Weekly Announcements
Happy Friday!
Only 2 days left! We will be doing several fun activities on Tuesday and Wednesday, including our end of the auction, ACES, and our End of the Year picnic. I have enjoyed working with these students and wish them the best in Middle School! See below for our May Do Life Big award winners and to view our End of the Year Do Life Big slide show. Also, please check your child's Friday folder for the Read Act document that will let you how they ended up in reading and math this year.
Please read below for information about math, social studies, and other important news and information. There are also several important dates to note in these last 2 months of school so be sure to check out the link to the left.
Math: We finished up our 5th grade math today with a Math Escape Room. Ask your 5th grader if they ESCAPED!
There are many students who need more practice on the basic facts, especially for multiplication and division. The expectation is for them to get 75 facts correct in 5 minutes with only one or two errors. Please check out how your child did on these as it will be important to know basic math facts for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing since we use them in all aspects of 5th grade math. 5-10 minutes of practice each night would really help. Even just quizzing your child in the car on a ride to school or the store is a simple way to get that practice in. Thanks in advance for your support in this area. Some other good ways to practice these skills include: flash cards, play Yahtzee together, or login to the "XtraMath" website and practice on the computer. Your child will have that login information (as well as IXL) taped to the inside cover of their planner.
Social Studies:
We wrapped up 5th grade social studies with a class Jeopardy tournament using questions from every unit we covered this year. Great job everyone!
NEWS AND INFORMATION
ACES: All Children Exercise Simultaneously has been RESCHEDULED to Tuesday, May 27 at 2:15. Students should dress for the weather and make sure to have good tennis shoes for outdoor activities that day.
End of the year picnic day: Is the last day of school: Wednesday, May28. We will take a bus Southside Park and enjoy the last day of elementary school together! If your child did not order a school lunch, they will need to bring one that day, along with a water bottle, sunscreen, and any outdoor equipment they may like to use (frisbees, jump ropes, balls etc... absolutely NO ELECTRONICS including phones.) We will return to school by about 2:30 that day.
Message from the BUS GARAGE: If your child is missing anything, they have a large collection of lost and found items at the Bus Garage. Feel free to stop by and check it out!
End of the year events: Be sure to check the link for "Important Dates to Note" for a variety of events and activities taking place in the last 2 months of school!
Summer School Information/Registration: If you are interested in helping your child stay sharp on their reading and math skills over the summer, check out the information on this link:
SQUIRT: All SQUIRT slips were due today, Friday, May 23. Keep reading over the summer!!
Band/Choir: is over for the year. Good luck in Middle School band and choir!
Parent/teacher communication: I am a firm believer that we all need to work together to help your child succeed, and an important part of that is communication! Your child will write in their planner every day and the expectation is that they will bring it to you with a pen for you to read and sign each day. When they bring the planner back to school each day with a signature, they will receive a "CSI slip" which they can use for our weekly drawing or save for the end of the year auction. In addition, every Friday, students will bring home their CSI ("Communicating Student Information) folder which will be filled with completed assignments to share, graded work, notes and forms from the office, etc. Again, the expectation here is for your child to bring that folder to you so you can go over those papers together, and then you can sign and date yellow sheet stapled inside. When they return the signed folder the following week, they will earn another CSI slip. Look for that folder every Friday or the last day of school for the week. Finally, I will be sending you an email each week with a link to this page once I have updated it with all important news and announcements. Hopefully all of these things will help us to stay "on the same page", but if you ever have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or give me call!
Do Life Big:
Congratulations to our May Do Life Big Award winners Addy G. and Bree M! Way to go and keep doing life big! Our hope is that these students continue to DO LIFE BIG and LEAD WITH KINDNESS as they move on to the middle school. You can view examples of these kids doing life big in our end of the year slide show:
In 5th grade we take our job as leaders of Raven Stream very seriously! We want to be role models for the younger kids in the building, and we do that by having integrity and trying to do life big everyday! Each month Mr. Drazan and I will recognize one student from each class who excels in this area. We had our kick off for this project (see presentation that was shared on the link below). Students made posters to bring home because we want them to Do Life Big at home and in the community as well! We would love to receive photos of your child making a positive difference at home or in the community so have them pose with their poster and email them to Mr. Drazan or I so I can share them with the students and add them to our "Do Life Big" slide show for the end of the year. Next year's students will view this as well to inspire them in ways to DO LIFE BIG!
