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Caden Class News

Thank you so much for remembering me during Teacher Appreciation Week last week.  This is a special class and I will truly miss them when summer comes. 

Check the green folders tonight.  You should find:

1.  Writing Scores for this year

2.  Social Studies Test on landforms (fyi:  a study guide was given weeks before this test) 

3.  Letter regarding the 5th grade walk

4.  Invitation to Awards Day at West Cobb Baptist Church

5.  Fine Slips...please return signed.

This Weeks Events:

Tuesday,  May 13:   Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, 10:00

– 1:00, Media Center

Wednesday and Thursday, May 14/15:  Career Speakers in Media Center

Friday, May 16:  Join us for Field Day,  Lunch is 12:02-12:32 on Field Day. 

Upcoming:

May 21, 8:30 am  5th Grade Awards Day West Cobb Baptist Church

May 23:  Fifth Grade Walk, Last day of school (Plan to carpool if you can...parking will be tight!)

Academics:

Math:  Fraction review.  Quiz on Thursday.

Language Arts:  Reading and Writing Book reivews.

Grammar:  End of the Year Review

Wordly Wise:  Last test of the year is this Thursday....(May 15)

Science:  Use myfootprint.org website to complete project.  Make poster, poem, power point, song etc.  detailing 5 or more ways you can help the enviroment.  Project is due May 19. 

Social Studies:  Space Race and Vietnam War...Packet due tomorrow....May 13.

Caden Class News

Upcoming Events:

An important letter will go home today (Monday) about transportation after the field trip. Please send this letter back tomorrow morning to avoid any confusion after we return from our field trip.  Arrive tomorrow at 6:00 AM for the field trip.

Tuesday, May 6:   Camp Blue Ridge Field Trip (Please review the blog from last week for field trip information.)

Wednesday, May 7:  School Nurse Day

Friday, May 9:  Career Speaker in Media Center 

Barnes and Noble has a summer reading program.  Read 8 books and get a free book. Sign up at the store.  Also, the local library has a summer reading program.  Please take advantage of these opportunities for your child this summer.  Encourage reading this summer!!!

Volunteers are needed to help with the 5th grade reception at the end of the year. Please participate in planning the 5th grade end of the year reception.  The theme is Oh, the Places You Will Go and the event will be at West Cobb Baptist Church.  Contact Jamie Naspinski is you are willing to help.  (thenaz@bellsouth.net)

Student Council  is donating different items to anysoldier.com.  5th grade students  can donate the following school supplies/necessities for our troops to pass out to local children.  writing pencils, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, spirals, lined paper, tablets for primary kids, construction paper, scissors, glue, pens, highlighters, pencil boxes, markers, snacks (crackers, trail mix, fruit chews,gum, mints) toiletries toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, body lotion, ear swabs, chap stick, antigacterial soap, baby wipes.....And previously loved beanie babies (the children love them)  Thanks for your genorosity!!!

Academics:

Language Arts:  Guided Reading Groups continue.  We are working on plot, conflict, figurative language, setting, dialogue and characterization in our reading.

Grammar:  Review

Math:  Relationship between circumference and diameter.

Science:  Humans role in destructive and constructive changes to the earth.

Social Studies:  Test on Landforms on Wednesday!!

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Progress reports come home today in green folders.  Please sign and return tomorrow!! Also, look for the ABC projects to come home today.  They are graded!!

Today is the last day for AR testing!! Congratulations to those students who acheived their personal AR goals!! Brittany Jackson--Jonathan Wagley--Patrick Hughes--Candice Cook---Chinna Ricketts--Austin Emory--Osvaldo Veliz--Evan Muzzey--Jennings Harrelson--Ryan Conniff--Celina Vincente--Chris DeMaskey---I am so proud of them.  Our AR rally is this Friday. 

The library is closed for check out beginning tomorrow so I will no longer require signatures for reading logs.  Please encourage your child to continue reading 20 minutes each night though!!!

There is a PTSA meeting this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. 

The Still Elementary Variety Show will be this Friday evening at Lovinggood Middle School's auditorium.  The cost is $1 per person.  I look forward to seeing you there. ( My daughter is performing!!)

