We are partnering with Hendricks Co. Waster Department on Friday for a "Garbage Pizza" activity. We are in need of 30 cereal boxes for this activity. If anyone has an extra box that's ready to recycle, please send to school by Friday!
Thanks!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Unit Three Review
A review handout will be coming home today for the math assessment on Friday. Each student will be asked to bring his or her SRB (Student Resource Book) home each night and return it to school each day this week. The review handout should prepare your child for the test on Friday, should he or she complete each of the activities for understanding the skills.
Countdown Summaries
Each student has a summary due this week for Chapters 1-4 (See more information in a last week's post regarding this summary). Due to the shortened week for Fall Break next week, summaries/book reports for Chapters 5-14 will not be due until the week following Fall Break, October 25-29. Please see the "Book Report" handout coming home today for more information about writing a book report as we complete half of the book!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Today's Update
Book Drive:
As of today, we have 588 books donated to our Books for Youth: Half a Million by Half Time book drive for Indiana Department of Child Services! It has only been five days and we're already over half way to our goal of 1,000! I'm certain we can surpass the goal as this point! Please continue to send your new or gently used books for children ages 0-17 to school! Thank you to all families that have already donated so many wonderful books!
Countdown Summaries:
Each child has received their copy of the novel "Countdown" as of today. All students have a one to two paragraph summary of their reading (at least four chapters per week) on their scheduled Book Club due date. This due date is the same as it has been since the beginning of the year. I'm anxious to hear each student's perception of the first four chapters! I also can't wait to read the next four chapters along with the kids!
Conferences with Mrs. Hill:
Please be sure to contact me as soon as possible regarding your child's parent/teacher conference if you have not already done so. I plan to send home your scheduled appointment with your child by Friday, October 15. I encourage 5th grade students to attend the conference with their parent(s). It's their responsibility to know our expectations and where their strengths and needs reside!
Math Assessemt:
We will have a math test next Friday, October 15. I will send home a study guide and test alert on Monday. Each child will be encouraged to bring the Student Resource Book and Math Journal home each night to practice their math skills for the Unit 3 assessment.
As of today, we have 588 books donated to our Books for Youth: Half a Million by Half Time book drive for Indiana Department of Child Services! It has only been five days and we're already over half way to our goal of 1,000! I'm certain we can surpass the goal as this point! Please continue to send your new or gently used books for children ages 0-17 to school! Thank you to all families that have already donated so many wonderful books!
Countdown Summaries:
Each child has received their copy of the novel "Countdown" as of today. All students have a one to two paragraph summary of their reading (at least four chapters per week) on their scheduled Book Club due date. This due date is the same as it has been since the beginning of the year. I'm anxious to hear each student's perception of the first four chapters! I also can't wait to read the next four chapters along with the kids!
Conferences with Mrs. Hill:
Please be sure to contact me as soon as possible regarding your child's parent/teacher conference if you have not already done so. I plan to send home your scheduled appointment with your child by Friday, October 15. I encourage 5th grade students to attend the conference with their parent(s). It's their responsibility to know our expectations and where their strengths and needs reside!
Math Assessemt:
We will have a math test next Friday, October 15. I will send home a study guide and test alert on Monday. Each child will be encouraged to bring the Student Resource Book and Math Journal home each night to practice their math skills for the Unit 3 assessment.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Countdown: Book Club Book
Monday Book Clubbers received the book 'Countdown' today. Each Book Clubber will receive their copy on the day of their summary due date (Tuesday kids will get the novel tomorrow, etc).
Each students is asked to read at least 4 chapters and complete a one to two paragraph summary of the chapters read by his or her book club summary due date. However, the students are encouraged to read at least 90 minutes a week. If more chapters can be read in the timeframe, then go for it!
Our plan is to complete this novel by Thanksgiving (or before for some). I encourage the students to read aloud to parents, siblings, read with friends, etc to reach their weekly goals.
Each students is asked to read at least 4 chapters and complete a one to two paragraph summary of the chapters read by his or her book club summary due date. However, the students are encouraged to read at least 90 minutes a week. If more chapters can be read in the timeframe, then go for it!
Our plan is to complete this novel by Thanksgiving (or before for some). I encourage the students to read aloud to parents, siblings, read with friends, etc to reach their weekly goals.
Book Drive
Time to clean out bookshelves? Make a 'clean sweep' while donating your new or gently used books to the Books for Youth program through the Department of Child Protective Services. Their goal is to collect 'Half a million books by Half time' of the Colts game on November 28, 2011.
As a class, we will work to collect 1,000 books for this cause! This is a small amount, but an overall big help for the total goal! Maybe we'll even be able to collect more! We will keep track of the number of new or gently used donated books here at school and pass them onto Mrs. Blood by Thanksgiving.
As a class, we will work to collect 1,000 books for this cause! This is a small amount, but an overall big help for the total goal! Maybe we'll even be able to collect more! We will keep track of the number of new or gently used donated books here at school and pass them onto Mrs. Blood by Thanksgiving.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Summaries Postponed
There will be NO book club summaries due again for this week of October 4 because we are beginning a novel in class that I would like the kids to focus on completely. However, I will be passing out a copy of the novel "Countdown" to each student to read at home each night. We will discuss the "Countdown" novel during our scheduled book club meetings each day. A book club summary for the "Countdown" readings for the week of October 4 will be due the week of October 11.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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