5th Grade Newsletter

May 20, 2016

Parents,

    Wow, how this year has flown!!  We have enjoyed your children so much.

    We are down to the last 5 days of school, and the days will be packed with lots of fun and exciting activities and events. We were so pleased with the Reading Revolution participation.  We have had the ice-cream sundae party and the movie/popcorn party.  Breakfast in the park is on Monday.  The students will get on a bus at 8:50 with Mrs. Payne and go to the Canyon Park  for a delicious breakfast.  They will walk back to school.  The Great American Heroes Program will be Tuesday, May 24th.  This program will start at 2:00 and will last a little over an hour.  Students can come dressed in their costume on this day, as they will be performing in the morning, as well as in the afternoon. The students have been practicing hard for this program and are way excited, so we hope you will be able to make it to see your child perform.  Thank  you for finding costumes for your children.

    On Wednesday, May 25th we will be having our last Worker’s Holiday.  This will be a tent day and will go most of the day.  Students can set their tents up before  8:50 AM, or after the program and then we will have them take them down around 1:15 PM.  We have an awards assembly at 9:00 and will go out  to the tents when it is over.  Students will be allowed to bring games, books, treats, blankets and pillows to have and play with in their tents. Most students have chosen not to eat school lunch this day, so have them remember their lunches.  We ask that they don’t bring any water toys.  Please make sure that your child knows how to put their tent up and how to take it down; parents can come help their child do this if they want to.  Students can also share a tent with other students.  Only the students that have everything turned in, with an 80% or better can attend this tent day.

    The Track and Field Day will be on Thursday, May 26th.  This will be most of the day and will be at the Cedar High track.  Students will need to make sure they wear their tennis shoes that day and that they wear their normal gym clothes.  Please make sure that your child follows the school’s dress code; no tank tops or short shorts will be acceptable. Remember to send  money and/or lunch for those who did NOT order a sack lunch.  We will be doing our end of year art activity with the white shirts, when we get back to school after the track meet.

    This will be your child’s last newsletter and progress report this year.  Anything that your child still has missing will need to be turned into their teacher by Tuesday May 24th.

    Please remember that school will be letting out at 2:30 instead of 3:30 on the last day of school.

    Thank you so much for such a great year.  We have really enjoyed teaching your children.  We wish you the best of luck next year, and have a great summer!

                 

                                                           Sincerely,

                                                           Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Little

5th Grade Newsletter

       April 20, 2016

We have attached the calendar events again this week.  You can see that we are gearing up for a lot of activity.  Our biggest focus right now is End of Level Testing coming up next week.  We are using every minute to review and teach important concepts our students need in order to do well on these tests. Please make sure your child is in school, because most of our reviewing is not in a book or a worksheet. These reviews are discussions, games, and other activities.  They cannot be made up.

We want to push the Kite Flight activity on the 30th. Thousands of dollars are given out to the schools in our district, depending on the number of students who bring in their reading sheets. Students receive a free kite, book, or movie ticket when they attend this event, and our school gets money!  (If your child has lost his/her reading record, please talk to us and we’ll see if we can locate another one :)

Our Great Americans program needs another musical number from one of your talented students.  We need someone to play (piano or another instrument) a song about the flag, such as Stars and Stripes Forever.  Or, if that one isn’t possible, another song would do, such as This Land is Your Land, God Bless America.  Let us know if your child would like to take this on and which song it would be.  

We hope your child is still reading strong at home.  We are excited about the upcoming reading awards in May.  Thanks for your help and support at home and at school. We enjoy teaching these students!  

   Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Williams

FYI: We gave each student a Great Americans Program packet today. This is the entire play/musical so that they can memorize their lines and become familiar with the layout of the program.  