The field trip to Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center in Toccoa, Georgia is Tuesday, May 6, 2008. We will be departing from Still at 6:15 am and will return at 5:30 pm. Please be at the school no later than 5:15 pm or your child will be sent to ASP at your own expense. All students will return to the school by bus and cannot be dismissed from the Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center . Listed below are the items your child should bring on the day of the trip.

Water bottle (lunch and an afternoon snack will be provided)-- A rain poncho (check the weather the night before) ---Wear sunscreen and a hat Insect repellant---Students should wear sneakers, no sandals or flip-flops. ---They should also wear the 5^th grade class t-shirt and comfortable pants or appropriate shorts that allow them to run and participate in the classes.  Since the bus ride will last around 2 hours, students are allowed to bring hand held video games or ipods at their own risk. School or PTSA will not be responsible for lost items.

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CRCT begins this Wednesday, April 23.  Our schedule is as follows:

Wednesday 8:00  Reading CRCT

Thursday 8:00  English/Language Arts

Friday 8:00 Math

Monday  8:00 Science 

Tuesday  8:00 Social Studies

Volunteers are needed to help with the 5th grade reception at the end of the year. Please participate in planning the 5th grade end of the year reception.  The theme is Oh, the Places You Will Go and the event will be at West Cobb Baptist Church.  Contact Jamie Naspinski is you are willing to help.  (thenaz@bellsouth.net)

Send in pictures or picture money asap!!

Only one week left to meet AR goals.  Please help your child achieve the goal he/she set at the beginning of the year.  We really want to earn a pizza party for our class.

Academics this week

Reading:  Guided reading, elements of a story (hyperbole, imagary, similies, metaphors, personification)

Writing: Responding to what we read.

NO WORDLY WISE OR SPELLING TESTS THIS WEEK

Math:  Diameter, Circumference, Radius, PI

Science:  Earthquakes

Social Studies:  Cold War

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Hope everyone had a great spring break.  The countdown is on....30 days until the end of school!!! We have a lot to cover before summer break arrives.  Check the blog weekly to make sure you don't miss any important imformation. 

Lovinggood Middle School 5th Grade Parent Night:  Wed April 16, 6:30 PM

5th Grade Field trip to Camp Blue Ridge : Tuesday, May 6

The last day to take AR tests is April 28.  Our class will win a pizza party if everyone meets their AR goal.  Please remind the students to read 20 minutes each night and get their reading log signed. 

Congratulations to  students who have reached AR goals:  Candice Cook, Chris DeMaskey, Celina Vincente and Brittany Jackson!!

Practice for those CRCT's!!!

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.   

Wordly Wise:  Wordly Wise 24--  No test on Friday.

Spelling:  Spelling Unit 24  Test on Friday

Writing: Narrative writing.  Responding to literature.

Math(Mrs. Caden's Math Class  : Circles

Science:   Destructive and Constructive Forces-Volcanoes

Social Studies:  Ms. Kay assigned a SS project  that is due April 18, this Friday.

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.   

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The last day to take AR tests is April 28.  It would be great if we had 100% of our class meeting their goals.  I will send home a sheet on Monday in the green folders detailing your child's progress.  Some of us need to read, read, read to catch up!!  Please encourage your child to strive for meeting this academic goal.  I plan to do something special for those that meet their goals. 

Do some spring cleaning.  Gather all old sneakers and send them to school on Friday April 4th.  The shoes will be sent to NIKE who will recycle them for playground flooring.  No metal cleats or metal eyeholes accepted.   

Field trip forms are due April 2nd for our Blue Ridge trip. 

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

Wordly Wise:  Wordly Wise 22   Test on Friday.

Spelling:  Spelling Unit 22  Test on Friday

Writing: Narrative writing.  Responding to literature.

Math(Mrs. Caden's Math Class  : Metric Capacily

Science:   Destructive and Constructive Forces-Sand Dune and Erosion

Social Studies:  Ms. Kay assigned a SS project  that is due April 18.  Please ask your child to share this information with you.  This is a WWII project.  The are to make an ABC booklet.

