Week of November 30
I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for!
There are so many things going on in December... please make sure you check out the calendar page for all events!
This
week is our canned food drive. Our class goal is to bring in one canned
food item per student by Friday! This is one of our student council
community service projects. We are doing this in conjunction with 11
Alive's can-a-thon.
Our school is again participating in the Star Tree. A letter will go
home on Monday concerning this. Please consider helping those less
fortunate by picking a star.
Next week is our Cobb Performing Arts trip to the Atlanta Symphony at
the Cobb Energy Center. We will be leaving @ 11:00 and returning at
1:45.
This week:
Writing: What is informational writing? How do I write a report?
Grammar: Words Their Way sort 4
Social Studies: Immigration... where did Immigrants come from and why did they come to the US?
Math: Subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. Quiz on Friday
Reading: Reading nonfiction
Thanks and have a good week!!!
Week of November 16
WOW!! Can you believe that this is the week before Thanksgiving break? This year is just flying by! I will not be sending home required homework over the break but will offer a reading packet and math packet for review if you are interested for your child. If you are interested in a packet, please let me know in a note from your child or an e-mail. Your child may earn extra credit points in the subject.
Wednesday, November 17th – Grandparents and Friends Day Lunch and Picture Day during our regular lunch time (Wed. is for grades Pre-K through 2nd)
Friday, November 20th – School Spirit Day (wear you Lewis spirit wear or Lewis colors).
Progress Reports will be going home this Thursday in folders. Please sign the bottom form and return it on Friday. The top is for your records.
This week, your child began a family tree project. A letter and idea sheet went home on Monday. The project is due on December 2nd. I have uploaded the project letter to the website. Check out the uploaded documents for this. This is a great opportunity for you and your child to research your family heritage!
This week:
Writing: What is informational writing? How do I write a procedural piece?
Grammar: dialogue and how it impacts a character and story
Social Studies: Immigration... where did Immigrants come from and why did they come to the US?
Math: Fraction Concepts Quiz on Tuesday. Adding fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators.
Reading: How does learning the theme or message of a story help me become a better reader?
Week of November 2
Please send in your t-shirt money as soon as
possible. Our class shirts will be ordered on the 6th of November. Our
class t-shirt is a cool blue
color.
Please remember that there is no school on Tuesday this week. This is a professional development day for teachers.
Fall Festival is this Saturday November 7th from 12-3 pm. I hope to see you there!!!
We have been challenged to make a change!! Our annual United Way
campaign will be this week. We have been challenged to help make a
change. We will be having a "Change War" at school this week. Bring in
any form of change (or bills
)to put in our jar!!! Can we be the 5th grade class with the most change? I hope so!!!
Other United Way Activities next week include…
Wednesday: Pajama /
slippers Day- You can either wear your pajamas or just wear slippers
$1.00 (for student and staff) ***Wear sneakers and pack slippers, that
way you'll be ready for PE and recess. :)
Friday: Silly Hat Day $1.00 (for student and staff)
Please check out the calendar page for November. I will make sure to get the specials calendar updated by Tuesday of this week.
Writing: conclusions in fictional narrative elements.
Grammar: dialogue
Science: matter
Math: Fraction Concepts...specifically decimal to fractions and equivalent fractions.
Reading: A look at how conflict and dialogue help us understand what we read.
Thanks and have a good week!!!
Week of October 26th
This week we learned lots from the Picket's Mill
State Park soldier reenactors that came to tell us about the life of a
Civil War soldier. We also had a wonderful lesson with our guidance
counselor on Bullying. It matched perfectly with our TFK this week
which was also on bullying. We learned many new strategies to help
ourselves and others!
Please send in your t-shirt money as soon as possible. Our class
shirts will be ordered on the 6th of November. Our class t-shirt is a
cool blue color.
This week is:
RED RIBBON WEEK
“We’ve got better things to do than drugs!”
October 26th-30th, 2009
Red Ribbon Week is a
national campaign that encourages children to resist the pressure to
use drugs and alcohol. It is a special time for our students, staff,
parents, and community to commit themselves to leading a drug free life
and to present a unified and visible representation of that
commitment. During the month of October, all students will participate
in classroom guidance lessons focusing on drug prevention, refusal
skills, and healthy lifestyle choices. The following themes and
activities have been planned for each day of the week to celebrate our
commitment to remain drug free for life.
Monday, October 26th Lewis Lions will “Team Up Against Drugs”
Students may wear their favorite team jersey, team hat, and/or team
uniform. Look for a special message from the PE department on the
morning news!
