This year has gone so fast. It is hard to believe that we are in the last quarter of the year. The fifth grades have just finished reading the novels of Caddie Woodlawn and Where the Red Fern Grows. We have enjoyed the stories and we even learned a little about the early pioneer days.

In social studies we have been studying the thirteen colonies and all the events that lead up to the Revolutionary War.

We have completed the study of the parts of the Mass and all the responses so now your children can follow along when at Mass.

In addition to all the above we have been, or are taking the state  Reading, Writing,and Math assessments tests.

I would like to remind everyone that 50 Read Up points are due soon, so lets get reading.

We are going to do our best to continue learning all we can before the end of the year.

Thank you to the SAC for all the new equipment that has been arriving throught the school. I know that the intermediate teachers now have a full size refrigerator  to store our lunches everyday. Also in my classroom I now have a new printer, what a joy! Thank you all so much. These things are really appreciated.

 

Kathy West

I am looking forward to meeting with all of you next week at our conferences. If you would like to bring your child with you I think that would be great.

It is a good time to talk and see if your child has any concerns about school.

We have been  learning about the parts of the Mass and how to follow along with the Missalette. Please encourage your child to use the Missalette on Sundays  and to be practicing all the responses.

The children are making totem poles now that we have been studying about the Indians and they are really going to look great out in the hall.

Team 3 will be on patrol the week of October 22nd.

There is a lot going on this month in the fifth grade.

For the week of Oct 8 -12 team 1 in on patrol, Oct. 15 - 19 is team 2, Oct. 22 - 26 is team 3, and Oct 29 - Nov 2 is team 4.

The fifth grades are now both reading novels. My class is reading Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls and Miss Stimach's class is reading Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. The children are enjoying this experience. They all have a copy of the book and we are reading most of it in class. We hope to watch the the movie of each after we finish reading the books.

We do have a Halloween art project coming up and there will be more information about that coming home soon from the room parents.

Read Up points for the first quarter are due by Wed., Oct. 11th. Please check with your child to make sure they have their 5 points.

Teacher inservice Oct.12th

We are having a Social Studies test over chapter 2 on Monday, Oct. 8th.

The Trash bag Jeans Day winners are Jonas Koehn, JD Mash, Olivia Moore, Timothy Zluticky, and Brecken Phipps. They will have a jeans day on Wed., Oct 10,2012.

Be sure to sign up for conferences for Oct. 25th and 26th.

It is hard to believe that the first quarter of the year is coming to an end.

Parents please remind your child that Read Up points are due by Wed., Oct 10th.

Stewardship hours can be logged in your child's weekly folder.

We are having a Respect Life Poetry Contest with  all entries due by Oct. 12th.

Time is just flying by this year and we have some exciting things going on.This year the 5th grade will be doing an art project for the NIGHT OF THE LIVING ART. The students will be working in small groups to reate 3-D mosiacs. Please send old magazines to school that you could donate for use for this project.  My thanks to Beth Ferraro and our faithful room mothers for undertaking this project.

Patrol for the week of Sept. 10 -14 is Team 1.

Be sure to check with your child about his/hers Read Up points. The quarter ends Oct. 12th and they need 5 points this quarter.

Kathy West

 

Welcome to a new and exciting year. I hope everyone had a great summer and is ready to get started to work hard and have some fun. We are off to a good start.

The students have their weekly folders ( filled with notes) that are to be signed and returned on Mon. Look for this folder every week.

Team two will be on patrol next week. Remember to be here at 7:30. You will need to come in the latch key door on the west side of the school if you are here before that time.

 

Kathy West

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