Good Afternoon 5th Grade Families,

I hope you are all doing well. I am writing to share a few important updates and reminders. Please feel free to reach out with any questions about the information below.

1.     4-H Speech Competition:

Students have the exciting opportunity to participate in the 4-H Speech Competition. We spent two instructional days reviewing the requirements, format, deadlines, and brainstorming possible topics. Participating students will receive extra credit in ELA. Students should be working on their speeches at home as part of their homework. Grammar videos will be completed in class until our classroom competition concludes on December 8th. A link with more information about the competition is listed here: Centers, Paige / 4-H Speech Contest 2025

Classroom competition: December 8, 2025
School-level competition: December 17, 2025 (class winner advances)

2.  Native American Research Project:

We have begun our Native American Research Project. Each student has been assigned a specific Native American tribe and is required to submit research notes and citations for approval. Once notes and sources are approved, students may begin their outline and written report following the instructions provided in class. This is a project that will be completed in class--please encourage your child to stay focused and to try their best!

Written report due: December 5, 2025 (assessment grade)
Oral presentation: December 18, 2025 (quiz grade)

3.   Late Work on Online Platforms:

If your child submits late work online, please encourage them to let me know. I am not automatically notified when online assignments are submitted after the due date.

4.  FAST Progress Monitoring 2:

         The ELA test will be held on December 9^th, 2025

Please reach out with any questions or concerns. I am incredibly proud of the research, writing, and presentation skills students are developing. Your support in encouraging them to stay organized is greatly appreciated. These are lifelong skills they will use in middle school and beyond.

All the best,

Paige Centers
5th Grade ELA and Social Studies
Conley Elementary

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Reminders for the week of 11/3-11/7

• Spelling Bee on 11/4 (class spelling bee competition)
• Book Fair All Week!
• Picture Day: Class pictures will be taken on 11/5/25
• Boosterthon Info: Please read this attachment to view more information about boosterthon
• Skate Night Flyer

Red Ribbon Week Activities

Please click on the link above to view our planned activities for the week of October 27th-31st.

The following email was sent out to all primary contact email accounts listed in FOCUS:

1. Spelling Bee: Our in-class Spelling Bee will take place on November 4th, 2025. Please visit this link for more information and details. Centers, Paige / Spelling Bee 2025
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3. Grades: In order to prepare students for middle school deadlines, all late/missing work for the first half of the 2nd Quarter will be due on 11/16/25. This is when interim report cards are posted to FOCUS and is a new procedure starting this quarter.
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5. Leon Writes: Students will take a practice writing test next week on Thursday, October 23rd. Please visit our classwork page on my website for more details. 
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7. Book Fair Week: 

   You can now set up an EWallet for your child to shop at the book fair. Ms. Bailey is also in search of volunteers to help man the book fair from November 3^rd through the 7th. Please visit this link if you are interested in volunteering for our book fair! Conley PTO: Conley Book Fair!

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9. Please make sure that you are checking our class website for updates/reminders, and that your child is completing our weekly grammar videos as they are posted to my website (listed under the "Classwork 2025" tab).

November 3rd-7th, 2025

Conley Book Fair Homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/conleyelementaryschool.

You can now set up Ewallets for your children to shop at the book fair. The directions are on the homepage link above. Please reach out to Ms. Centers or Ms. Bailey if you have any questions about our upcoming book fair! Ms. Bailey is also in search of volunteers to help man the book fair from November 3^rd through the 7^th.

Please visit this link if you are interested in volunteering for our book fair! Conley PTO: Conley Book Fair!.

Novel Studies

Dear Families,

We're excited to share that our 5th graders are doing book studies this year! While we already have some copies of the books, we don't yet have enough for every student to have their own. 

If  you're able, we would greatly appreciate your support in helping us add more books to our classroom collection. There are two ways to donate:

1. Send in up to $5 with your child and we will purchase the books.
2. Order directly from our Amazon Wish List: Novel Study Books

Thank you for making these book studies possible for all of our students!

All the best,

Paige Centers

Fifth Grade Language Arts and Social Studies

Conley Elementary

Friday, October 3rd, 2025

Good afternoon 5th grade families, and happy October! Please review the reminders below as we head into the last week of the 1st nine weeks of school.

1) Please remind students to make sure they are watching their grammar videos and completing the independent practice. If they need time to complete the videos in class, then they need to check in with Ms. Centers.

2) Any independent work that does not get completed in class should be kept in their red folder in their binder for ELA and Social Studies. Students are encouraged to complete unfinished assignments at home whenever possible. Students are provided with extended time when necessary. However, we cannot extend deadlines indefinitely. 

3) A "z" in gradebook means that your child has not turned in their assignment. Students can and should check in with Ms. Centers regarding any gradebook questions.

4) We have a test coming up on our class novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins." We will be taking this test in class, it will be open book so students may use their novel to help them answer questions and it will take place on Thursday, 10/9/25.

5) Friday, 10/10/25 is the last day of quarter 1, and there is no school on Monday, 10/13 as it is a Teacher Planning Day.

6) Please encourage your child to clean out their binder regularly and make sure that they are using the appropriate composition notebooks for each designated subject area.

7) 10/26/25 Report Cards are posted to parent portal

8) 11/3-11/7- Book Fair Week!

9) 11/11/25- Veteran's Day; No School

10) 11/16 Progress Reports posted to parent portal

Progress Monitoring 1: FAST ELA Tuesday, September 9th, 2025