Ready for the "end of the year" ride!  Temps are hopefully going up but so has the energy levels.  Students are looking to summer and focus on school work is getting harder and harder.  Our "normal" is now gone!  Our schedule will have lots of interruptions.  Here is a tentative schedule of what will happen until we are dismissed for the summer.

April 22 - 8:35 -Lyceum
April 24 - 26 - Mrs. Christensen will be gone for her daughter's wedding. Mrs. Woehl and Mrs Goebel will carry on the daily schedule.  Test in Social Studies on Wednesday.  Check the lesson plan for what is expected.
April 29 - Strength Team lyceum
April 30 - Coal Mine fieldtrip
May 1 - NWEA Testing
May 2 - Elementary Music concert
May 3 - Ag Day
May 7 - NWEA Testing
May 8 - Elementary Track Day
May 9 - Bike Safety
May 10 - Elementary Carnival
May 13 - Gateway to Science/State Library fieldtrip
May 14 - Kindergarten Program
May 16 - 5th and 6th grade picnic
May 17 - Last Day of School


Please contact me if you would like to chaperone for us during the fieldtrips.  I do drive the bus so the extra supervision is needed.

We will be taking end-of-the-year  skill tests during this time too. 

Our last month will go by very quickly!  I will try to post any changes or additions as they happen.

With Summer coming soon, John and Andy stopped in to talk to us this week about home alone safety!  We also talked about what to do in case of an emergency.  The students learned about the equipment used and when is it proper to call 9-1-1.

            

 



Tom Gibson from the McIntosh Soil Conservation District did a presentation for the 4th, 5th and 6th graders.  He played a game show with us!  It was fun learning about conservation and respect for our natural resources.

 

Brace ourselves for another busy week!  On Monday, we will have the county nurse talk to us about puberty.  Although we have covered the topic earlier in the year, it will be good review and the nurse may be able to answer more of our questions.

 

Our trip to the ambulance was interrupted therefore we will try to get it rescheduled this week.

 

State and Capital tests have been a challenge.  Encourage your child to practice with flash cards or work with www.sheppardsoftware.com.  

 

Thank you parents for sending graham crackers this year.  We ate our last ones today.  If you have not sent crackers this year and are willing to share........... we are ready!



     Another busy week in store for us!  We need another chance at the Social Studies test.  Mrs. Christensen made us all take our books home for the weekend.  Chapter 8 test will be taken again and the best of the two scores will be recorded.  It was a very hectic week and focus was a little off......
   
     I am not sure that the rest of our weeks will be any less busy.  Students will have to work hard to stay on task and keep grades up. We will have John and Andy, our local law enforcement, talk to the class on Wednesday.  Our health class has been covering the concept of staying safe.  Students will be off for the summer soon and safety is important. The men will come in and help students understand the expectations of laws and how to handle emergencies.

     Thursday will be our day at the ambulance garage.  We will have another opportunity to have first hand experience with understanding safety procedures. 

      On to Friday! Tom Gibson from the McIntosh County Soil Conservation will speak to us.  He is always enjoyable with a good message.  Finishing out our Friday will be our pizza party.  After reading 22,000 pages, I think the students deserve it.  We gave the 4th graders quite the competition but both classes deserve the extra prize for their effort. 

      We will not have a new spelling unit this week.  I plan to do a unit assessment and focus on summary skills.  Our new unit will begin on the 8th when we have a full week of school.

      Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break!

                    

 

5th graders are still reading! 16,000 pages so far!!!!!!

 



    

 

Guest Readers Cameron and Jace

 



We will have 4 days to complete our goals for the month.  We have earned our pizza party and movie!  Some students continue to work on their individual goals.  We are barely staying ahead of the fourth graders.  They are really pushing us with the challenge!

 

Dress up days for this week are Monday: Dress as your favorite character. Tues: Silly Sock Day Wed.: Beach Day Thurs: Orange Day

 

Parent/Teacher's Conferences

We will be holding conferences on March 26, from 3:30 to 6:30.  The elementary is once again setting up appointments.  Please call and let me know what time we can set up your appointment.  If another time is more convenient, I will accommodate that.  I know there has been a wrestling tournament moved to the 26th.

 

We will have a Social Studies test on Wednesday.  Students are learning about the Constitution and the development of our government. 

 

We will not have a spelling test this week.  Students will not have new words but we will do our spelling unit.  We will be very busy right up to the Easter Break.  Remember there is no school on Friday.



If you swing by the 5th grade room, this is what you will see!!!!!  It is amazing how hard these kids are working towards a common goal.  Reading month began and the challenge from the 4th graders has us reading more books than you can imagine!  The students have read over 4,000 pages already!  I can't begin to tell you how proud of these kids I am!  I challenged them to an average of 300 pages per student in March as a class goal.  In order to be part of the pizza/movie day, you had to read at least 150 pages.  The class is very close to the pizza and a movie but some have their individual goal to reach.  It is amazing to listen to them encourage each other.  Yeah Fifth Grade!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Ty Buchholz is our 5th grade spelling champion!  Ty represented our class in the McIntosh County Spelling Bee.  We are very proud of him and his effort.
    
     March Madness has begun!  The students have calendars at home to keep track of minutes and book reports will track their pages.  We started Reading month with a "Roam and Read" activity today.  The Reading Month calendar lists all the activities for each day.  Monday is twin day, Tuesday is Red Day, Wednesday, we can wear our clothes inside out, Thursday is Mustang Day and finally on Friday we can rest because there is no school. 

     Wednesday, Green Iron is sponsoring a "Bully Prevention" speaker.  We will be involved with this program in the morning and will be dismissed from school at 2:15.  Parents have the opportunity to learn more about the issue of bullying at 7.  The presentation will be held in the gym. Please try to take advantage of the presentation.  It will benefit everyone!

     The 5th graders have been invited to the 4th grade Recorder Recital in the band room on March 7th at 2:35.
    
    Lots of kids with headaches and sore throats!  Get rest and lots of liquids.  We are washing desks during the day to get rid of unwanted bugs but eating right and resting will also help.

   Have a great weekend!

    

  Our class enjoyed participating in the play, "Hansel and Gretel".  It has been a week that was out of routine but very enjoyable.   I was very proud of the students for respectfully working through changes in schedules and routine. 
  
    The field trip to the coal mines has been put on the calendar.  We are hoping to make the trip with the Napoleon 5th graders on April 30th.  More details will be sent out at a later date.

     War reports should be getting the finishing touches.  The students are presenting the reports as they finish.    I would like all reports done by March 8th but allow until the 15th to complete the project.  The last quarter will have the students learning the states and capitals.  We will get 10 states at a time each week.  Doesn't hurt to look on the Internet and play the games that help us remember.

     We have lots of egg cartons!  Thanks!

    Have a great week!