Happy Thanksgiving Fifth Graders!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hey out there!
Today is Thanksgiving and I hope that all of our students are either in their pajamas watching the Macy's Parade or on the way to Grandmas house :) Please enjoy your short vacation. When we come back to school on Monday there will be several changes occuring. Remember your in between class time is going to be lowered to 4 minutes and you need to be completely prepared for classes so you don't get an infraction!!! This does not apply to 98% of you so don't worry :) Enjoy your break and rest your brain, we are starting two new novels on Monday!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week is going to be a short one. We have 2 1/2 days to finish up our unit on Pilgrims and the Plymouth Plantation. Please make sure that you are doing your nightly reading this week. We have free reading, so read whatever your heart desires because starting next Monday we will be starting our new chapter books. Enjoy your Thanksgiving break and come back next week ready to learn and to explore some classic holiday novels!!!!

New Marking Period!

Parents and Students,
It's a new marking period and we are well under way! We have several things that are coming up soon;

Friday 11/6 9am Honor Roll Breakfast all students that made honor roll this marking period will be honored with a yummy breakfast in the cafeteria :)

Friday 11/13 8-5:00pm Field Trip to Old Salem
parents are welcome and encouraged to attend this field trip. Students must ride the bus to Old Salem to count as present for the day but parents may sign students out after lunch to ride home in the family vehicle. We have found a $2.00 off coupon for parents to use on their admission ticket. If you would like one please return the reminder slip to your homeroom teacher!

26th Day of School!

Parents and Students,

Can you believe that it is the 26th day? I cannot!!! I guess when you are out with the Swine flu for 4 1/2 days you lose some perspective :) Mrs. Goins and I wanted to let parents know that we are going to try to update this website more often with classroom announcements as well as homework updates! Please check back often!! We are also going to put the classroom newsletter on here if we can figure that out :) If you subscribe to our webpage you will be notified when it has been updated!!!!

Thanks!

Curriculum Night!

Don't forget that curriculum night starts at 6:00 pm on Monday! After our short talk you can wander down to the cafeteria and buy a hotdog or two and support the 8th grade field trip fund!!! Community night starts after the brief PTO meeting at 7:00.

Thanks for the great week last week!

TGIF tomorrow!

Hey out there! I answered some questions today about the reading homework. Here are the highlights;

Q: Do we have to read 2 chapter books?
A: No, if your book is LOOONNGG you may use that book for both of the reports/reviews.

Q: Can we do the homework if we are not done with the book?
A: yes, please complete the questions even if you are not done.

Q: I lost my report/review paper can I have another?
A: yes, and they were given a copy today after I asked several times who needed one.

Q: Do our parents need to sign our planner/agenda each night?
A: YES!!! Please record the title of the book that was read and how many minutes.

This is a learning process for all of us as we are starting a new school year. Please just roll with us as we are getting all the kinks out of our system!!! I think we have solved the locker problem with reading and social studies! I will keep you updated on that :)

Remember to study those words for the spelling test tomorrow!!!!
See ya at the Creek!

Starting on Monday we will not be accepting "I forgot" as an excuse for homework and we will have to go with the 5-8th grade homework plan that could result in a detention for students that are not completing their homework.

Week Two!

Well it is beginning, HOMEWORK! Most of the other grades have had homework already but we were being kind and generous before the onslaught of work. Now reality is here and so is the work :) It's really not that bad.

Here is your tentative schedule;

Reading: Read 25 minutes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

write at least 2 book reviews that are due Friday morning (form will be handed out).

Spelling: Study your words every night.

Math: You will have a math sheet on Monday that is due Wednesday and a Math Sheet Wednesday that is due on Friday.

Other: There might be other assignments along the way that need to be completed at home. These are on a need basis and will be fully explained before being sent home.

Thanks for your attention to these items. These assignments are not mindless time wasters but activities that we hope will review what we are learning in class and help them to practice new skills that are needed.

See ya at the Creek!

Mrs. Efird