 5th Grade Calendar

• Thurs., Apr. 28-TESTING (morning)
• Fri., Apr. 29- TESTING (afternoon)
• Sat., Apr. 30-KITE FLIGHT--PLEASE TURN IN READING LOG AT CMS SOCCER FIELD.  SOUTH GETS MONEY FOR KID’S READING TIME.
• Mon., May 2-TESTING (morning)
• Tues., May 3-TESTING (morning)
• Wed. May 4- Newsletter/progress report
• Thurs., May 5-TESTING (morning)/-Reading Celebration (afternoon)
• Thurs., May 12-Battle of the Books(5th grade-morning) We need parent help.
• Fri., May 13- Orchestra concert @ 1:30
• Mon., May16--Field Trip to Zion ($3.00 for the movie, Treasure of the Gods)
• Tues., May 17--ALL books read and written about for Reading Revolution/ program practice in the afternoon
• Wed., May 18-costume check (Bring in costume for Great American play.)
• Thurs., May 19-Tour of the Middle School (We walk back.) Judicial Reading Award (sundaes) in the afternoon/Cedar Middle School Spring Open House from 5:30 - 7:30 (You will be able to pick up a class schedule for next year.)
• Fri.., May 20-- program practice in the morning/ Congressional Reading Award (movie/popcorn) in the afternoon/Final Newsletter/ progress report
• Mon., May 23-- Presidential Reading Reward (Breakfast in the Park)/

          program practice in the afternoon

• Tues., May 24--Famous American 5th Grade Program @ 10:00 for K-3 & 2:00 for 4th grade and parents
• Wed.,May 25-Worker’s Holiday (Tent Day)
• Thurs., May 26--Track and Field Day for 4th & 5th grade @ CHS  (We need parent volunteers this day.) Students need a white t-shirt (new or old) to color for a final art project with Mrs. Davis, at the end of the day.
• Fri., May 27--Last day of school/ Dismissal at 2:30

April 6, 2016

5th Grade Newsletter April 6, 2016

Dear Parents,

Thanks for helping your children with their science projects.  We have some great thinkers in our 5th grade this year.  

We will be giving your child a script for the Great American program on April 20, with our next blog update.  Keep looking for an appropriate costume for your child’s character.  We also need a few instrumental music solos for our program.  We are needing (hopefully): “Yankee Doodle”, “New York, New York”, (or another movie tune), “Stars and Stripes Forever”, “Home on The Range”, and a classical type piece.  If your child would like to do one of these, have them let us know and we can have him/her audition for the number. We would like these solos selected before April 20.

We are continuing to learn many new things, so attendance is really important.  Our testing schedule was sent home on a bright red paper last week, and it is also listed on the calendar below. Your child will be in the best situation by taking the test with the whole class at the scheduled times.

5th Grade Calendar

Ready, set, hang on!!  We will try our best to inform you of upcoming events as soon as we are able.  April and May get pretty crazy!   So far……….

• Mon. Apr. 11--Junie B. Jones, SUU Playmaker's Performance (Mrs. Payne's class)
• Wed., Apr. 20--Newsletter/progress report
• Thurs., Apr. 28-TESTING (morning)
• Fri., Apr. 29- TESTING (afternoon)
• Sat., Apr. 30-KITE FLIGHT--PLEASE TURN IN READING LOG AT CMS SOCCER FIELD.  SOUTH GETS MONEY FOR KID’S READING TIME.
• Mon., May 2-TESTING (morning)
• Tues., May 3-TESTING (morning)
• Wed. May 4- Newsletter/progress report
• Thurs., May 5-TESTING (morning)/-Reading Celebration (afternoon)
• Thurs., May 12-Battle of the Books(5th grade-morning) We need parent help.
• Fri., May 13- Orchestra concert @ 1:30
• Mon., May16--Field Trip to Zion ($3.00 for the movie)
• Tues., May 17--ALL books read and written about for Reading Revolution/ program practice in the afternoon
• Wed., May 18-costume check (Bring in costume for Great American play.)
• Thurs., May 19-Tour of the Middle School (We walk back.) Judicial Reading Award (sundaes) in the afternoon/Cedar Middle School Spring Open House from 5:30 - 7:30 (You will be able to pick up a class schedule for next year.)
• Fri.., May 20-- program practice in the morning/ Congressional Reading Award (movie/popcorn) in the afternoon/Final Newsletter/ progress report
• Mon., May 23-- Presidential Reading Reward (Breakfast in the Park)/

