5th Grade - Ms. Kay

Winter Dance

The 4th and 5th grade Winter Dance will be on Friday, January 27th in the Still Cafeteria, from 6:30-8:30.  Details coming home with students on Tuesday.  Look for the flyer!

Kay's Kids Week of January 23, 2012

This week...

Chorus  rehearsal resumes Monday after school.

Remember Morning Math Mania has begun.

4th and 5th grade dance on Friday, more details as we get them

Wordly Wise # 9

Spelling sort #13, test Friday

Adjective quiz on Thursday

DOL test Friday

We are wrapping up our Animal Reports.  All reports due by Friday.

Family Under the Bridge  packets due Tuesday.

Congratulations to Garrett Flynn, this month's Kiwanis Terrific Kid!

 

Update 1/19/12

New assignments posted on Study Island.  Let's earn some ribbons!

Kay's Kids Week of January 16, 2012

Greetings!

Another short week!

Look for Wordly Wise and DOL tests on Friday.

We will continue our study of adjectives this week as well as simple, compound and complex sentences.

Students will have a short quiz on social studies chapter 8 study guide Thursday.

We are working on our animal reports.  They should be finished and ready to type by Monday.

In my math class we are working on calculating circumference and understanding geometry terms.

Please return report cards and envelopes if you have not already done so.

We often have students who have forgotten a snack.  Any donations of peanut butter crackers or breakfast snack bars would very very welcome by some growing (have you noticed?) 5th graders!

Fourth and Fifth Grade Dance is right around the corner!!

Watch for updates and details.

Kay's Kids Week of January 10, 2012

Welcome Back Everyone!  I hope the holidays were a happy family time for all of you to re-charge before heading back to our school routine.  These first few weeks back are a little difficult because they are 4 day weeks.  However, we are back to work!

Here is what we are studying...

English-Adjectives, Wordly Wise #8, Spelling sort #12

Math-Geometry/Chapter 19

Reading-Novel StudyThe Family Under the Bridge

Writing-Anuimal project/ Informational Writing

Social Studies-Immigration and Industrialization/ Chapter 8

Science-Electricity and Magnetism

Remember to read nightly.  Students have new reading logs.  Our reading goal for this nine weeks is 2 fiction and 2 non-fiction books on individual reading levels.

Congratulations to Emily Wallace and Garrett Flynn for representing our class so well in the Spelling Bee.  You did a great job!

Have a great week!

Kay's Kids December 21, 2011

To my fabulous class, thank you for all the wonderful gifts and thoughtful cards!  Happy Holidays!  See you in the New Year.  Don't forget your holiday challenge!

LOVE,

Mrs. Kay

Newsflash! 11/30/11

ITBS scores are in!  Results will come home with students Thursday, December 1.  There is a link posted on the Still website to a brochure that explains the ITBS results.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Kay's Kids Week of November 28. 2011

Welcome back everyone!  I hope you are all rested and ready for the December blitz!

We are back in the swing with academics.

Spelling this week Unit#9-test Friday

Wordly Wise Lesson #7- test next week

Proposition re-test Tuesday

We are beginning our study of figurative language

Social studies chapters 7 and 8- Industrialization and Immigration.  We have begun sharing our family histories and they are wonderful!

Science quiz on matter Wednesday

We will be making Christmas ornaments on Friday.

December 7, we have a trip to the symphony.  I do not have performing arts permission slips for every student.  If you need a new one, please let me know.

Lots of fun activities coming our way...Science Night, Shopping with Santa, chorus trips...

We need anti-bacterial wipes!  I think you know why!  Any donations would be appreciated!

Kay's Kids Week of November 7, 2011

A BIG THANK YOU to all the people who made our Civil War Breakfast so fun and delicious!!  Our sincere appreciateion to all those great cooks and our room moms, Mrs. Claar (Elizabeth) and Mrs. Flynn (Garrett), for you time and efforts.

Please remember there is NO SCHOOL for students this Tuesday, November 8.  It will be our monthly Chick-Fil-A evening.

Target students will go to Target classes on Wednesday this week.

Friday, November 11, is Veterans' Day.  We will welcome our veterans to Still with a breakfast to honor them.  Please stop in and see our Veterans' Wall sometime this week.  It's always a proud and touching sight and will certainly make you proud to be an American.

Also on Friday, is our Fall Festival.  Come one, come all!  See your friends, play some games and eat AND support your school!  The fun begins at 6:30 p.m.

ACADEMICS:

We are studying pronouns.  Homework throughout the week.

Wordly Wise #6.  Test next week.

Spelling test on sort#7 is Monday.  Study.

In math we are working with fractions.  Making equivalent fractions, reducing and finding the common denominators to order and compare fractions.

Reading nightly.  Reading logs are collected on Friday.  Remember the AR goal for this 9 weeks/ 3 fiction and 1 non-fiction on each student's personal level.  Passing score is 80%.

Weekly Reader due Friday.

We have begun the chapter on safety in health.  Lesson 1 questions should be completed and handed in by Wednesday.

Social Studies test on chapter 6 is Thursday.

Congratulations to Joseph Castillo, our Kiwanis Terrific Kid for the month of November!!

Have a great week!

 

Kay's Kids Week of October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!  Be safe out there!

Thanks to Ayana O'Brien and her mother for creating their fabulous pumpkin entry for the contest.  We won first place!!

There will be picture re-takes on Wednesday.  Please return your pictures if you would like new ones taken.

Morning Math Mania begins on Tuesday!

No DOL test or WWise test this week.

We will have spelling this week and a test on Friday.

There is a science test Wednesday on atoms and elements.  Your student has a study guide.

We are wrapping up our study of the Civil War.  Test next week.

Remember our field trip to Pickett's Mill Battlefield is Thursday!  Wear appropriate clothing and walking shoes.  I heard it might rain.  Oh well, it's that time of year.

Our Civil War Breakfast is this Friday.  Thanks so much to everyone who has volunteered to help.  I see the sign up list is full!

Oh, almost forgot!  Parents, you are welcome to join us at Pickett's Mill.  You can meet us there and spend as much time with us as you like.  It's a great hike and wonderful field trip.  Hope to see some of you there!

Have a great week!