January 11, 2012
Dear Room 13 Families,
I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful winter vacation with your families. We had a great first half if the year. Thank you for all of the great support you gave with Colonial Days… it was really a fun and engaging way to wrap up our study of the 13 colonies. It could not have been possible with out the generous donations and parent participation. I am eager to get the 2nd half of the year under way… we have a lot of great field trips planned and interesting topics to explore. Please contact me if you would like to get more involved with volunteering in the classroom and there will also be driving opportunities on fieldtrips.
Look for your child’s corrected Unit 5 (ch. 10 and 11) Math test (from the Friday before break) in this week’s Thursday Folder. As always on tests, students have the option of correcting their tests to improve their grade. Mid-Trimester progress reports will be sent in next week’s Thursday folder.
A few reminders
*My Blog (http://mssaras5thgradeclass.blogspot.com/) This is a great way to keep track of homework and important assignments.
*Library Day is Wednesday
*PE Days are Monday, Thursday, Friday
Field trips in the near future
1. Life Lab (@ UCSC) Monday 2/13/12 (look for permission slips with next week’s homework)
2. Symphony (@ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, we will be taking busses) Monday 2/27/12
(look for permission slips with next week’s homework)
3. NASA (@ Moffitt Field) Friday 3/23/12
Areas of Study
Math: We survived adding/subtracting and multiplying/dividing fractions and will be moving on to working with decimals.
Writing: Before break we finished working on Personal Narratives and we will be starting a fiction unit next week. We will continue to develop and build upon our essay writing skills throughout the year.
Social Studies: We have just finished up our study of the 13 colonies and will be moving on to the American Revolution and Slavery.
Science: Science Fair Projects are due Feb. 8th. By the end of this week, students should have a firm (and approved) idea of what they will be working on for their experiment! In class, we will begin our study of plants and nutrition and then a little later… the solar system.
Art: We have been working with the impressionist and expressionist art periods and will be soon getting into more modern art.
Wish List
*Binder Paper *Expo Markers *Chalk Pastels *Oil Pastels *Shrink-A-Dinks
Thank you so much for your continued support,
Mrs. Sara
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