          program practice in the afternoon

• Tues., May 24--Famous American 5th Grade Program @ 10:00 for K-3 & 2:00 for 4th grade and parents
• Wed.,May 25-Worker’s Holiday (Tent Day)
• Thurs., May 26--Track and Field Day for 4th & 5th grade @ CHS  (We need parent volunteers this day.) Students need a white t-shirt (new or old) to color for a final art project with Mrs. Davis, at the end of the day.
• Fri., May 27--Last day of school/ Dismissal at 2:30

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Thank you for your continued support.

     Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Little, & Mrs. Payne

March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016   NEWSLETTER

Dear Parents,

We are ready to start  4th quarter.  WOW!!  All work for 3rd quarter is due tomorrow, Thurs., Mar. 24 in order to earn Worker’s Holiday. All students got a missing assignment list last week.  We are going to the Aquatic Center this Fri., Mar. 25, in the afternoon, for our Worker’s Holiday.  Students who have not earned this will stay at the school to work on missing assignments. The cost is $2.00 per students.  WE ARE IN NEED OF A FEW PARENTS WHO WILL GET IN THE WATER WITH THE STUDENTS.  This will be from 1:15-2:45.  We will be riding a bus to and from the Aquatic Center, however, if you want your child to walk home after swimming please send a note.  If a student does not have a note s/he must ride the bus back to school.

Spring Pictures are tomorrow.

The last day to order a yearbook is March 29.  

We are excited to have your child present what s/he has learned from doing her/his science project.  The students will be presenting their finding to their classes on Fri., Apr. 1, during the morning.  They will display their projects in our classrooms from 2:45-3:15 for parents to come view, if you would like.  You are welcome to take them home at 3:15 if you wish.  We have the upper grade TALENT SHOW in the gym at 1:00 on Apr. 1, as well. Remember that tryouts are after school tomorrow, if your child turned in an entry form.

Please be thinking about what costume your child will need as s/he dresses as her/his famous American for our end of year program on May 24.  Make-up is fine, but please do not paint faces to change skin colors. Students will get a script in April.  Every student will have a part to memorize.  

We want to wish you a Happy Easter on Sunday!  We do not have any days off for Easter because of the week long Spring Break.

We are working hard in class and good attendance is so important.  We are still learning many new things, and will also start reviewing the things we have been learning all year.   We will be taking our end-of-year tests, starting in late April. We should be able to give you our schedule for testing in the next newsletter, on April 6.

We want to encourage students to READ, READ, READ!!  A book report for Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Little’s students is due by April 19.  the second report is due by May 17.  ALL BOOK REPORTS FOR READING REVOLUTION ARE DUE BY MAY 17.   Mrs. Payne’s students need to continue writing in their Reading Response Journals (due each Wednesday).  Our 5th grade Battle of the Books will be on May 12.  

We will need parent help during the morning of May 12 to help with

Battle of the Books.

Thank you so much for the great support that you give us and your children!  We love teaching your children and cannot believe how quickly this year has gone.

Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Little, & Mrs. Payne

**Our next newsletter will be posted on April 6.

                      

STEAM Celebration (Science Share Fair & South's Got Talent!)

Our Science Share Fair has turned from  

STEM  to STEAM !  

We are adding South’s Got Talent at 1:00 in the gym, so you can pop into our room and see our student projects afterward. Remember, parents can come see the projects anytime between 2:30-3:15 on Friday, April 1st. I hope your child has been thinking, planning, and working on this project.

South’s Got Talent:

Applications due-March 21

Auditions held-   March 24

Talent Show-     April 1

*This is taking the place of Arts Night this year

5th Grade Science Share Fair

Forms due-   March 25

Projects/Inventions/Research/Collections Presented- April 1 (in each classroom)

    *We’ve added another category: COLLECTIONS  (the science variety)