5th Grade - Ms. Earnest

January 30, 2012

January is almost over!  Please remember Monthly Memorization is due tomorrow!  Target kids will say it to me before they leave to go to their class. 

In your child's Monday Folder you are receiving two letters about pertaining to the CRCT.  One is for CRCT practice and the other is about CRCT remediation.  On the CRCT Practice Letter I wrote your child's ID number at the top so you have all the info you need to log on and practice.  The CRCT remediation letter will either state your child will be need remediation or your child will not need remediation.  Please read each letter carefully.  If your child will be receiving remediation there is a permission letter attached and reasons were checked.   Your child's math teacher also had input into this decision.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

A class list has been placed in your child's folder for handing out Valentines.  Please have fun with this because it is your last year to do class Valentines!  We will hand out Valentines on the 14th.

Target starts back up this week!  New students will go this week as well.

Tutoring will be starting the week of Feb 6th.  I have received all permission letters back!

This week academically:

• Math - area of shapes
• English - Possessive Nouns
• Reading - WW #9    , The Family Under the Bridge
• Spelling - Sort #20
• Science - Electric Circuits
• Soc  St - WWI

Quizzes this week:

• Wed, 2/1                                            Wordly Wise
• Fri, 2/3                                              Spelling/Grammar

Dates to remember:

• Mon, 1/30                                          Homeless Pet Club
• Tues, 1/31                                          Target New Parent Mtg, 6 - 7 PM
• Wed, 2/1                                            Walk to School
• Thurs, 2/2                                         Family Math Night, 6:30 - 7:30, Publix, Dallas Hwy
• 2/6 - 2/10                                          Counselor Appreciation Week

 

January 23, 2012

Rain, rain go away!  Come again another day!  We need recess! 

January is almost over which means we only have 4 more months of 5th grade!  Where has this year gone?  I love this class so much!  They are an awesome group of kids AND they will make great middle school students.

4th/5th grade Winter Dance is this Friday, 1/27.  Last year was a huge success and lots of fun! Try to attend if you can, you don't want to miss out on the fun!

I will send home Monday Folders tomorrow.  Newsletter today, folder tomorrow.

This Week:

• Math - geometry unit
• English/Writing - NO Grammar Quiz this week, Informational Writing
• Spelling - sort 19
• Reading - Nonfiction in reading group, looking for information, Wordly Wise #9 tomorrow
• Science - finishing Static Electricity, beginning circuits
• Soc St -  World War I

Upcoming Quizzes:

• Friday,1/27                                            Spelling
• Friday, 1/27                                           Static Electricity Quiz
• Wed, 2/1                                                Wordly Wise

Important Dates:

• Mon, 1/23                                             Otter's Chicken Night
• Fri, 1/27                                                4th/5th Winter Dance
• Mon, 1/30                                            Homeless Pet Club initial mtg, 2:30 = 3:15

 

December 19, 2011

One more day of testing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Tomorrow is the Checkpoint in Math and we are officially done with testing for now.  AND to top it off the spelling bee is tomorrow morning at 8:00!  Good Luck David and Hannah Boo!

We didn't add a new signature sheet to this week's Monday Folder.  The children drew a line on the back side of the signature sheet for you to sign.  We will put a new signature sheet in when they come back from Christmas Break.

Our Christmas Party is Wednesday morning at 9:30.  My mom will be coming to cook the pancakes for our class!  Watch out - MiMi will be here!  The children do have a Soc St test before the party so please STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!  They have the study guides and Mrs. Kay has said the test will come straight from the Study Guide.

We will be watching Narnia on Thursday.  This is my day to bring in treats for the children and enjoy just being with them.  I promise to send them home fully anticipating Christmas Day!

Holiday Challenge is on again!  Please try to do this over the break.  Seeing that we are basically off after Christmas I hope we will have a good response to the challenge!

