Read Across America Day

I hope you are having a great week. Friday is Read Across America Day. In celebration of this day, the 5^th grade teachers are dressing up as characters from the beloved children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We would like to invite our students to participate in the fun. All 5^th graders are invited to dress up as the most memorable characters from the book, the Oompa Loompas. There are many DIY ideas for this costume on Pinterest and Google. There are also wigs and green hairspray on sale for cheap at Target in the dollar spot and at Party City due to the approaching St. Patrick’s Day holiday. I will purchase some white tape that we can use to make the suspenders for the shirts if your child would like to bring in a brown shirt to prepare for the costume on Thursday or Friday.

If your child would like to dress up as a different book character, that is perfectly fine. Please be sure to send in the book associated with the costume.

Let me know if you have any questions! As always, thank you for your support. I will get a group picture to share with all of you on Friday. 

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, February 27^th

·       LOS BRAVOS NIGHT….5:00 – 8:00 p.m. 

  

Thursday, March 1

·       STEM Night – 5:00 – 7:00 in the café - If you would like to volunteer to help at he 5th grade station, please email me to let me know.

Friday, March 2^nd

·       All Pro Dads – 7:00 AM in the café

Have a great break!!!!

Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0

Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (grades 3-5)

http://gshs.gadoe.org/elementary

Valentines Day

Wednesday 2/14/2018 is Valentines Day!!! This year, students will decorate paper bags in class for morning work on Monday and Tuesday. Students may also choose to bring in a pre decorated box on Wednesday morning if they so choose.  Passing out Valentines is optional, but if you choose to, you must provide a valentine for each student in the class.  We have 20 students and a class list will go home on Monday.

Olympics Celebration

Community Resources

Parents are you looking for community resources in the area?  Check out our Counselors’ Blog for a few community resources!

http://www.cobblearning.net/oliver/

Learning Targets

Learning Targets for next week
Math - Multiplying a whole number by a fraction (includes word problems)
Reading - Main Idea
Writing - Informational Writing
Social Studies - The Great Depression
Science - Circuits (Science Monday Labs)

**Please check the links for each subject for additional study materials for each subject.

Homework
Starting on Monday, January 5, 2018 Homework will be as follows:

Math - 50 problems on prodigy per week + 10 review problems to prepare for the milestones
Reading - Read a good fit book for 30 minutes per night
Writing - ELA Review problems for milestones (amount to vary each night) + Spelling city(tests on Wednesday)
Social Studies and Science - Study for upcoming tests as needed

We are changing homework to help students prepare for the milestones and middle school. We will go over homework at the beginning of each subject during the school day so that students can see what their strengths and weaknesses are.