February 2nd 2010

Day 1 of conferences is over. Looking forward to seeing the rest of you this and next week after school!

Valentines Day

Valentines day is fast approaching. Like our last two parties, Valentines day will be an all 5th grade event. Students will meet in the cafeteria for their party after recess on Friday the 12th. We will eat, and rotate stations of fun! Any parent from any class can donate either a 2 liter of pop or an edible item for our snack table. No need to make 78... enough for one class is fine. We usually get enough variety that there is plenty!

Following the valentines party, we will return to our individual classrooms where we will pass out and open our individual classroom valentines. A class list will go home sometime this week with the correct spelling of each student's names. We're up to 28 now.... so you'll need 27 valentines ( minus your own child!) We'll make our own valentine mail bags in class.

New A.R. Goal

The new A.R. goal began on Monday. Students set their goals with me so they should know what their's is. If you would like to know, email me!

Tuesday the 16th is 25% day. Students need to have reached 24% of their goal by that time.

Science

For the next two weeks in science we will be learning about owl's and dissecting owl pellets. Big fun! Look for their dissection cards and papers to come home to be shared in about two weeks.. Exact times will depend on whether your student has science this week, or next week. They all usually LOVE this unit, so be prepared to be inundated with owl facts in insights!

Ground Hog report just in.... 6 more weeks of winter! Based on what we learned about the seasons with our last unit, several students have already informed me that it wouldn't matter if the ground hog saw his shadow or not.... there is still 6 weeks until March 21st the spring equinox. I WAS impressed by their foresight!

Have a great rest of your week!