5th Grade Newsletter

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

    Thank you so much for meeting with us last week.  You have wonderful children, and we think you are pretty great parents as well. We have reached the end of 1st term.  Wow!!    All missing work is due TOMORROW in order to earn Worker’s Holiday. Please go to PowerSchool and check your child’s grades.  We have sent category totals with all missing assignments listed on it(if your child has anything missing).  Worker’s Holiday will be on Friday, Oct. 14.  We will play bingo, play a trivia game, and have a checkers tournament for a half an hour each.  Students not earning the activity will work in another room to work on missing assignments.

    We are very concerned with the large number of students(mostly in Mrs. Little's class), who have ten to twenty, and even more missing assignments for first quarter.  PLEASE check your child's bright green planner EVERY night to see what homework your child has. Math is one of the biggest concerns. THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the parents who are already doing this!  Also, thank you to the students who let their parents help them, by keeping them informed of what they need to do.  We did have a few students quite behind that have made huge progress this last week!  The good news is that we are now in a new quarter, where there are no missing assignments for 2nd quarter as of today.

    You are invited to come have a BLAST with us as we explode our volcanoes next Wed., at 12:30 on the south playground.  Please do NOT park in the bus loading zone. You may park on 500 S. behind the playground, or in the parking lot.  Exploded volcanoes may not come back in the school, so students need to take them home or take them around to the dumpster at the north end of the school.

    Remember that we do not have school Mon., Oct. 24.  Picture retakes will be on Fri., Oct. 21.  Reflections entries are due on Oct. 28.  You can get rules and entry forms at http://www.utahpta.org/reflections.  The entry must include the “artist’s statement”.  The theme is “What Is Your Story??”.

    The fifth grade Maturation Programs will be on Tues., Nov. 22 @ 2:30.  The boys are in the gym and the girls are in the library.  We hope that a parent will be able to attend with each child, however a child may attend without a parent.  We DO need a permission slip returned in order for your child to attend. Most of you signed that at our conferences.

    Please feel welcome to email, call, or come in anytime with your concerns.  The next newsletter will be posted on Wed., Nov.2.

                   

                                             Thank you,

                    Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Little, & Mrs. Payne

   

*****Please sign the verification slip that your child brought home and return it to school.*****