Upcoming Calendar:

• Mon, 12/19                                             Otter's Night 6 - 9
• Tues, 12/20                                           Spelling Bee 8 AM
• Wed, 12/21                                            Christmas Party 9:30
• Thurs, 12/22                                        Last Day before Break
• Fri, 12/23 - 1/9                                    Christmas Break
• Tues, 1/10                                             First Day Back
• Wed, 1/11                                               Walk to School Day\
• Fri, 1/13                                                  Report Cards go home
• Mon, 1/16                                              MLK Day, no school
• Tues, 1/17                                             Chick-fil-A Night

December 12, 2011

Just a few things:

1. You can go to the Still Website for information about the ITBS scores.  There is a link posted on the Still website to a brochure that explains the results.

2. I have sent home a copy of the new bus procedures for transportation changes.  Still PTSA also sent an email home about this.

3. We will not have spelling or Wordly Wise this week.

4. I am sending home a reading log today, but this is the last one until the New Year.

5.Please note dates in last week's newsletter/blog for Christmas Parties, testing dates, etc.

6 Don't forget Monthly Memorization is due next Thursday, 12/22.  It is worth $75!

7. Science Quiz is Wednesday and Grammar quiz is Friday.

8. Soc St HW is due WED

 

December 6, 2011

Our Christmas ornaments look fantastic!  Thank you Mrs. Baxter and Mrs. Cook for heading this up and thank you to my moms that helped make it such a success.

Today was our Santa Shop day.  If you missed out there will be one more opportunity Friday morning before the 7:50!

Congratulations to David Clark our spelling bee winner and our runner up Hannah Crimm.  They will participate in the school wide spelling bee on December 20th.

Tomorrow is our Performing Arts field trip to the Nutcracker.  Please remember to wear nice clothes.  No jeans or shorts.  Think more on the line of church clothes.

Dates to remember:

• Wed, 12/7                                     Performing Arts  11:00 - 1:30
• Thurs, 12/8                                  Chorus Field Trip
• Tues, 12/20                                 Spelling Bee, 8:00 AM Cafeteria
• Wed, 12/21                                  Christmas Party, 9:30 AM
• Thurs, 12/22                               Play in Media Center, 8:30 AM

Upcoming Tests:

• Wed, 12/7                                   Wordly Wise
• Fri, 12/9                                       Spelling/Grammar
• Thurs, 12/15                              Science Quiz
• Thurs, 12/15                              LA Checkpoint
• Fri, 12/16                                    Science Checkpoint
• Mon, 12/19                                Math Benchmark
• Tues, 12/20                              Math Checkpoint

 

November 29, 2011

We will be doing Christmas ornaments on Friday at 9:15.  This is the last year for your precious ones to make those special ornaments so I know these will mean more than ever!

Mrs. Kay's class and my class have been asked to do a small Christmas play for the Media Center.  We will be performing our play on Thursday, Dec 22 at 8:30 AM.  It's not a huge production, just a little something for the 5th grade at Christmas. 

We have officially been given our Christmas Party time - Wed, Dec 21 from 9:30 - 10:30 AM. Christmas will be here before we know it!

The last week for tutoring will be the week of December 12th.  Morning Math Mania will continue until the last week of school before the holidays, and it will pick right back up again in January.

This week academically:

• English - adverbs
• Spelling - sort 15
• Reading - WW #7, Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe
• Math - Fractions
• Science - Properties of Matter, Chapter 3, pages 144 - 149
• Soc St - Industrialization and Immigration, Chapters 7 and 8

Upcoming Quizzes:

• Thursday, 12/1                                         Science Quiz
• Friday, 12/2                                              Spelling and Grammar
• Wed, 12/7                                                Wordly Wise #7

Dates to Remember:

• Thurs, 12/1                                        Family Science Night 6 - 8 PM
• Wed, 12/8                                          Performing Arts Field Trip to the Symphony
• Sat, 12/10                                         Santa's Workshop
• Fri, 12/16 - Tues, 12/20                      Benchmark and Checkpoint tests
• Wed, 12/21                                        Christmas Party 9:30 - 10:30
• Thurs, 12/22                                      Christmas Play in Media Center

 

October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!  We had a great time this morning with our pumpkin activity.  Thanks to all parents, grandparents, and aunts who helped out!  Who knew a pumpkin could have over 600 seeds!  Trust the kids found out the true "guts" of a pumpkin!

