DUE DATES: 

 Monday, February 1st,  History Test for all students

Wednesday, February 3rd, Math Test for all students

Monday , February 8th, Book Reports – 5th graders are reading Martha of California, 6th graders are reading Stephen of Philadelphia

I will undergo surgery, Thursday, Feb. 4th, to have the pins and screws removed from my foot. I will, also, be out Friday to recuperate. If you have any questions please contact me.

Most of the first day of school was spent going over the rules, regulations, emergency procedures, and what the students can expect with homework and grades.  The students were informed that 10% of their grade will come from homework, and they can improve their grade by turning in all homework assignments. Conversely, if they do not turn in their homework they can get a poorer grade.

I want to keep all parents informed as to what subjects your students are working on.  Following are the current assignments:

MATH: The 6th graders have started working in the math to allow them to master dividing, multiplying, adding, and subtracting fractions.  The 5th graders are working on the metric system while at the same time reviewing multiplying and dividing.

ENGLISH: The 6th graders are working on sentence structure and creative writing.  The 5th graders are perfecting their skills on verbs, nouns, and subjects.

HISTORY AND SCIENCE: I feel so privileged to teach your student New World History and God’s Creation-Science.  The whole class just completed their first test in each of these subjects.  History focused on the Northwest Territory concerning territory, tundra, timberline, and the frigid zone.  The Science test focused on the composite plant family and all of the insects associated with this plant family.  I was pleased as to how well each student performed on these two tough tests.

Our other subjects are penmanship, cursive writing, spelling, reading and comprehension. 

My goal, to both students, and parents, is to give plenty of notice of upcoming tests. To all parents and students, please do not hesitate to come to me with any questions and concerns; however, please wait until the end of the day, or make an appointment.

Our first field trip is scheduled for Thursday, October 1st. It is a trip to the King Tut exhibit.  Please have your student at the school well before 8am, to allow us to depart at 8:10am.

Greetings, parents–

Here is the planned class work schedule for the Week of May 11.  With all of the activity going on, days off in the upcoming two weeks, and cramming school work into the last fefw days of school, I won’t be posting actual pages. Some of the focus has shifted in certain books to hit the highlights and review others. The schedule below is still subject to change depending on the class participation and activities.

5th Grade

Math           continuation of fractions, division, decimals, and the  fahrenheit/celsius    scales

English       test on Monday; review of grammar mechanics

6th Grade

MATH         continuation of geometry

English       test Thursday; review

Both Classes

Spelling      poetry: “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Lochinvar”

History      The Romans; test Friday

Science      The Planets