Movember!

Happy Movember day!  Everyone looks amazing in their mustaches.  Thank you all for donating to this great cause!

We had a busy week back from break!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.  We only have 14 school days left until Christmas break, and they are going to be jammed packed!

This week we started our unit on volume.  They built the cutest cities with 3-d buildings to show they understood the formula for volume.  We will continue work on volume until the break.  In writing, we started our big project of the nine weeks.  To incorporate persuasive and informational writing, they will be writing letters to colleges.  They get to choose two colleges.  One must be a large university, and one must be a small college.  In the letters, they will tell the admissions officer all about themselves, why they want to attend their college, and ask questions about life on their campus.  They will then ask the school to send them some sort of souvenir.  I will send these letters off the day before break.  Throughout the rest of the year, we will hear back from the schools.  It is my favorite project of the year.  The girls have already selected their schools and gotten their addresses.  We have also learned the proper way to format a letter and how to write addresses.  They are now working on the bodies of the letters.  In spelling we studied sort 14.  We will move onto sort 15 next week.  In social studies, we are studying immigration, the great depression, and World War 1.  This unit will go until break.

The December trivia game was supposed to be next Thursday.  However, we know everyone is really busy with holiday stuff coming up, so we are postponing until January.  We will have two games in January though.  At one of them, we will have the second parent meeting with all the final information you will need for the trip.  Keep a look out for more information about it soon!

Next week is benchmark testing.  That is the county assessment that the kids take half way through the quarter to see what skills we need to work on.  It is not a grade, but it is important that your daughter is here on time everyday, and that she tries her best.  The test next week is integrated language arts, science, and social studies.  The next week is math.

We have a field trip to the symphony at the Cobb Energy Center next Tuesday.  The trip is free, and the permission slips are due Monday.  If they do not turn the permission slip in Monday, they will not be able to attend.

Talent show auditions are next week.  5th grade goes Wednesday.  Please make sure to pick your daughter up by 3:45 if she is participating and is a car rider.

Don't forget to be on the lookout for fun socks and treats for our holiday party.  You can start bringing them in the week of December 17.

There were no birthdays this week.

Our dear friend Rebeca moved this week.  We will definitely miss her!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello all!  I'm going to combine last week and this week into one blog.  We have a lot to cover!!  First and foremost, I want to thank everyone for making my birthday so special.  Just being able to teach your girls is gift enough, but I really appreciate all the lovely gifts and cards.  Turning 29 never felt so nice!

Remember, there is NO SCHOOL all next week in observance of Thanksgiving.  I hope each of you has a very happy Thanksgiving.  If you are traveling, please be safe.  I will be in Chicago from Tuesday to Saturday, but you know you can always reach me via text or email if something should arise during the week.  I am sending home a packet of things for the girls to work on.  There is a writing piece on how to set a Thanksgiving day table, a Mayflower math problem sheet, and some work out of their grammar book.  It is not mandatory as I know that this is a busy week, but if you daughter does the work, I will replace their lowest quiz grade with 100s in social studies and math.  They will also receive extra credit in language arts. 

When we get back from break, we will have 4 weeks left until winter break.  We will be having a party the week before.  I know that is a while off, but I wanted to get this out there so you can start thinking about it.  One, I will need refreshments brought in.  I told the girls if they wanted to make the food from their recipes for the class recipe book, they could.  We will also need paper goods, drinks, and other snacks.  Please send me an email letting me know what you can bring.  We have 22 girls in our room.  Second, we will be doing a white elephant exchange.  I am asking each girl to bring in a pair of NEW socks.  They can be holiday socks, or fun crazy socks.  With the socks, she also needs to bring her favorite snack or drink.  It can be a king sized candy bar, a big bag of chips, or a soda.  Please wrap them together, but do not label anything on them at all.  We will put all the gifts in the middle of a circle.  We will draw numbers and open presents in order.  In white elephant, if you want to use your turn to "steal" a gift you can.  The person who gets stolen from get to open another or steal from someone else.  We do this until everyone has a gift.  It is a lot of fun!

This week we worked on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.  After the break we will start our volume unit.  In science, we are wrapping up our unit on matter and physical/chemical changes.  After the break we will begin our unit on The Jazz Age, The Great Depression, and World War I for social studies.  We have been having a lot of fun in writing with informational writing and our recipes.  We will continue work on that after the break.  I am hoping to have Where the Red Ferns Grows finished by the week after Thanksgiving as well.

Talent show auditions are coming up.  A permission slip will be sent home Friday.  Have your daughter think about her act over the break.  The slips are due to me or Mrs. Wood by Friday, November 30.  Please make sure it is school appropriate and your daughter must provide music for her act or she will not be able to audition. 

There are no birthdays this week, but our Chadea will celebrate a birthday over the break!  Happy birthday sweet girl!  I am so proud I have been able to be your teacher for a second time!!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I am so thankful for each and every one of you!

Rollercoaster of Emotions

This week we were so happy to welcome Ayrika to our room!!  She fits right in with our class and we love having her.  On the flip side, we were saddened to lose our Jessie to another school.  We will certainly miss her!!!

I wanted to give a huge shout out to all the parents who were able to make it to our first quarter brag day on Wednesday.  It was so wonderful to see you supporting your daughters.  I am so proud of each and everyone of them. 

Like mentioned at brag day, our trivia night got moved to next Thursday, the 8th, at 6pm.  I hope to see you all there.  Also, the deadline to pay only $75 for Jekyll Island has now passed.  From now until the trip, it will cost $100.  Remember, you can pay by cash, check, or credit card on our foundation website.

This week in math we reviewed adding and subtracting decimals.  Next week, we will being our unit on volume.  In language arts, we will continue our work with poetry and start focusing on informational writing.  This week in science we learned about the stages of matter and physical and chemical changes.  Next week, we are going to apply what we know in some fun experiments.   In spelling, we are moving on to sort 12. 

Just a reminder, this weekend is day light savings time.  Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour Saturday night, and enjoy that extra hour of sleep.

Next Monday, the 5th, is picture retake day.  Your daughter does not have to wear her uniform if she is getting a picture taken.  If she isn't, she must be in uniform. 

Finally, there is no school for students Tuesday, the 6th, for election day.  Please exercise your right to vote that day. 

We had no birthdays in our class this week.

The following girls went home on partly cloudy or sunny everyday in the month of October, got their agenda signed everyday, and wrote their homework and behavior in their agenda everyday.  Congratulations to Leitisha, Shara, Aniya, Yemi, Debora, Elizabeth, and Rebeca!!  You will get a pizza party on Monday!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!