5th Grade chocolate Valentine Party

This Friday we will be celebrating our chocolate Caper Who-Dun-it with a chocolate smorgasboard! ( yeah... spell check is no help with this word!)

We are looking for any chocolate contributions for our party. Dawn Phelps is planning to bring in a chocolate fountain, but is looking for parents to help with the dipping items, as well as more chocolate. If you can assist with the chocolate fountain, please contact dawn at 649-3860.
any other contributions can be brought in any time during the week.

Thanks for making our celebration chocolatey!!!

Valentines Day Family Dance

Saturday, February 13th from 6p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunset Lake PTA will be hosting a family dance. Please feel free to attend!

5th grade Valentines Party

To help wrap up our "chocolate caper" extracurricular 5th grade activity, we're asking for donations of chocolate for our valentines day party. Bags of M & M's..... Hershey kisses, Nestle chocolate chips, mini chocolate bars, heart shaped candies.... ANYTHING chocolate! We are also going to have a chocolate fountain for the kids to be able to dip fruit ( strawberries, apples, pretzles) etc... I KNOW we need more items for this, but I'm not sure exactly what. If you can donate some items for the fountain but would like to know what to get, please contact Mrs. Vandermei at 321-1532.

Thanks so much!

Missing Item from Ski Trip!

One of our fifth graders brought a white Ipod shuffle on the ski trip and it is now missing. This is the small square version and it has white headphones attached to it. If you, or your students happened to come across an Ipod without an owner in the lodge or on the slopes, PLEASE have them bring it to school so that we can check and see if it is the same one we are looking for.

Thanks so much!

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!

January 27th 2010

Ski Trip!

I'm going to apologize in advance for any typos.... I have four minutes to do this!

The day of our annual 5th grade ski trip is finally here! It is however going to be COLD tomorrow. Refer to the previous posts and make sure your child dresses in LAYERS! Faciel and head coverings will be a must for tomorrow as well! Not sure if it is going to be sunny yet... if it is, have them pack those sunglasses. Chapstick is also a necessary item! If they don't have some they'll lick those lips until they are raw!

Papers Coming Home

In your student's mailboxes tonight are the sunset lake newsletter as well as a letter regarding next year's 6th grade camp. Please make sure that the kids show these to you!

A.R. Goal

Your student's 100% a.r. goal is due at the end of the day today. Their new goal starts Monday. Please keep them reading and set aside time each night for them to do so.

Science

In science we've been working on motion and forces. This week we explored the components of motion, balanced and unbalanced forces and speed. After report cards, we'll take a a week for each class to dissect owl pellets! This is a unit that they absolutely LOVE so be sure to ask them about it!

Conferences Next week!

Parent teacher conferences start on Monday. Please let me know if you have forgotten your time by emailing or calling me. Thanks so much!

Crazy Week Ahead!

This upcoming week is going to be chaotic! Because of the three day week, groups B and D started science this past Friday and will continue in science through Wednesday. Groups A and C had science Monday - Thursday.... and they will have social studies next Monday - Thursday. That way each group gets an even four days of each rather than 5 days for one group and 3 for another! In science we're continuing to work with motion and forces! This week we played with plastic jumping frogs and estimated the length of their jumps in different trials. Next week, we'll be making balloon rockets! fun fun fun!

Ski Trip

The ski trip is on Thursday. Please remember that if your student has their own skis that you need to transport their equipment for them or find another parent who can take their equipment up there. They will not be allowed to take skis or snowboard gear on the bus. Parents that are going WITH their students will be allowed to take their more experienced skiers with them on the bigger hills without having to be tested. I'll be stuck in the rental room helping kids get boots on and it doesn't make sense to me to have them all standing around waiting if YOU know they are competant skiers. YOU must remain with them though during this morning session while the other kids are having their lessons. I'll have kids assigned to be within your radar to check in with you during lunch and afternoon break. Just find me and let me know who has not checked in!

Records Day - No School Friday

No school Friday for students.... report card day. 100% A.R. goal is also due on Wednesday. Technically its Thursday, but as we'll be at Timber Ridge on the official 100% goal day there won't be any way for them to test. I've had a group of students staying in for recess reading to make up their goal. Several are close , but a few will need to do some serious reading over the weekend if they want to make their goal and go to the hockey game. Please encourage them to do this instead of watching T.V. or playing video games.

Conferences

Conferences start on Monday February 1st. As of today , everyone has returned their conference folder so I am expecting to see everyone ! :) If you cannot remember your conference time, please email me and I'll confirm your time.

Thanks!

Happy New Year!

We've been back a week and a half now and things are back down to business!

Ski Trip

Ski trip forms went out last week. We would like those to be returned by this Friday the 15th!

Cost for the kids is $6.00... parents are $10.00. This is a GREAT deal considering that it is usually around $50.00 for ski rentals and a lift pass on normal days. Parents... even if you have never learned to ski this is a GREAT time to learn! The instructors are awesome and start everyone one out at the same level. Usually by mid morning, most have graduated the bunny hill and are on the chair lifts. More information to follow!

Conference Forms

Conference forms also went home yesterday... the times are the SAME time slots that you had last sememster, so it should just be a matter of checking off the correct time and returning the slip. I have 28 kids now and only 24 spots... so I appreciate those parents who have agreed to do their conferences before or after school! Conferences start February 1st.

A.R. Goals

The A.R. 75% reading goal is Monday the 18th! MANY of the kids have been staying in at recess for not hitting their 50% goal before christmas break. I have 8 as of today that are still staying in... if you want to know if one of these little procrastinating cherubs is yours, zip me an email and I'll let you know where your student is in their goal.

Science

Groups A & C had science LAST week. Groups B & D have Science this week and we are turning in our "Objects in the Sky " books. Their new books are called "Forces and Motion". We'll be working on pages 1 - 4 this week. Those parents who's kids had science LAST week, please make sure they have these pages done.

Thanks!