The Week of April 8th, 2013

Dear Parents,
   
 Monday, April 8 thru Thursday, April 11, 2013

Conference Week   -  Just a reminder, during Parent/Teacher Conferences students will not be allowed to        interrupt a conference to pick up homework that they may have forgotten.

If you signed up for a conference, you will get an electronic reminder from "Sign Up Genius"

 

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
No School/Teacher Institute

Thursday, April 11, 2013
5th Grade Too Good For Drugs Graduation - Gym - 8:15 a.m.

 Parents are encouraged to attend!  See you there!

Friday, April 12, 2013
No School/Parent Teacher Conferences

Panda Express Fundraiser - 12:00 p.m to 10:00 p.m

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING:  Lesson 27 and "word of the week"  - work due Thursday and test this Thursday!

READING:  CHINA research - BROCHURE final copy is due Wednesday.  The students have had a considerable amount of time to work on their brochure in class.  There will be class time given on Monday.

Your child may have to make time to work on this during the weekend and/or on Tuesday.  If they have used their independent work time in class wisely, there should not be too much to do for homework!

The students have the rubric to check that they have included everything required before turning in this project.

The students original PANDA  for "Panda's on Parade" is due Wednesday.

We created Chinese lanterns and will be making Chinese dragons this week!

The students will also be completing some additional work to learn more about China's culture and traditions.

SCOOPer READING:  Your child has set their 4th quarter goal!  I hope they are reading a good book and look forward to having book activities turned in soon!

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We are finishing Chapter 9 this week.

The Chapter 9 test is scheduled for Monday, April 15th.

SCIENCE:  We will be starting our next unit the week of April 15th.

MATH:  FRACTIONS!!  We only have 2 days of math this week.

An introduction to fractions and equivalent fractions!