September 23, 2015

5th Grade Newsletter

September 23, 2015

Coming up:

September 23- Progress Reports (Please look on your PowerSchool account).

24-All missing work must be turned in.

25-Worker’s Holiday (kickball tournament)

25-Fall Pictures

28,29,30-SEP Conferences

October 1,2-SEP Conferences

23-Reflections Contest

  23-Fifth Grade Hope of America Program

        Our field trip to Cedar Mountain went well, and we appreciate your help making sure your children were well prepared.  We hope it was a positive experience for all of them.

This Friday we will hold our first Worker’s Holiday. We realize that this is also picture day and students may want to bring a change of clothes for the afternoon. We  will be having a kickball tournament.  Remember, this is for students who have ALL assignments turned in, and who have an 80% or higher. All others will stay in the classroom and get caught up.  Today your child is bringing home a category total report, along with a Missing Assignment sheet (if s/he is missing any work).  All missing assignments must be turned in by tomorrow, Thursday, 24th.    

We are looking forward to visiting with you and your child during the week of September 28-October 2.  If you have not confirmed a meeting time, please do so as soon as possible.  Please bring your child with you to the conference so that we can discuss his/her progress and goals.  

Reflections Contest theme is Let Your Imagination Fly.  All entries are due October 23.  You may pick up rules and entry forms in the art classroom and utahpta.org.  We hope that you will encourage your child to enter.  

Our class has the privilege of performing with 800 other fifth graders from our area in the Hope of America patriotic program.  This performance will be held in the SUU Centrum on October 23.  Students will learn the songs here at school, but they were each given a CD so that they could practice them at home.  This should be an exciting event.

We enjoy getting to know your children, and helping them grow academically and socially.  Fifth grade is definitely the best grade to teach!   

Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Williams

September 9, 2015

                            Here's what's happening...

Progress Reports and Newsletters:    
           Your child should have handed you a progress report today.  This report will show all recorded assignments up to this date.  If your child is missing any assignments, you will see a "Missing Assignment" sheet attached.  All missing work must be turned in right away.  
       We are trying to use less paper, so this turquoise colored newsletter will be the last one we will send home for you to read. You can find all newsletters on this blog.  When you receive them, please let me know, so that I know you are up to date on what's going on in our classroom.  
       Also, in the future, we would like you to check your child's progress by going to PowerSchool.  If you don't have your PowerSchool login information, you will need to get that from Mrs. Griffith in the front office.  If you have a problem checking your child's progress report online, please let me know and I can make a hard copy for you. 

Electronic Forms: 
       If you have not yet signed the electronic forms for Safe Schools, Acceptable Use Policy, and the Media Release, please do that asap. I have been waiting until all parents have signed the AUP so that I can begin an Internet project with your students. 

Reading:  
       Do you know how your child is doing?  If your child's goal is to earn one of the higher awards (Presidential or Freedom), s/he should have read two or three books by now.  This week, the Response Journals are due tomorrow (Thursday) instead of Wednesday. 
       Our first book project is due on Wednesday, September 23.  I will send home a list of options your child may choose from to present his/her book to the class.  The book project needs to be about a BIOGRAPHY book. 
       

Cedar Mountain Field Trip, Monday, September 21: 
       We will be stopping at an extinct volcano, exploring Mammoth Caves, and hiking the Alpine Loop Trail at Cedar Breaks.  This field trip is in conjunction with our science unit on Earth Science.  
       Your child will need to bring a flashlight, long pants, sturdy shoes, a jacket, and water.  We will leave at 9:00 AM and return at 3:20 PM.  We will need parents to chaperone, so if you'd like to accompany us, let me know.

PTA Bash 'n Splash and other info:  
       Aquatic Center on Saturday, September 12 6:00-8:00 PM.  Swimming is free, but you may purchase tickets for the other activities.  Tickets will be sold in advance after school on Thursday and before school on Friday.  
       School shirt orders need to be in by September 14.  
       You can still sign up for PTA alerts by text or email.  
       Please link your Smith's shopping reward's card to South Elementary.  This is a good fundraiser for our school.  
       School Pictures will be on Friday, September 25.   

Parent Conferences (SEPs) will be the week of September 28-October 2. Please let me know right away if a certain day not good for you (or if one is best for you), or if you would like to meet me in the morning before school (7:45, 8:00, or 8:15).  

       As I get to know your students, I am impressed with you as parents and how you have taught them at home.  They are great kids with high standards.  Thank you for sharing them with me this year!
                                        
                                                -Jeanne Payne

P.S. Please sign the bottom section of the turquoise colored newsletter your child brought home today.  Send it back by Friday.