Week of Jan. 30

Week of Jan. 30
Big week full of exciting things!
Last week 5A and 5C homerooms (Mr. King and I) decided to construct a PTO basket together. The theme we have chosen is…SPORTS! So, anything and everything we can assemble that fits the sports theme should be sent in ASAP. Tickets, apparel, cups, bats, nets and balls, helmets…Anything! Be creative! We are an equal opportunity crew, so all teams are welcome, but I know you want to be sure your team is represented, so send in the swag!

We are fortunate enough to be joined once again this year by Burning Coal Theatre! This week, the troupe will present a show to all classes on Monday. They will then work individually with classes on various Shakespearean fun!

That’s the good news for this week; the not-so great news is that this will put us behind schedule for Black History Month. I had planned to finish our books for publication (they MUST be done by Thursday) and complete reading Out of the Dust this week. This will be a major challenge with the schedule change. In an effort to focus our work this week, there will be no vocabulary. I hear several students’ shouts of joy, but vocab is vital to success in Language Arts.

Competitive Edge Homework: I would like all students to go back over what they have already done, highlight answers, check answers in the answer book and make corrections up until page 27.

I have added a page with the format I wish students to follow for the next book review to the blog. Recently, there has been a change to the number of copies each teacher is allotted per month. I will try and post information like this instead of sending home a hard copy from now on to save my copies.

The schedule has changed and there is now a remediation class for 5th grade from 2:15-3:00 daily. Students will have 2 days of math, 2 days of Language Arts and one day of Science remediation. In addition, I heartily recommend the WINRS after school tutoring program. It is absolutely free and they are sending a bus to pick up students from Neuse Charter after-school from carpool! If your student needs extra help, please send them to WINRS! Tutoring covers Math, Reading and Language Arts, for more information contact 934-1050 or 464-1461.

School wide EOG pretest Feb 7-10. Please send your student to school prepared to do his or her best. It may be necessary to send out further Letters of Possible Retention after the results are calculated.

We are in need of some supplies. My class could really use regular markers, multi-colored Sharpies and Wet-wipes. Please help!

I still need to meet with several parents. I will be contacting several this week. The best times to meet are: 8:30 daily with just me, 12:45 daily with Mrs. Dohner and I (preferred), or after-school most days. We already have many meetings set up this week, so it may not be until next week.

5th grade dance: after school on Feb. 17! More information to come!!!!!