Tuesday, October 27thLewis Lions will “Color Their World Drug Free”
Students will come to school wearing their favorite colors. Listen
up for a special message from our art teacher, Ms. Frost, on the
morning news, and then enjoy some coloring fun at lunch!
Wednesday, October 28th Lewis Lions will “Pledge to be Drug Free”
Students will wear red clothing to show their commitment to leading
a healthy and drug free life. Listen up for a special message from Ms.
Chastain on the morning news. She may even surprise us with some
delicious red foods at lunch!
Thursday, October 29th Lewis Lions will “Rock to a Drug Free Beat”
Today’s special message will be delivered by Mr. Grebe, our music
teacher. Be sure to look for him on the morning news! Later, students
may enjoy some rockin tunes during their lunch!
Friday, October 30th Lewis Lions are “PAWS-itively Drug Free”
Student will wear their Lewis spirit wear and listen to a special message from our principal, Mrs. Kee, on the morning news.
Writing: characters in fictional narrative elements and conclusions.
Grammar: Words Their Way Sort 2
Science: matter
Math: Finding range, mean, median,and mode. We will use these to look at data and graphs at the end of the week.
Reading: A look at how characters, setting and theme help us understand what we read.
Thanks and have a good week!!!
Week of October 19
This past week was filled with fun with our Boosterthon Fun Run last Wednesday! We are now collecting our pledges. We received a letter from the Boosterthon guys and the PTSA, that I have posted below! I am so proud of our class! Our class collected just over $20.00 per lap!!! We have earned some extra recess! And as an incentive to get all of our pledges in by the 21st of October, I am providing a "Gum Chewing" afternoon!! Students will be able to chew gum in class one afternoon. I will provide the gum. If your child is unable to chew gum due to braces, I will provide another treat so get those pledges in!!!
Dear Lewis Families,
Thank you very much for supporting the Lewis Elementary Boosterthon Fun Run! We have all come together and done an incredible
job to help our school!
Today, the Booster Team provided a blue collection envelope for your child to use when collecting pledges. Please return this envelope
by next Wednesday, October 21st. Checks should be made payable to Lewis PTA. Remember all contributions are 100% tax deductible.
Here are some interesting facts from the Boosterthon Fun Run at our school this year:
While the Boosterthon Fun Run involved every child regardless of financial participation, 411 students did receive pledges. And
everyone was an “all-star” at the Boosterthon Fun Run! What a great time of team building it has been!
- Pledges were received from 43 states and 18 foreign countries.
- As a whole, the students averaged 32 laps at the Boosterthon Fun Run.
We hope you had the opportunity to attend the Boosterthon Fun Runs because this was MUCH more than a just a fund raiser for our
school. Help us reach our goal & let’s collect 100% of our pledges!
Your Principal and PTA
Report cards went home on Friday. Please sign the white signature card and send it back along with the brown envelope. These will be used for each 9 weeks. Thank you!!
This Tuesday afternoon we have the wonderful opportunity to hear a speaker from the local area on the Civil War. We will be going down to the lower field for a "Civil War" experience! We are so excited about this opportunity!
Also, this Wednesday the 21st is an Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed at 12:15. Please make a note of this!! If your child will have a different mode of transportation that day, please send it in writing!
There will be no tutoring on this day as well. There will be tutoring on Thursday.
Please look for Red Ribbon Week coming up at the end of October!
Studies for next week include:
Writing: Finishing Booktalks, and beginning to look at fictional narrative elements and organization.
Grammar: Fragments, run-ons, and comma splices as well as differentiated spelling with the short a sound.
Social Studies: Westward Expansion. How did America change geographically and culturally during this time?
Math: multiplying and dividing decimals. We have a test on this coming up on Wednesday!!
Reading: A look at how characters, setting and theme help us understand what we read.
Week of October 12th-
This week is our Boosterthon Fun Run!! Our students have been busy
getting Come on out and have fun with our class as we run to raise
funds for our school. It's not too late to get more pledges either!! So
far our class has pledges from several states, and 2 other countries!!!
The Boosterthon "Dudes" as we call them, have come in each day to hand
out prizes to the children who post their pledges, and share a
character lesson. All in 5 minutes!! The students are learning to
"STAND UP" for what is right! We have had a blast when they come in!!
Our fun run is Wednesday at 12:45!!! Come join us!
We will be starting a new spelling and vocabulary program this
week called Words Their Way. This is part of the new adoption for
Language Arts. We will be taking words with the -ed ending and sorting
them according to their spelling category. Look for the "sorts" coming
home this week for practice.
