Monday, August 15 Update

Our first official Monday has come to an end . . . it was a VERY busy day, so I’m certain your 5^th grader will be EXHAUSTED! This is one of our vocabulary words this week, too—perfect, huh?

The EDM Unit 1 Family Letter was attached to an email today. This information will provide the parents (and students) with an understanding of what we will be doing in the math over the course of the unit. The answers to the Study Links are also on the back page of the letter for reference, if needed.

Please check the blog each evening for important information-the link was sent home with your child, and it's also at the end of my emails. I plan to update the blog before 4:00pm each day, but things do come up, and that may not always be possible. For the next few weeks, I will put assignments with due dates, as well as long-term projects on the blog. Once we hit September, the kids cannot use it as the only resource for finding assignment information; they MUST still use their assignment notebooks.

ALL students were given at least 35 minutes at the end of the day to work on any unfinished work. If the time was used wisely, there should be only 30 minutes or so of homework tonight. That time limit should be expected most nights, too. However, the time your child spends on staying on task and listening to directions in class is important to keep that time-frame in place.

Thanks for a great first few days! The kids seem excited to learn, and the kids and parents have all been so sweet with generous comments of the classroom. It means a lot!

Assignments:

Math: Study Link (S.L) 1.1 page 1 due Tuesday

Reading: Workbook pages 1-2 due Tuesday

Social Studies: World Map due Tuesday (coloring is extra credit, not required)

Spelling: New list went home--test on Friday; Contract due Friday

Science: Popcorn bar graph "What's Poppin'? due Tuesday

Welcome to a New Year!

Parents and 5th graders--I really enjoyed meeting many of you on Monday night at Parent Information Night! We've also had two really great days in 5th grade! I am so excited for all of the excitement this school year will bring--our team of teachers has some pretty cool things planned to guide each student toward a successful year, and to successfully prepare each student for middle school next fall.


Please be patient with me as I get the beginning of the year things together, including a group email. That is my main goal today so that we can all communicate with one another easily.


Things coming up . . . 
We are creating a "Science in Our World" collage, so the kids were asked to scour around the house for news clippings, magazine pictures, Internet images, etc., that represent science being used. Students should try to bring at least 5 pictures for their collages. We discussed many examples at school, so this should not be too tough. Drawing pictures is also acceptable. I'd like all pictures to be at school by Monday.


Contact information is coming home today, but just in case, here it is:
Lindsey Hill
Reagan Elementary
852-1060 x2640
lhill@brownsburg.k12.in.us
http://dicesquad.blogspot.com

End of the Year Auction

We are holding an "End of the Year Auction" next week for a chance to spend our Brown Bucks before heading off for the summer. However, the auctioneer could really use some extra special items for auctioning off by next Thursday. I am not asking you to purchase anything new, but maybe you have an extra item in a "regifting" closet, or an item set aside to place in a garage sale that you'd like to donate!!! I have a few items already, but could really use some more. Here are some ideas:

• Packages of gum
• Hershey Kisses
• Football/Basketball/Baseball cards
• Fun pens/pencils
• Gift cards
• Bags
• Healthy snacks/treats
• Candy on Healthy Food Guide Line List
• Individual drinks
• $ store items
• Decorations for locker (mirror, pen holder, notepad)
• Magazines
• Hair items/Hats
• Notepads

Thank you for helping ALL year with donations!
Looking forward to the next 7 days as we celebrate together!

Breakfast Club

Our final two Breakfast Club breakfasts will take place this week and next week. ALL students invited to April's BF Club this Friday already received an invitation.

I will be sending home invitations for the final BF Club this week. We will meet next Wednesday at 8:20. Congratulations to ALL students that attended at least 1 BF Club to celebrate you're successes!

Congratulations Payton!

Our friend and classmate, Payton, submitted a poem and was selected as a finalist to be published with Creative Communications! Please join me in congratulating her on her success!

Victory Field Info

We head to Victory Field on Thursday, May 19!!!! The buses will pull out of Brown's parking lot by 9:15.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BRING $$$ FOR CONCESSIONS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT DAY!

At this point, the weather @ http://www.weather.com/ calls for a high of 69 degrees and partly cloudy (or partly sunny if you're an optimist)! However, the low is 54 degrees that morning. We will keep our fingers crossed for dry weather, and warm weather will be a bonus!

Please dress accordingly for the weather and the event. We will be doing a lot of walking, so gym shoes are preferrable. Also, let's plan to wear our BLACK 5th grade t-shirts (if you have one) or just a black t-shirt.

Keeping All the Forms Organized!

One of the kids said yesterday, "There are just too many papers to return!" I totally agree, but if we don't get them out there, many of the exciting end of the year activities we have won't be successful--so I thought I'd lay it out here to help organize all of the forms:

• 5th Grade Party donations--half white sheet sent home Wednesday--due as soon as possible
• Marsville Volunteer on May 24--Blue sheet sent home last week
• Marsville T-shirt iron on volunteer opportunity--sent home Wednesday--due if interested
• Picnic/end of the year party permission slip and donations--sent home Monday--RSVP and permission slip due as soon as possible
• T-shirt size for Marsville--not paper form, but important information that is needed to order shirts--need by Friday
• Baseball permission slip--sent home last Thursday--due by May 13 for all students: all parent volunteers riding the bus have been notified. All other parents are welcome to join us at the field, too, but will purchase tickets at the gate and find us in Section 120.