Wednesday, April 29, 2015

May 2015

APRIL 29, 2015  5th Grade Newsletter


  Calendar for May:


April 30--Reading/LArts End of Level Test (Mrs. Payne's class)
May:
1--Reading Celebration.  Sponsored by our wonderful PTA and held during school.
5--Mrs. Payne’s class takes the 1st session of the Language Arts End of Level test.
6--Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Little’s classes take the 1st session of the Math test.
5--Orchestra Concert (joined with CMS), 6:00 PM.
6--CMS Open House, 6-8 PM.  We encourage you to take your child, tour the
    school, and meet his/her teacher.
7--Mrs. Payne’s class takes the 2nd session of math test.
8--Mrs. Williams & Mrs. Little’s classes take the 2nd session of the Math test.
8--Battle of the Books.   Parents, we need help running this, from 12:30-2:30.   If you can donate your time, we’d love to have you..  Thanks!  Please contact us right away if you can help from 12:30-2:30,
11--Zion Field Trip.  
       We have plenty of chaperones.  Thanks for volunteering!  Your child needs to bring water, walking shoes, and a home lunch (if applicable).  It may be good to bring a hat or sunscreen.  We will be hiking.  
       If you haven’t already paid $3.00 for the IMAX Theater movie, you can still send that to school.  Thanks!
12--Last day to turn in Reading Revolution Book Reports  (Mrs. Little’s/Williams’
   students)  *No more stickers on the chart!
12--Last day to turn in Reading Response Journals (Mrs. Payne’s students)
    *No more stickers on the chart!
12--Present State Reports (Mrs. Payne’s class)
14--Judicial Award (ice cream sundaes)
14--Orchestra Concert, 1:00 PM.  We are excited to see our 5th graders perform!
15--Costume Check for Great American Heroes Program.  Please bring costumes so we can make sure you are ready to go on stage.  If you need help finding a
costume, let us know and we’ll see if we can help.   Students need to have their
parts memorized.  They received scripts on April 29.
15--Congressional Award (Movie & Popcorn).
18--Presidential Award  (Breakfast in the Park)  *We will ride the bus to the Canyon Park @ 9:00, eat breakfast, play, then walk back by 11:30..  
19--Great American Heroes Program,  10:00 (K-3) and 2:00 (4/Parents).   You can
    take your child home afterwards.  
20--Tent Day--WORKER’S HOLIDAY
20--Mrs. Smith (school secretary) is retiring.  An open house will be held in her honor in the school library 2-4 PM.  You are welcome to drop in.
21--Track Meet (Field Day) at CHS track.   This will last most of the day.
22--Last Day of School


Whew!  Can you believe this schedule?   We’ll continue to squeeze in reading, writing, and arithmetic, especially since we have more high stakes testing ahead of us.  We are still in major review mode, and we really appreciate your child being in school every day.  Once this testing is over, our learning takes on a different shape..  A little more relaxed and a little more fun.  Yay!   


Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Little’s students are writing an ABC Book, and Mrs. Payne’s class is working on State Reports.  These reports will be presented on May 12 and 13th.  


The last newsletter will be posted on Wed., May 13.


Your help and support are invaluable to us as teachers.  Thank you for helping us with your child’s education.  We love each one of these 5th grade students!


                        Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Little, and Mrs. Williams

April 30 will be the last day I (Mrs. Payne) will collect Reading Response Journals on a weekly basis. For the next two weeks (or until the 12th of May), students need to hand them in ONLY when they have completed reading a book.  

Monday, April 20, 2015

April 20, 2015

Dear Parents,

I forgot to update this blog when I sent home the latest notice about your student's progress.  So here it is:

End of Level Testing will be--
     Science-    Thursday, April 23
     Lang. Arts-Thursday, April 30
     Math #1-   Tuesday, May 5
     Math #2-   Thursday, May 7

Notice the change in the math dates.  

Saturday, April 25--Kite Flight reading incentive. Turn in reading sheets at the 
                            CMS, get a free kite.  10:00-3:00 PM.  Our school gets money for this :)
Thursday, April 30--Magic of Writing entries are due.  
My students are all working on their fantasy/science fiction stories about a planet called Wakyabi and its humanoid, insect, and animal organisms.  Their creatures have specialized structures and variations that help them survive in their environment.  These stories will be entered in our Magic of Writing contest.
Since the computers are being used for testing, your child may need to finish his/her story at home.

We are finishing up our study on World War 2, and will read about the Korean, Vietnam, Cold War, then our current War on Terrorism.  We won't spend a lot of time on these wars, but if any of you parents have served in one of them, we'd love you to visit our classroom and tell us about your service. 

These dates are coming up in May:

Friday, May 1-Reading Celebration, here at the school.  This is sponsored by the                                  PTA and is centered around the author, Mo Willems.
Monday, May 11-Field Trip to Zion ($3.00 to see the movie in the IMax Theater).
Tuesday, May 12-Tour CMS  (We'll walk there and back).
Thursday, May 14--Battle of the Books  (We'd love some of you to volunteer).
Thursday, May 14--Orchestra Concert @ 1:00 PM
Friday, May 15-Judicial & Congressional Awards (Ice Cream Sundaes &
                         Movie and Popcorn)
Monday, May 18-Breakfast in the Park (for Presidential Award winners)
Tuesday, May 19-American Heroes Program (10:00 & 2:00)
Wednesday, May 20- Tent Day (Worker's Holiday)
Wednesday, May 20- Awards Assembly for Reading Revolution and Patriot
                     Awards
Thursday, May 21--Field Day at CHS track
Friday, May 22--Last Day of School.

Whew!  Not a lot of time left over for reading, writing, and arithmetic, but I'll do what I can to fit it in.  Let me know if you would like to chaperone our field trip, help with the Battle of the Books, or help with Breakfast in the Park.  

     Once again, thanks for your continual support!   

                                         Sincerely,  Jeanne Payne