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

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Hi everyone,

Green folders are coming home today because we simply ran out of time yesterday.  Please read and return the field trip form with your donation ASAP.  Donations should be put in the yellow envelope and then placed in the PTSA dropbox in the front lobby.  All permission slips need to be returned to me.

We have 2 monsters in our class that eat pencils...If you would like to donate an electric pencil sharpner to our class, we and our pencils would be so grateful!!

Don't forget to review for the CRCT!!!

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

April 23-29th- CRCT

Tuesday, May 6th- Fifth Grade Fieldtrip- Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center in Toccoa, GA.

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

Wordly Wise:  Wordly Wise 22   Test on Friday.

Spelling:  Spelling Unit 22  Test on Friday

Writing: Narrative writing.  Responding to literature.

Math(Mrs. Caden's Math Class)  : Capacity and converting using capacity

Science:   Destructive and Constructive Forces

Social Studies:  Ms. Kay assigned a SS project  that is due April 18.  Please ask your child to share this information with you.  This is a WWII project.  The are to make an ABC booklet.

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

April 23-29th- CRCT

Tuesday, May 6th- Fifth Grade Fieldtrip- Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center in Toccoa, GA.

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

Caden's Class News

The important things your child needs to be doing right now are practicing for the CRCT test online and reading 20 minutes nightly.  I am giving a lot of AR time in class to assure AR goals will be met.  Please make sure your child is reading the requried 20  minutes each night!!  Check last week's blog for a CRCT link.  E-mail me if you need your child's id number again. 

Also, if you have read this blog, show it to your student.  I will give students who have read this blog some Caden Cash.   They need to be able to tell me the two important things they should be doing each night!!

Upcoming Important Dates:

Report Cards go home on Thursday!!! Remember to sign and return signature card Friday.

Friday, March 21st- Boosterthon Pledges due

Friday, March 21st- Young Audiences Performance- "And Then They Came for Me."

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

April 23-29th- CRCT

Tuesday, May 6th- Fifth Grade Fieldtrip- Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center in Toccoa, GA.

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

Wordly Wise: Our test was today.  Wordly Wise 22 will begin next week.

Spelling:  Spelling Unit 21 (Test on Friday) 

Writing: Narrative writing.  Responding to literature.

Math(Mrs. Caden's Math Class)  : Volume

Science: Electricity Test on Thursday!!

Social Studies:  Ms. Kay assigned a SS project today that is due April 18.  Please ask your child to share this information with you.  This is a WWII project.

Friday, March 21st- Boosterthon Pledges due

Friday, March 21st- Young Audiences Performance- "And Then They Came for Me."

March 31-April 2-Target Field Trip- Cumberland Island

April 7-11th- Spring Break!  We can't wait!!!

April 23-29th- CRCT

Tuesday, May 6th- Fifth Grade Fieldtrip- Blue Ridge Outdoor Education Center in Toccoa, GA.

Language Arts: Guided Reading. Center work focusing on comprehension, word study skills and sequence.  Pronouns. 

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IMPORTANT:  We need all of the Lovinggood Registration forms returned by tomorrow!!!

Please remember to use your child's special code to practice for the CRCT at home!!! Here is a link for CRCT practice.

Wednesday, March 12, 9:10-10:10:   Boosterthon Fun Run:  Parents are welcome to come run with us!!

Thursday, March 14  Field Trip to Lovinggood Middle School

                               Picture Day

                               Lovinggood MS Articulation Session 7:00 PM

Friday, March 14  End of 3rd  Grading Marking Period

Monday, March 17  Stevie B's Night

Language Arts: Guided Reading is continuing.     Please look in the green folders and see how many center activities your child completed this week.  They are given a grade based on work completed. 

Wordly Wise: Wordly Wise unit 20

Spelling:  Spelling Unit 20

Writing: Narrative writing.

Math(Mrs. Caden's Math Class)  : End of 9 weeks review for post test on Friday!! 

Science: Electricity--Conducters and Insulators , Magnets

Language Arts: Guided Reading is continuing.     Please look in the green folders and see how many center activities your child completed this week.  They are given a grade based on work completed.