Week of May 12-16, 2008

Hello,

Although we're glad testing is over, we're going to miss those great morning treats. Thank you parents!!

These last weeks of school are really busy and jammed pack with great projects...but very little homework. Each night there might be just a little to finish on a class activity.

This is what happening this week and other important items:
1. Tuesday there will be the "9 Word Science Vocabulary Test". Everyone has flashcards for the words .

2. Monday and Tuesday we will review and the final Theme Test in Reading is Wednesday. Grammar is on the easy side this time!!!

3. The "How To" book report is due on Thursday. Students need to bring in what they made with the written paragraph. Class presentations will be next week. Everyone will get a date before this week is over.

4. The final geography test on all 50 states and capitals is this Friday. Students were given the old tests to help them study and a map of the US to write on.

5. Time to Party!!! The class voted to have a PJ, crazy hair, baseball game, wear your hat. pizza lunch day to celebrate our success in finishing the reading book and all of the comprehension skills, spelling and grammar. Please send in $4.00 to cover the cost of the pizza. Can anyone donate the drinks???? Please give Mrs. Nigh a call. Thanks to the Gering family for the great deal and delicious pizza from their Gilroy restaurant.

6. Still many students who need to bring in their fabric and $5. for the special book we're starting this Tuesday.

7. Slatter Construction sponsored our class this year to receive the Sentinel twice a week. Look for our class thank you, drawn by Kelly McMinn, to appear in the paper.

8. This week begins "Math in the Real World". We'll start with how to use a check book and how to calculate a restaurant bill after taking the family out for dinner. Students are encouraged to bring in a calculator.

9. This week students will begin a writing assignment in class titled "Time Cover and Article". More details to follow.

Homework: Read nightly, study for tests, finish classwork if necessary,work on writing for article. Last week students received an "AR" point update. There is still time to take many tests!! This Thursday, everyone gets a pass for Read Aloud. Hopefully, this extra time we will e devoted to the big geography test on Friday.

Best regards,
Melanie Jaynes



5. Time to party on Friday!!! The class vote