Hello Parents and Students:
We have a short week this week and next week due to our Easter Break. I just wanted to remind you that we have been preparing for the Aims test a little each day. We will continue reviewing concepts and practicing testing strategies up until April 12, the first day of Aims testing. It is very important that your child is in class and on time each day as we are covering a lot of material that is difficult to make up without the lesson background knowledge.
We will certainly look forward to a celebration once Aims testing is over.
Thank you for your continued support.
A quick note about supplies:
We are out of our classroom supply of pencils. Students need to bring in their own pencils to use for the rest of the year.
Students also need to replenish their supply of markers (or colored pencils) as our classroom markers are mostly dried up.
We are also out of sanitizer and tissue. Thank you to the students who have donated more to our classroom!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
News from Mrs. Denny’s Class
March 19, 2010
ACADEMICS:
Reading/Writing: We are finishing our poetry unit this week. Students created beautiful India Ink tree designs and wrote Haikus to match. Limericks were also introduced this week. What fun the students had writing these humorous poems.
A fun poetry web site to visit is www.gigglepoetry.com
Students will begin creating their poetry books next week in preparation for publishing.
Extra Credit: After our preposition lessons, students were challenged with learning the preposition song for extra credit!
Spelling: Our focus this week is homophones. The test is on Friday. Ask your child if he remembers the difference between a homonym and a homophone.
Vocabulary: Students will be given new words next week which will focus on story structure vocabulary.
Math:
Saxon Math concepts this week: Comparing decimals, multiplying fractions, converting fractions, decimals and percents, mass/weight, and probability.
We continue to review order of operations, prime numbers, area and perimeter, graphing, fractions and percents. We are still reviewing math concepts in preparation for the AIMS test in April.
Social Studies: With so much time devoted to science fair projects last quarter and AIMS testing preparation, we will be focusing much more on social studies this quarter. We will be studying American History beginning with exploration and colonization.
Counseling: Mrs. Russell has been working with the students on anger management. Ask your child what he/she has learned about controlling their anger in heated situations (count to 10, breathe, walk away, talk to yourself).
PARENT NOTES:
Poetry Books: All 5th grade students are working on books to be published by Student Treasures Publishing Co. in May. Students will receive a free copy of their book over the summer.
Order forms went home over a week ago for you to order any additional books for $14.95 + shipping. This would make a wonderful gift for any family member!
All forms must be returned, even if you mark “No.” Please return the forms and/or money as soon as possible in the envelope provided.
Talent Show: We will be attending the talent show on Monday, March 22nd, to cheer on students from our class.
The winners will compete with Lakeside winners on the evening of March 26th. Good luck to all participants!
Attendance: Please remember that class time is a valuable time for all students. You never know what a discussion might hold or what questions a fellow classmate might ask to make a lesson clearer. By missing part of a day, or a whole day, students miss valuable lesson concepts which they may need for a follow-up lesson or for a testing situation. Missing class time often makes the student feel lost and dis-organized as it creates gaps in their learning. While I understand there are often extenuating circumstances, I am hoping students are on time and in their seats the entire day
Bookman’s Reading Challenge:
Students should be turning in their validated reading slips when they finish a book. We are trying to help LPA earn great things for our school by participating in this 3 month reading challenge. Read, Read, Read.
Can you help? We are still in desperate need of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, markers and colored pencils.
March:
20- Golf Tournament
26- LPA Talent Show at Central Campus
April:
1-5 Easter Break
7- $1.00 Dress Down Day
9- Character Lunch
9- Bingo Night
12-16- Aims Testing
19-23- Penny War Week
21- Jump for Heart
23- Mother/Son Dance
26- Dentist
March 19, 2010
ACADEMICS:
Reading/Writing: We are finishing our poetry unit this week. Students created beautiful India Ink tree designs and wrote Haikus to match. Limericks were also introduced this week. What fun the students had writing these humorous poems.
A fun poetry web site to visit is www.gigglepoetry.com
Students will begin creating their poetry books next week in preparation for publishing.
Extra Credit: After our preposition lessons, students were challenged with learning the preposition song for extra credit!
Spelling: Our focus this week is homophones. The test is on Friday. Ask your child if he remembers the difference between a homonym and a homophone.
