Ask Your Child About...
- Community Building
- Morning Meeting
- VI March
- 5th Grade Pledge
- Reading Buddies with 1st Grade
- Sneak Peak to Their Publishing Party!
- Reading!
- Friday Gathering
- Chinese New Year Presentation by the 2nd Grade!
- Math
- Continuing Collection - Multiplying and Adding Fractions of an Hour (screen time earned for fictional "Susan") & Fractions of a Dollar (allowance earned for fictional "Susan")
- Continuing Unit 3 - Place Value & Decimals
- Playing Round & Add Tenths & Target One Decimal Games
- Decimal Place Value Checkpoint #1 Assessment
- Charting Fractions & Decimals
- Constant Difference Strategy to Subtract Decimals
- Placing Decimals on a Number Line
- Science
- STEM Fair
- Students Should Have Completed the Following
- Question, Hypothesis, Background Research/Paragraph, Materials' List, & Procedure
- Ask them to show you their work so far (it is printed and they should have brought it home this weekend)
- Read Aloud & Word Study
- Completing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Continuing List #6 - Closed Sort, Rainbow Writing, Definitions, & Sentences
- Literacy
- Continuing to Read Non-Fiction
- Structure of Non-Fiction Texts & Strategies to help tackle challenges
- Chronological, Compare & Contrast, Problem & Solution, Cause & Effect
- Using Who, What, Where, When, Why to help understand more challenging NF texts
- Writing Summaries for Challenging NF texts
- Ag Fair Writing
- Theme: "From Soil to Soul - Nurturing V.I. Agriculture"
- Working on Poetry & Essay Submissions
- Optional: Poster Project
- Due Dates for all - Wed. Feb. 5th
- See Below Announcements for More Details!
- STEM FAIR
- One Board Per Project Needs to Be Brought in ASAP
- EXPERIMENT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED & DATA BROUGHT IN BY MONDAY 2/10 (we will work on graphs & putting the board together in school)
- Next week we will be setting up the data table and sending home printed copies of the work the kids have done so far to help kids collect their data while doing their experiment - in the meantime, they have access to their work via their groups' Google Doc, which they can log into with their school emails & passwords. If they can't login and you need access to the document, please email me (Ms. Hill) and I can share it with you.
- Faculty Day/Winter Conference Day (if requested)
- Friday, Feb. 7th
- If you didn't receive a request from me (Ms. Hill) and would like to have a conference, please e-mail me ASAP
- Valentine's Day - Friday 2/14
- Cupcake Contest (4th-6th Grades)
- Info Below Ag Fair Contest Instructions (hard copy was also sent home with kids)
- Pls have your child bring in an empty box (shoe, tissue, amazon) to decorate for Valentines' Cards/treats
- Students who bring in Valentine's Day treats/cards need to bring in for the whole class
- Lamees
- Ayla
- Cecilia
- Colton
- Lily
- Ronin
- Makonnen
- Caitlin
- Tyler
- Joshua
- Luke
- Maddox
- D'Sean
- Rock
- Aiden
- Hannah
- Sage
- Zaina
- Ag Fair (GHCDS will have a booth!)
- Feb. 14th-17th
- Classroom Book Wishlist
- Thanks for the donations so far!
- Ag Fair Project Needed Ingredient - thanks to all who have donated/signed up to donate so far!
- Fresh Mint
Dear Parents,
Tomorrow is February 1st! That means 4th, 5th, & 6th graders will be celebrating Valentine’s Day soon by having a Valentine’s Day Cupcake Contest. This competition is a tradition at our school. Participation in the competition is optional. Students are welcome to bake cupcakes or other items that can be individually packaged such as brownies or lemon squares. This year, we will be hosting the competition on Friday, February 14th. The bakers will compete in one of the two categories: Best Tasting or Best Decorated.
Each participant must pledge to do all the measuring and mixing, pouring and baking, decorating, and even cleaning! No adult help is permitted except to put the baked goods into and out of the oven.
Both made-from-scratch recipes and mixes are fine. Frosting, as well, can be handmade or from a can. We recommend non-melting types, as we are unable to refrigerate any of the baked items. Some students like to bake the weekend before and freeze it; then they frost and decorate it the night before to avoid the last minute rush. We’ve had many wonderful, creative baked goods over the years in all shapes and sizes – everything from hamburgers to animals and even a guitar named Fred!
DAY OF COMPETITION: Participants will receive an entry form to complete and submit with their creation. All baked goods are due at school no later than 8:15 AM on Friday, February 14th to be considered for the contest. Since it takes a few minutes to register, it is best to arrive by 8:10 AM or even earlier if possible. Each entrant will receive a certificate for a free baked good; other pieces will be sold at snack and lunch for 50 cents each. The proceeds will be donated to Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbies, a local company dedicated to the preservation of the art of stilt dancing in the VI.
Participants need to return the bottom portion of this form by Friday, February 7th. We hope all will participate. Our best wishes for a sweet Valentine’s Day.
Sincerely,
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade Teachers ________________________________________________________________________________________
I, ____________________ plan to enter the BEST DECORATED contest on February 14th.
I, ____________________ plan to enter the BEST TASTING contest on February 14th.
I understand the rules described in this letter. I will abide by the submission deadline by arriving at school no later than 8:15AM on February 14th with my baked goods and completed entry form.
Student signature:____________________________________
Parent signature: _____________________________________
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