Announcements

Welcome to Mrs. Sarria's Science Webpage.

   
Winter Holiday Activity

Mrs. Sarria’s 5th grade class will be celebrating the upcoming holidays with 
some fun and food on Friday, December 18th, 2009. The students will have 
pizza, soft drinks and holiday cookies and/or cupcakes.  Please send $5.00 no 
later than Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 in order to cover the cost of this 
activity.  Thank You!
      
Holiday book Exchange: Students will have a book exchange on the day of the 
holiday activity..  Please purchase a book ( approx. $5.00)  and turn it in 
no later than Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 . (Gift should be labeled: To: A 
Boy; From: Boy’s Name or To: A Girl; From: Student’s Name) Each boy will 
purchase a book for a boy and each girl will purchase a book for a girl. 
If you have any questions please e-mail me a msarria@dadeschools.net






NEW IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SCIENCE AND MATH FCAT EXPLORER

SCIENCE and MATH FCAT EXPLORER is READY for all students to begin 
participation of the program.  All students have received their User Name/ 
Password and has be placed by their teacher on the 1st page of their school's 
agenda. FCAT EXPLORER is for a GRADE!  Students will receive an academic 
grade for their percentage of questions answered correctly. Students should 
be actively (weekly) working on FCAT Explorer at home.  Lack of participation 
and/or completing the FCAT Explorer requirement for Science and Math will 
result in (1) academic grade of and "F". 


Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to Fifth Grade!  I hope you have had a restful summer and are ready 
for an exciting new school year.  I would like to take this opportunity to 
introduce myself.  My name is Mrs. Sarria, and I will your child’s 5th grade 
science teacher for the 2009-2010 school year.  I am a certified teacher 
with 
17 years of experience in the educational field.  I believe in motivating, 
challenging, and encouraging children to be the best they can be.  My 
classroom will be a safe, comfortable, and exciting place where your child 
will learn new concepts and theories in interesting ways.  This course will 
prepare your child for the FCAT Science portion of the 5th grade science 
test.

Students will attend science class daily for an hour.  Home Learning 
assignments will be given daily.  Your child will be expected to return all 
home learning assignments each day.  Failure to complete assignments will 
affect their academic grade and effort.  Special projects will also be given 
throughout the school year.  For more information about our class, please 
log 
on to my website at:

 http://TeacherWeb.com/FL/MiamiLakesK-8Center/MrsSarria/ 

This website also has a link to my email: msarria@dadeschools.net  

Supplies for Science Class:
• 1 composition notebook (labeled SCIENCE)
• 1 Green Duo-Tang folder with clasps and pockets (labeled SCIENCE HOME 
LEARNING AND WORK)
• Notebook (for the Green Folder)
• 1 red pen
• 2 blue or black pens
• 2 sharpened pencils
• 1 closed sharpener

I look forward to working with you to help your child develop his/her 
fullest 
potential.

Sincerely,



Mrs. Sarria