Vocabulary: Students will be given new words next week which will focus on story structure vocabulary.
Math:
Saxon Math concepts this week: Comparing decimals, multiplying fractions, converting fractions, decimals and percents, mass/weight, and probability.
We continue to review order of operations, prime numbers, area and perimeter, graphing, fractions and percents. We are still reviewing math concepts in preparation for the AIMS test in April.
Social Studies: With so much time devoted to science fair projects last quarter and AIMS testing preparation, we will be focusing much more on social studies this quarter. We will be studying American History beginning with exploration and colonization.
Counseling: Mrs. Russell has been working with the students on anger management. Ask your child what he/she has learned about controlling their anger in heated situations (count to 10, breathe, walk away, talk to yourself).
PARENT NOTES:
Poetry Books: All 5th grade students are working on books to be published by Student Treasures Publishing Co. in May. Students will receive a free copy of their book over the summer.
Order forms went home over a week ago for you to order any additional books for $14.95 + shipping. This would make a wonderful gift for any family member!
All forms must be returned, even if you mark “No.” Please return the forms and/or money as soon as possible in the envelope provided.
Talent Show: We will be attending the talent show on Monday, March 22nd, to cheer on students from our class.
The winners will compete with Lakeside winners on the evening of March 26th. Good luck to all participants!
Attendance: Please remember that class time is a valuable time for all students. You never know what a discussion might hold or what questions a fellow classmate might ask to make a lesson clearer. By missing part of a day, or a whole day, students miss valuable lesson concepts which they may need for a follow-up lesson or for a testing situation. Missing class time often makes the student feel lost and dis-organized as it creates gaps in their learning. While I understand there are often extenuating circumstances, I am hoping students are on time and in their seats the entire day
Bookman’s Reading Challenge:
Students should be turning in their validated reading slips when they finish a book. We are trying to help LPA earn great things for our school by participating in this 3 month reading challenge. Read, Read, Read.
Can you help? We are still in desperate need of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, markers and colored pencils.
March:
20- Golf Tournament
26- LPA Talent Show at Central Campus
April:
1-5 Easter Break
7- $1.00 Dress Down Day
9- Character Lunch
9- Bingo Night
12-16- Aims Testing
19-23- Penny War Week
21- Jump for Heart
23- Mother/Son Dance
26- Dentist
Monday, March 8, 2010
News from Mrs. Denny’s Class
March 5, 2010
denny@lpatucson.org
Academics:
Reading/Writing: We are still reading and writing poetry. This week students finished their poems using similies and metaphors. They are now working on Cinquains. We definitely have some budding poets in our class!
Students are also being tested in reading and writing this week. Their writing assessment this week was to write a persuasive letter to the principal in favor of or against wearing uniforms.
In grammar, students are learning about paragraph structure, complex sentences, prepositions and prepositional phrases, conjunctions, and good word choice.
Spelling: This week’s words focused on the prefixes im-, in-, un-, and pre-. Many students are having good luck practicing their words are spellingcity.com.
Vocabulary: New words this week are paradox, preposition and disperse. Our test next week will include our new words and last week’s words: stanza, rhyme, rhythm, similie, metaphor and compassion.
Math:
Saxon Math concepts this week: Adding, subtracting, multiplying and comparing decimals.
We continue to review order of operations, prime numbers, graphing, fractions and percents. We are still reviewing math concepts in preparation for the AIMS test in April.
Counseling: Mrs. Russell continues to work with the students on making good choices.
Notes to Parents:
Reminder: Grade books closed on Friday in order to prepare grades for the 3rd quarter report cards. If your child has late work, those assignments must still be completed, and the missing assignment will be reflected in the 3rd quarter grades.
Spelling Bee: Our school-wide spelling bee was held on Tuesday. Jorge, Grayson and Faith did an amazing job and represented our classroom very well! Congratulations!
Poetry Books: All 5th grade students are working on books to be published by Student Treasures Publishing Co. in May. Students will receive a free copy of their book over the summer.
Order forms went home Thursday for you to order any additional books for $14.95 + shipping. This would make a wonderful gift for any family member!
All forms must be returned, even if you mark “No.” Please return the forms and/or money by next Thursday (3/11) in the envelope provided.
Science Fair: The rubric used to judge the science fair projects did not reflect how our 5th grade completed the science fair projects here at Central Campus, so I did not use the judges scores as a grade.
