell, Frances	Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts!: The First Experiment
Fleischman, Sid	By the Great Horn Spoon!
Fleming, Candace	Boxes for Katje
Flournoy, Valerie	The Patchwork Quilt
Hahn, Mary Downing	Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Hobbs, Valerie	Sheep
Jones, Kelly	Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Jurmain, Suzanne	The Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud
Korman, Gordon	Masterminds
Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars
Manes, Stephen	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Palacio, R.J.	Wonder
Pennypacker, Sara	Clementine
Sachar, Louis	There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Scieszka, Jon	Knights of the Kitchen Table
Spinelli, Jerry	Fourth Grade Rats
*Vernick, Audrey	Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing Al-Brother Baseball Team
Warner, Gertrude	Boxcar Children
Wilder, Laura Ingalls	On the Banks of Plum Creek
Wiles, Deborah	Love, Rudy Lavender
Winter, Jonah	You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

Supply List For Fifth Grade

Below is a complete list of supplies fifth graders will use. If your child was a fourth grade student in 2016-2017, the supplies with an * are not needed as we will recycle from fourth grade.

*plastic accordion folder with 3-5 pockets
8 pack of colored pencils
ruler with 1/8 inch markings
*scissors
1 glue stick
*one zippered pencil bag
4- 2 pocket folders
earbuds or headphones for technology
3 marble covered composition notebooks
2 extra large book socks
#2 pencils