Now is the time to start crossing your fingers that it doesn't rain on Tuesday's Field Day activities. I think we can deal with the cold, but not rain! Students should wear their pink class shirts.
Tuesday is also the last day for students to earn Free Dress for November. Right now, only 10 members of our class have qualified. Many kids are very close with only a few more points to go to reach the 10 point goal. Keep reading!! Please encourage your children to read every single night.
On December 5th, the Reading Jr. High band will be visiting with the kids. They will learn about the different types of instruments and be able to hear from the band director. He will also be telling them about the band program.
The winners of the school turkey vote will be announced on Monday. Here is a picture of our class turkeys.
On a personal note, I am proud to announce that my daughter, Meredith, has been accepted to Baylor! She will be attending in the fall. It really doesn't seem possible that she is 17 and will be graduating high school. Our babies really do grow up so fast!
I hope that you and your families have a memorable and wonderful Thanksgiving. It is one of my favorite holidays! Please respond in email with your child's favorite Thanksgiving dinner food. Mine is my mom's cornbread dressing...YUM!
Students will need to bring in their turkey projects by Monday. We will vote for our top winners in the class. The winners from each 5th grade class will be on display in the front of the school. All Dickinson Dolphins are able to vote on their favorite turkeys for a quarter per vote. I'm looking forward to seeing the creativity of my fabulous fifth graders!
Students need to bring a small picture of a nonfiction text feature cut out from a magazine or newspaper by Monday. The picture is worth 2 Dojo points!!!
The Fall Book Fair is next week! Monday night is the only night that you will be able to shop. You can come shop until 7:00 p.m. Other days, the students may bring their $$ to shop during designated times of our school day.
All students need to be working on the www.thinkthroughmath.org site each week. These are STAAR type math questions that each student needs practice in.
Have you heard of Edmodo? Edmodo is designed to get students excited about learning in a familiar environment. On Edmodo, teachers can continue classroom discussions online, give polls to check for student understanding, and award badges to individual students based on performance or behavior. I have signed up all students. The website is absolutely secure. It will be only between the students and myself. They will not communicate with other people outside of our class, nor can anyone else communicate with them. I have used this website in the past to assign projects, quizzes, etc. to the kids. If you have concerns, please click on this link https://www.edmodo.com/about/ Of course, please email me as well. Students will need to use edmodo each week at home.
Tomorrow night is our Chick-Fil-A night. Students that come between 5 - 7 AND sign in, will get a homework pass! 5th grade teachers will be there with a sign in sheet!
