Volunteer Opportunities

* 5th Grade Dance- May 7th
We need parent volunteers to help check students in and out, serve food, set-up, clean-up and assist as needed.
* 5th Grade Picnic - June 9th
We need parent volunteers to serve food, work stations, help set-up

If you are available for either event, please send in a note with your student.

Thanks!

A Few Pics from Playday!

What a great time we had! The weather was beautiful and the games were fun!!!

More pics to come!!!

New Week!

*New vocabulary and spelling homework comes home today. All students should take a pre-test on their spelling words tonight.
* A few students need to have their spelling and/or vocabulary tests signed. Please make sure to ask your student how they did!
* Animal Kingdom money ($60.00) is due Friday.
* Thursday Night is the Art Fair. Snow cones for those who attend!
* Flag Raising Friday- be sure to wear your reading hats.
* Wednesday is our EARLY RELEASE day! Make sure you know how you are going home.

I will post pictures from Play Day tonight! We had a blast Friday.

It's Friday!

* Thanks to 2nd grade for a wonderful play this morning, starring Briley Rowan! It was so cute- Who Pushed Humpty. I will post pictures later.
* Today is Play Day! Lots of excitement in the room.
* Dance permission slips were sent home yesterday. If your student is planning on attending (it is a blast!) please return that slip. It is much like the Winter Dance- a bunch of running around except we have more snacks and NO 4th graders!
* It is going to be hot this weekend- practice water safety if you go swimming- NEVER SWIM ALONE!!!
* Mrs. Rowan will be out next Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Mrs. B and Mr. Seise will be here- Mrs. Yadon will be here :-)
* We will have 33 days of school left Monday. Can you believe it?
* All field trip money is due by the 30th!! Chaperones are still needed!!!
* If you are interested in dance, next Saturday, May 1st is National Dance Week at the Landing- a dance celebration featuring studios all over the city. Come on out and enjoy the fun!!! 11:30 - 8:00

Monday Happenings-

* Students had the opportunity to select the dance / song they would like to participate in for American Grandstand this year today. Ask your student what they picked!
* Field Trip forms for duPont are coming home today. These forms are due back Wednesday. This is a free tour of the school during school hours.
* Remember Science Fair Projects are due Thursday, May 6th. If you still need to purchase a backboard they are available still.
* Play Day is this Friday from 12-2- hope to see you there.
* Teacher Appreciation Week is May 3rd - May 7th. If you would like to assist with any activities, please contact the PTA (Julie May)

* There are 37 days left in the school year- MAKE SURE YOU ARE HERE!!!

Sno-Kones, Lap Tops and Science Fair!

Hopefully you have assisted or reviewed Science Fair materials, procedures, and variables (tonight) with your student! We are anticipating sending purchased backboards home on Friday. We will also give each student labels for their backboards.

Today was laptop day in Room 138~ We explored eduplace.com websites for Reading and Social Studies today. These are great sites that are students can also access at home.

They can work with story words and concepts, build on ideas, or research people in our Social Studies book.

And finally... to celebrate our 100% five day participation in Spirit Week we had our Sno-Kone party today! Our class rocked it out- Two years in a row we have had 100% classroom participation from our students and parents! We appreciate ALL your help with that! It is a really fun way that leads into our 4th 9 weeks!

* Remember - $2.25 for Science Backboards

* $60.00 for end of year trip to Animal Kingdom and End of Year Picnic

* Play Day is next Friday - more details to come.

* We need parents to help with the 5th grade dance (3 weeks!) - please let us know if you are interested!

Science Fair Correction-

* Material Lists were due today.

* Procedures are due tomorrow.

* Science Fair projects for class presentations will be due May 6th. This will give students an opportunity to correct before the school judging.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

The Bone Doctors......

We spent quite a bit of time Monday working with our owl pellets. If you are not sure what an owl pellet is, make sure to ask your student. If you live in a wooded area, you may be even to find your own!!!! Gloves and toothpicks-- 5th grade Science Tools!

The search begins!

A mole skull!!!! Our biggest find yet!

And this my friends is why missing ONE day can be a BAD thing!!! We are not able to make-up our hands-on instruction the way we would if you were here!!

These last 42 days .... try and be here ON TIME EVERYDAY!!! We have so much to do - you want to be prepared for middle school!!!

** Students must know their multiplication facts!!! It is really making division hard - especially when basic facts like 6x7 is an unknown!!!!!

To assist with this, we will begin drills on Monday. - Those that are able to master will participate in a pizza party!!!!

Welcome Back!

It's been awhile since our last update! But ... do we have a lot to tell you-

* Backboards for Science Fair may now be purchased. The cost is $2.25.
*Permission slips for the end of the year field trip will come home this week. Money will be due by April 23, 2010. The cost is $60.00. If your student is not going on the end of the year trip, $5.00 will need to be sent in to cover the cost of our end of the year picnic.
*Report cards for the 3rd grading period come home April 20th. We have begun our 4th nine weeks.
* After today, there are 42 school days this year! Try to be present every day! We have a lot to cover.
* Don't forget your Science Fair Projects! Judging for 5th grade will be May 13th. Every student must complete his or her own project.
* Thursday is our in-school field trip. We are excited to see the show!
*Our volunteer luncheon is April 16th! We hope to see all of our volunteers there!!
* This Wednesday, April 14th is an Early Release Day. Make sure your student knows how they are getting home.
* Flag Raising Friday!!

* New Spelling and Vocabulary words came home today. Your student has homework in both!

* Science Fair Materials List due Tuesday, and Procedures due Wednesday!

Thanks for helping us reach 100% with Spirit Week! We will have sno cones Wednesday to celebrate our success!!!

We have lot to do, so make sure your supplies are updated (paper, pencils, etc.) so you don't fall behind!