I gave the students 3 different grades for this long term project:
-They received points for meeting their deadlines along the way.
-They also received points for a completed notebook or folder with all of their science experiment notes.
-They also received a grade for having all parts of the scientific method portrayed on their display board.
Congratulations to Joel Gonzalez, Faith Cosby, Reanna Ruiz and Joseph Destito. Their science boards are heading to Sarsef!
Bookman’s Reading Challenge:
Students should be turning in their validated reading slips when they finish a book. We are trying to help LPA earn great things for our school by participating in this 3 month reading challenge. Read, Read, Read.
Can you help? We are still in desperate need of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, markers and colored pencils.
Important Dates:
March:
5- Pancake Breakfast with
principal, Character Lunch, Movie Night
5-End of 3rd Quarter. All work must be in.
9- Spring pictures. These will only be taken for those who want to order pictures.
10-Art Show 6-7:30p.m. in the cafeteria
11- Report Card Day. ½ day with No lunch or After school
12 & 15 Spring Break
16- Skate Night
17- St. Patrick’s Day: wear green or white
20- Golf Tournament
March 5, 2010
denny@lpatucson.org
Academics:
Reading/Writing: We are still reading and writing poetry. This week students finished their poems using similies and metaphors. They are now working on Cinquains. We definitely have some budding poets in our class!
Students are also being tested in reading and writing this week. Their writing assessment this week was to write a persuasive letter to the principal in favor of or against wearing uniforms.
In grammar, students are learning about paragraph structure, complex sentences, prepositions and prepositional phrases, conjunctions, and good word choice.
Spelling: This week’s words focused on the prefixes im-, in-, un-, and pre-. Many students are having good luck practicing their words are spellingcity.com.
Vocabulary: New words this week are paradox, preposition and disperse. Our test next week will include our new words and last week’s words: stanza, rhyme, rhythm, similie, metaphor and compassion.
Math:
Saxon Math concepts this week: Adding, subtracting, multiplying and comparing decimals.
We continue to review order of operations, prime numbers, graphing, fractions and percents. We are still reviewing math concepts in preparation for the AIMS test in April.
Counseling: Mrs. Russell continues to work with the students on making good choices.
Notes to Parents:
Reminder: Grade books closed on Friday in order to prepare grades for the 3rd quarter report cards. If your child has late work, those assignments must still be completed, and the missing assignment will be reflected in the 3rd quarter grades.
Spelling Bee: Our school-wide spelling bee was held on Tuesday. Jorge, Grayson and Faith did an amazing job and represented our classroom very well! Congratulations!
Poetry Books: All 5th grade students are working on books to be published by Student Treasures Publishing Co. in May. Students will receive a free copy of their book over the summer.
Order forms went home Thursday for you to order any additional books for $14.95 + shipping. This would make a wonderful gift for any family member!
All forms must be returned, even if you mark “No.” Please return the forms and/or money by next Thursday (3/11) in the envelope provided.
Science Fair: The rubric used to judge the science fair projects did not reflect how our 5th grade completed the science fair projects here at Central Campus, so I did not use the judges scores as a grade.
I gave the students 3 different grades for this long term project:
-They received points for meeting their deadlines along the way.
-They also received points for a completed notebook or folder with all of their science experiment notes.
-They also received a grade for having all parts of the scientific method portrayed on their display board.
Congratulations to Joel Gonzalez, Faith Cosby, Reanna Ruiz and Joseph Destito. Their science boards are heading to Sarsef!
Bookman’s Reading Challenge:
Students should be turning in their validated reading slips when they finish a book. We are trying to help LPA earn great things for our school by participating in this 3 month reading challenge. Read, Read, Read.
Can you help? We are still in desperate need of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, markers and colored pencils.
Important Dates:
March:
5- Pancake Breakfast with
principal, Character Lunch, Movie Night
5-End of 3rd Quarter. All work must be in.
9- Spring pictures. These will only be taken for those who want to order pictures.
10-Art Show 6-7:30p.m. in the cafeteria
11- Report Card Day. ½ day with No lunch or After school
12 & 15 Spring Break
16- Skate Night
17- St. Patrick’s Day: wear green or white
20- Golf Tournament
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