Cereal Box Reading Project

I have put partial examples of the cereal box project on the exhibition googlepage.

Promotion Ceremony

Promotion Ceremony will take place June 12th. Please send $10 with your child to cover breakfast for your child and 2 adult guests for that day. The attire is business casual (not formal). They should wear clothes like the type that they wear for uniform (but not uniform colors of course). No jeans or gym shoes please. Thank you.

Three Strikes

You have received a note explaining all of the year end fun events that we have coming up. The fifth-grade teachers have explained to the entire fifth-grade class the “3 Strikes and You’re Out” system that we will be using for these events (Carnival Dunk Tank, Science Olympiad, Field Day, Geography Bee, and Promotion Ceremony). Each student is allowed three strikes (rule-breaking/ incidents) until s/he is excluded from an event. Strikes can be issued by any teacher in the building. We are keeping track of each student’s strikes. You will receive notice if your child has struck out of an event. Thank you in advance for your support.

Becoming 6th Graders

It is quite apparent that the kids you know as 5th graders are turning into 6th graders with regards to their personalities and relationships with each other. We still expect them to respect one another, even if they are not good friends with one another. We still expect them to be able to work cooperatively and be civil towards one another during school. Unfortunately, we cannot prevent the talking behind one other's backs. My hope is that even if they are not good friends, that they would choose to say nothing if they don't have anything nice to say to or about the other person. Please help me to impress this idea upon them.

Additionally, there is a note coming home regarding all major activities for the end of the school year. Please make sure you see this note.

May's Writing Project

May’s writing project is beginning. It incorporates technology as well.

For this project, students will make a list of 10 things that they really love. Then they'll write about why they love them. Seems simple, right? Well all 10 things have to start with the same letter! AND they don't get to pick the letter. I do!
My goals for this project include writing clear, focused, detailed paragraphs; importing photos into wiki pages; using hyperlinks; and using online photos responsibly by citing sources correctly.

This should be lots of fun. It will be worked on at school during the month of May and it WILL be required to be presented at the third trimester exhibition. Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to contact me with any questions that you have.

Below you’ll see a slideshow that launched this project and gave each student his/her assigned letter. Click here to see an example of the project that and adult did on her blog.

10 Things Launch And Letter Assignment Show

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