We have also started our 25 book campaign called "Reading for the
Stars". Part of the standards for 5th grade is to read 25 books or 1
million words. We are focusing on 25 books on individual students'
levels. For each book the students finish, they either take an AR test
on it, or write about it in their weekly Lit. Log. Once that is done,
they place a star with the title of the book out in the hall above
their name. We are completing this with several other classes! Our wall
looks impressive already!
Please look for Red Ribbon Week coming up at the end of October!
Studies for next week include:
Writing: Publishing our personal narratives. We will be looking at response to literature as well at the end of the week.
Grammar: Complex sentences and Words Their Way
Science: finish up unit on Constructive and Deconstructive forces
Math: multiplying and dividing decimals. We will be discussing ways to multiply and divide OTHER than using algorithms.
Reading: Author's purpose for writing. This is from our new adoption as well as CRCT practice and Smart board lessons.
Week of October 5th
This week we will be getting ready for our fall fundraiser...the Boosterthon Fun Run. This will start with a pep rally on Monday and short lessons on Tuesday. The fun run will take place next week. More details will be coming home on October 5th.
Picture day is this Thursday. Our pictures are scheduled for 1:00 in the afternoon.
There will be no missing assignment sheet this week as Friday is the last day of the 9 weeks. Report cards will be going home a week from Friday.
Welcome to Miss Baur! She is a Kennesaw Elementary student who will be with us on Thursdays and Friday mornings for the next 4 weeks. She will be helping out in the classroom and learning about being a teacher.
Studies for next week include:
Writing: Personal narrative with a focus on the trait of conventions, and the standards of narratives We will be looking at how to revise and edit as 5th graders
Grammar: Complex sentences
Science: finish up unit on Constructive and Deconstructive forces
Math: multiplying and dividing decimals. We will be discussing ways to multiply and divide OTHER than using algorithms.
Reading: Author's purpose for writing. This is from our new adoption as well as CRCT practice and Smart board lessons.
Week of September 28th
WOW!! What a week!! With our room flooding along with 5 others on
our hall, we have shown our flexibility as 5th graders once again!!
I am very proud of all students on Monday as they adjusted to an
extra PE segment, and then going to the Media Center to stay dry for
the rest of the day! A BIG thank you to Ms. Robinson who opened up the
Media Center so we could be safe.
Cobb Co. maintenance team was out quickly Monday after the second
wave of water came through the doors. After the first wave of water,
all of us 5th grade teachers, along with our principal, Mrs. Kee, Ms.
Landrum the secretary, and Mrs. Lumsden became the mop and bucket
brigade to get the water up. There is little to no furniture damage in
our rooms. The carpeting is drying out and they will be cleaning is as
soon as it is dry in every room. We were able to be back in our room
Thursday!!
As most of you already know I am sure, donation stations for
Clarkdale Elementary are set up at several area churches and at School
Box. If you would like to donate school supplies, clothing etc, please
check the local news websites for places to donate. On Friday Lewis
hosted a "hat day" where students could donate $1.00 to the fund for
Clarkdale. Our class represented well!! Our school in total donated
just over $1900.00!!
Since we were out two days this week and were not able to get all
our lessons in on Monday, spelling test has been moved to Thursday, and
the TFK along with the Civil War test will be on Friday.
Calendar for the month has been updated. October 8th is Picture day!!! More info on that will be coming home soon!
Studies for next week include:
Writing: Personal narrative with a focus on the trait of voice, and the standards of narratives
Grammar: Compound sentences
Social Studies: Civil War and Reconstruction ...
Test on Friday
Math: Prime and Composite numbers and a flip book performance task for the standard of number characteristics
Reading: Asking questions of the author from Good Habits Great
Readers adoptions. We will also be reviewing how coding nonfiction
helps us comprehend what we are reading.
A few have requested an archived weekly write up page so you could go back to a previous week's newsletter. I have done that and you can see it on the left hand side of the website. I appreciate your feedback to my site.
I am very proud of all of our students who worked hard during ITBS testing!! Results will be shared during winter conferences.
Calling any green thumbs!! Do you have a knack for gardening? We have a small flower bed outside our classroom window that is bare and lonley! We will be holding a Spruce Up Lewis Day on October 17th and we would love for our bed to look good!! If you are interested in working that day or helping our flower bed look nice, please let me know!
I have updated our calendar page for October and on into November. Please take a look for upcoming events!
Writing: Personal narrative with a focus on the trait of organization, and the standards of narratives
Math: Prime and Composite numbers and a flip book performance task for the standard of number characteristics
Reading: Asking questions of the author from Good Habits Great Readers adoptions. We will also be reviewing how coding nonfiction helps us comprehend what we are reading.