5th grade newsletter- February 20, 2019

Events coming up:

    FEBRUARY

22- Talent show applications due (look on South elementary's website for application

       form and details)

28-Talent show tryouts

     MARCH

7- Worker’s Holiday-swimming at the Aquatic Center ($1 per student)

8- South Elementary Talent Show

8- End of 3rd Term

11-12- No school (Teacher work days)

14- Chemistry Challenge at SUU

18- Newsies musical/play at Randall Jones Theater($1 per student) (We’ll walk there and back)

     APRIL

2- Science Expo  (details coming home later)

Congratulations to our Chemistry team: Justin Baird, Alyssa Ortega, Jake Riddle, Tucker Finch, Haider Khalique.  Ellie Leavitt will stand by as an alternate.  They will represent South Elementary on the afternoon of March 14!

It will cost $1.00 for each student to participate in the Aquatic Center Worker’s Holiday, and another $1.00 to attend the Newsies production on March 18th.  Every student will participate in the field trip to attend the Newsies.  (It’s not a Worker’s Holiday).

Please watch for the American Hero List to come home today.  Each student will choose a hero to represent in our Great Americans program in May.  We have explained to our students that they will need to select 10 or so heroes from the list, since our students’ names will be pulled out of a hat.  Their first (or second) choices may already be taken.  We know this is early in the year, but students will need to write a report, sketch a portrait (in art class), find a costume, and memorize a small part.  

We’ve added the Science Expo to the calendar above, although it isn’t until April.  We want students to be thinking about a project.  They can invent something, investigate something, or research something.  We will send a letter home later with details

Students have been taking mid-year assessments in math, science, writing, and language arts. These tests show us how well each students is doing and what we need to teach them to help them succeed in 5th grade.  

We enjoyed meeting with you at SEPs.  We value your association, communication, and support, and we enjoy watching these students grow in knowledge and mature into responsible young people.

                          Mrs. Payne, Mr. Sahagun, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Williams