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Welcome Navigators for 2008 - 2009!

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Wow! The Navigators are in the 4th Quarter of school! They're almost middle schoolers! There is still about one half of one quarter of hard work to go! Don't let up!

We still have families that have either not bought school pictures or not returned them if you have chosen not to buy. 

Tomorrow the Target students have a field trip.

Our priority for student learning is for all students to increase proficiency in mathematics on the Georgia Performance Standards and to increase the percentage of students who exceed on the CRCT and to close the achievement gap for subgroups.

Remember "Fresh Fruit Friday!" 

 

 

CALENDAR

   

Friday         May 1,        Career Day - students please wear class T-shirts

                                    Last day for students to check out books (one week only)

Wednesday  May 6,        Field Day

Thursday  May 7,           Kindergarten Sneak-a-Peek

Friday         May 8,       Field Day  and    All student books due

Friday          May 15,      Business Fair

Friday          May 15,      5th Grade Pool Party

Monday        May 19       "Star Memories" and "Reading Day"

Tuesday        May 20     Yearbook Signing and Panoramic Picture Signing

Wednesday      May 21,      5th Grade Awards Day 8:15 am

Thursday       May 22,      "Movie Madness"

Friday           May 22,     Spirit Day, Graduation Parade, Graduation Breakfast, Quizbowl, 5th Grade

                                     Video, and sorry, no more school. It's the last day of school.

ACADEMICS

MATH:  During this 4th quarter we are learning a wide variety of concepts including area of a circle and dividing decimals.  We continue learning algebra with "Hands On Equations."

READING:  Students are working on completing 25 books for the year. (125 pages = 1 book) We finished "Theme V." Now we continue Theme VI with the story "Children of the Wild West."

LANGUAGE: We have begun learning "adverbs."

WRITING: We completed the  Georgia Writing Assessment on March 4. We will continue developing writing skills including writing fairy tales.

SITTON SPELLING:  This week we continue "Sitton Spelling" unit 18.

WORDLY WISE: The Navigators are working on unit 3003. This unit number is based upon the fact that we have completed the units in our first Wordly Wise book, so now we are in the book 5 of the 3000 series and I call the units 3001, 3002, 3003, and so on.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We are learning about the the early 1920s when the United States experienced rapid economic expansion, "The Roaring Twenties," followed by the Great Depression and the Franklin Roosevelt years.

 SCIENCE:  We continue our unit on electricity.

             

SPECIALS 5/11 --- 5/15

MONDAY: MUSIC

TUESDAY: MUSIC

WEDNESDAY: PE

THURSDAY: PE

FRIDAY: ART

HOMEWORK 5/12/09

MATH:   Complete Math Packet 10.3       Decimal Division quiz tomorrow

READING:   Read 25 books which is 6 per quarter and one more.

LANGUAGE:  Continue your mystery story

SITTON SPELLING: Unit  #23 

                          1) : "Sort It" Task - 

                          2) Sitton Spelling Concept One: List of synonyms

                          3) :Sitton Spelling Concept Two: List of double consonants and vowels

                          4) : Parent Letter Task: Homographs

                          5) : Skills / Proofreading Task:

WORDLY WISE:  Unit  #3013

3013 words:   adapt  deplete  efficient  fatigue  gait  glare  habitat  oblivious  outmoded  prominent  quench  rigor  sear  transport  wend

                       Monday: Complete A

                       Tuesday: Complete B and write a sentence for words 1 - 8

                       Wednesday: Complete D and write a sentence for words 9 - 15

                      Thursday: 

                      Friday: Wordly Wise 3013 Test

                      Extra Credit: Create story instead of sentences (3 pts)

                      Turn in flashcards (3 pts)

                      Complete section "E" )3 pts)

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Be ready for Business Fair Friday; cards and posters

SCIENCE:  Create flashcards of the 26 vocab words

                Complete "Volcano Task"      Vocab II Quiz tomorrow