March 30, 2015

Tests this week:

• Wednesday: Spelling Test (the class voted)
• Thursday: Reading, Language, 8's Timed Test

Easter Egg Hunt: Please don't forget to send your 10 eggs TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! I have enough drivers to get the kiddos to the hunt and back. Thank you to those who are helping. If you would like to drive that is fine, just let me know. Parents are welcome to stay and enjoy the fun or just come for a little while. Let me know if you need directions.

AR: the dates for this AR period are 3/16 - 5/8. This means we only have 6 more weeks of AR for students to reach their goals!!! If you are reading my blog, please send me an email now or by tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. and your child will receive 5 bonus points on a test of their choice this week. Emails received after 9 a.m. tomorrow will not be counted. Please keep a check on your child's progress and encourage them to read, read, read!!!!!

Reading: Since we have two short weeks in a row, we are going to read a couple of stories from our reading book and then pick up with another novel unit. Our story this week is A Story, A Story

Holidays: We will be out this coming Friday for Good Friday and Monday for a weather day that we didn't have to use for bad weather. Please make sure you mark these on your calendar. We will also be dismissing at noon on Friday, April 10th, because of prom.

Dates to remember:

• March 31 - Easter Eggs must be turned in
• April 1 - Easter Egg Hunt at Campbell's Grandmother's house
• April 3 - Good Friday Holiday
• April 6 - Holiday

March 16, 2015

For some reason this did not post yesterday but here it is...

Tests this week:

• Reading quiz on Wednesday and that is all!!!!!
• No Spelling this week!!

Cabbage Projects are due Wednesday!!! DO NOT bring the plant, all I need is the plant logs that the students have been filling out. Remember if it is not turned in tomorrow, it will be a zero for a test grade!

Desoto Trip: There will be a note sent home about this Tuesday with some new information and a few reminders. Please be looking for this note!!!

Honor's Day: The assembly will begin at 9 a.m. in the lunchroom. Please let me know if you will be checking your child out after the assembly so I know how to plan for Friday. It is ok with me if you take them. I have a feeling a lot will be leaving.

Easter Egg Hunt: We will be having an Easter Egg Hunt at Campbell Baker's grandmother's house on April the 1st. I will let you all know when I have more details. Please let me know if you will be able to help drive the kids from school to her house.

Dates to Remember:

• March 18 - Cabbage Plant Projects Due
• March 19th - Desoto Caverns Field Trip
• March 20 - Honor's Day
• March 23-27 - SPRING BREAK!!!!!
• April 1 - Easter Egg Hunt
• April 3 - Easter Holiday (no school)
• April 6 - Weather Day (no school)
• April 10 - Dismiss at noon

March 9, 2015

Tests this week:

• Thursday: Spelling, Social Studies
• Friday: Reading, 8's timed facts, Science

This Friday is a 1/2 day!!! We will be dismissing at 11:45. Please make arrangements for your children.

Science and Social Studies Tests: I have sent home study guides for Science and Social Studies today! We will complete the other half of the Science study guide tomorrow. Please help your child study these each night so they will do well on the tests later this week!

Cabbage Plant Project: I hope all the cabbage plants are growing wonderfully and that you are keeping up with your log. Don't forget that all logs must be turned in on Wednesday, March 18th or you will receive a zero for a test grade in Science!!

Honor's Day: The Honor's Day program will be Friday, March 20th at 9:00 a.m. Please make sure your child is dressed nice for this day.

Bake Sale: The 5th grade classes are having a bake sale to raise money to honor local people in our community as part of the Liberty Legacy program. They will be selling sweet treats for $1.00 each on Thursday, March 12th. There is also a note about this in the homework folder.

Dates to remember:

• March 13 - 1/2 day
• March 18 - Cabbage Plant Project due
• March 19 - Desoto Field Trip (please watch for a note about this later in the week)
• March 20 - Honor's Day for the 3rd Nine Weeks
• March 23-27 - SPRING BREAK!!
• April 3 - Holiday

March 2, 2015

Tests this week:

• Thursday: Spelling, Reading (because of field trip)
• Friday: Language, 7's Timed test

Dr. Seuss Week:

• Tuesday: wear silly socks
• Wednesday: wear wacky tacky clothes
• Thursday: wear green (NO camo!)

Frozen Trip: Please don't forget to send your money for lunch at CiCi;s Pizza!!!!! All money is due on Wednesday!!! Don't forget to send a snack for in the morning before we leave.

Desoto Trip: ALL Desoto money is due on Friday!!!!!!

Yearbooks are on sale now for $50! No extra books will be ordered. All orders are due Friday, March 13th.

Dates to Remember:

• March 6th - Frozen  Trip/ Desoto Money money
• March 13th - Baseball Tournament 1/2 day
• March 13th - Yearbook orders due
• March 18th - Cabbage Plant project due
• March 19th - Desoto Caverns Trip
• March 23-27 - SPRING BREAK!!!!
• April 3rd - Good Friday Holiday