October 10, 2012


5th Grade Newsletter



Field Trip: We are going to the McCallum Theater October 16 at 9:30 am to see the Shaolin Warriors. We have enough drivers for this trip already- thank you very much!!! Some students still need to turn in the permission form.

Progress Reports: Progress reports are going out today. I apologize for the delay- I did not review the reports and have them stuffed in envelopes before the end of the day yesterday.

Iowa Assessments: Testing has been completed. Results will be shared with parents at the Conference following the end of the First Trimester.

Science Fair: Science Fair is a few weeks earlier this year (January 23, 2013), so we are starting now. I have given the students a Science Project Proposal Form and Research Paper Information. By Friday, October 12, students need to know their question/topic and turn in the completed form. Please review this with your child, then sign and return the forms. I will give these back to the students for your records

Carnival: Mr. Watson sent a letter home earlier this week to remind parents to sign up for the Carnival booth and for all families to donate $5 to purchase supplies. Please do so by Friday October 12. Also, 5th grade will be performing a dance to Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man’s Party” at the Carnival. The theme is zombie party- so students can be in zombie costume or any other costume. The common feature will be faces painted with zombie/skull face, so they can be zombie (head to toe), zombie/doctor, zombie/ballerina, zombie/soccer player, etc. I only ask that the costume is easy to dance in (no zombie/banana or zombie/phone booth, for example). Students will have faces painted here at school so that all fifth grade faces look similar. I need a team of parents that day painting zombie/skull faces on the students. The time is yet to be determined.



Other reminders:

• Saturday, October 20: set up for Halloween Carnival

• Sunday, October 21: Halloween Carnival

• Monday, October 22: No School, Carnival Clean Up Day

• Monday, October 29: No School, Teacher Inservice Day

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Thank you!

Mrs. Becerra