It was wonderful to meet all of you last week and talk about your most excellent children!  I truly felt like we all connected and we are all pushing to make this an exceptional 5th grade year.  Remember you can email me anytime with questions or concerns.

We are having a Civil War breakfast on Friday.  This is a fun way to end the Civil War Unit.  It will be from 8:30 - 9;30 in the cafeteria.  Thanks in advance for those of you who are donating items for this event.  My mom will be here making Johnny Cakes for the kids.  She has been making these since my senior in high school went here!  YES, I am OLD!

This week academically:

• Math - Graphs and Fractions
• English - Adjectives
• Reading - Wordly Wise #6, The Whipping Boy
• Spelling - sort 11
• Soc St - finishing Civil War, Chapter 6 Test next Wed
• Science - Atoms and Elements

Upcoming Quizzes:

• Fri, 11/4                                                Grammar and Spelling
• Mon, 11/7                                            Science Quiz on Atoms
• Wed, 11/9                                            Civil War Quiz, Chapter 6
• Thurs, 11/10                                      Wordly Wise #6 Quiz

Important Dates:

• Wed, 11/2                                          Walk to School/ Picture Retakes/Rocket Club
• Fri, 11/4                                              Civil War Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30   Cafeteria
• Tues, 11/8                                          Teacher Workday, No school
• Tues, 11/8                                          Chick-fil-a Night
• Thurs, 11/10                                     Pickets Mill Field Trip
• Thurs, 11/10                                     Cafeteria Ladies Appreciation Day
• Fri, 11/11                                            Veteran's Day Breakfast
• Fri, 11/11                                            Fall Festival
• Fri, 11/18                                            Thanksgiving Feast
• 11/21 - 11/25                                    Thanksgiving Break

October 24, 2011

Conference Week!  I look forward to meeting with all of you and discussing your precious children!  Thank you so much for the goodies!  Conference Week has been known to put on a few pounds!

We only had 9 children meet the AR goal the 1st nine weeks of 3 fiction and 1 nonfiction. Many kids met the fiction goal, but few met the non fiction goal.  This nine weeks we are having the same goal - 3 fiction, and one nonficiton.  I do think the reading logs hold the children accountable so please make sure you are filling these out nightly.

I am missing several Performing Arts permission slips that were sent home several weeks ago.  If your child is missing this form, they wrote in their agenda today.  Please check and see if you can find it.  If not, let me know.

We will have our Pumpkin Activity Monday Morning at 9:15.  We measure, weigh, count seeds, calculate circumference and eat!

Don't forget that Monthly Memorization is due this Friday.  We are memorizing an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.

This week academically:

• math - fractions/graphs
• English - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Types of Sentences, Sub/Pred
• Reading - Finishing Hatchet Unit, Wordly Wise #5
• Spelling - sort 10
• Science - Matter
• Soc St - Civil War

Upcoming Tests:

• Wed, 10/26                                        Wordly Wise
• Wed, 10/26                                        Soc St Lesson Quiz
• Fri, 10/28                                            Spelling/Grammar
• Fri, 10/28                                           Monthly Memorization

Dates to Remember;

• 10/24 - 10/28                                 Conference Week-Early Dismissal/Book Fair
• 10/24 - 10/28                                 Red RibbonWeek
• Mon- 10/24                                     Otters Chicken Night
• Wed, 10/26                                     Rocket Club
• Thurs, 10/27                                  Yogli Mogli  3 - 8 PM
• November 2                                    Picture Retakes

 

October 10, 2011

First of all - GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITBS TESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Please remember to get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast.  We were dragging a little this AM and we need to be more alert tomorrow morning.

5th grade tshirts - Some of you already ordered yours at Meet and Greet.  If you didn't order one at that time I will be sending another order form home tomorrow in your child's Monday(well really Tuesday) Folder.

Conference Letters are attached.  Please sign and return these tomorrow.  If there is a problem with your time please note on the form.  I scheduled 28 conferences so my time is limited, but there might be a little elbow room.

There will be a field trip permission form coming home mid week to Pickett's Mill.  The cost will be $8.00.  This is a great field trip to wrap up our study of the Civil War.

Academically this week:

• math - factors/multiples and percentages
• English - no grammar this week
• reading - finish Hatchet, no wordly wise
• spelling - no spelling this week
• Science - finish Constructive/Destructive Unit
• Soc St - Civil War
• Health - Nutrition

Upcoming Tests:

• Wed, 10/12                                                   Science Quiz
• Thurs, 10/13                                                Soc St Quiz

Dates to Remember:

• 10/10 -10/14                                               ITBS Testing
• Tues, 10/11                                                  Chick-fil-A Night
• Fri, 10/14                                                      End of 1st Nine Weeks Grading Period
• 10/17 - 10/21                                              School Bus Safety Week
• Tues, 10/18                                                 Bus Driver Appreciation Day
• 10/24 - 10/28                                             Conference Week - Early Release
• Wed, 11/2                                                     Picture Retakes

October 3, 2011

We had a blast on Friday afternoon.  Who knew bobbing for apples could be so much fun! We ate and played and it was the perfect ending to a Friday.  Thanks to my helpers, I couldn't do it without you.  Our next activity will be on October 31.  Pumpkins galore!!!!!!!!!!!

I have place assignments on Study Island.  Your child has already received their password and login.  If you want to make a donation you can still send in the envelope with the donation.  Your child is working for 80% accuracy on his/her assignments.

The nine weeks will be officially over on Friday, 10/14.  Remember our reading goal this nine weeks was 3 fiction and 1 nonfiction.  I am sending home AR reports today in the Monday Folder so you can see how your child is doing on reaching their goal.  Remember, these are to be chapter books not half point books.

The ITBS will be next week.  Please make sure your child gets a good night's rest and eats a good breakfast.  These tests are long and tiring.  We will have math, science, soc st, and writing next week.  We will not have spelling , wordly wise or grammar.

Conference Times will be coming home in next week's Monday Folder.  Please keep a look out for these and send back.  Conference Week will be Oct 24 - Oct 28.

Monthly Memorization was pretty low last month.  This month is part of the Declaration of Independence.  Please help your child memorize the lines and earn Earnest Money.  Some children really need the cash.  Look for memorization in today's folder.

This Week Academically:

• Math - Factors, Multiples, Percentages
• English - Direct Objects, Parts of Speech, Sentence Corrections
• Reading - Hatchet, WW 4
• Spelling - Sort 8
• Writing - Personal Narrative
• Science - Constructive/Destructive Forces (seismological studies, flood control, beach restoration)
• Soc St - Civil War, Chapter 5

Upcoming Quizzes:

• Tues, 10/4                                           Science Quiz
• Thurs, 10/6                                         Wordly Wise #4
• Fri, 10/7                                                Spelling/Grammar
• Wed, 10/12                                          Science Quiz
• Thurs, 10/13                                      Soc St Quiz

Dates to Remember:

• Monday, 10/3                                   Reflections Deadline
• Thursday, 10/6                                PTSA
• Thursday, 10/6                                Gifted Eligibility Process Parent Mtg. 5:45 Media Center
• 10/10 - 10/14                                   ITBS
• Tuesday, 10/11                                Chick-fil-A Night 5 - 8 PM
• 10/24 - 10/28                                  Conference Week/Early Release