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News Flash for Mrs. Boone’s 5th Grade Class: May 14th, 2009
Important Information
This is such an exciting time for our Fifth Graders! Please pay close attention to
important
details below.
• CRCT PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE IN! The moment you all have been waiting for!
The Vaughan Fifth
Graders did a wonderful job on the CRCT reading and math sections this year! We only
know the
preliminary scores which say the students who did not meet standards. Do you want to
know if your
child met standards in math and reading? If your child met standards this year in
those subject
areas then you will NOT hear from me this afternoon. If your child DID NOT meet
standards in one of
those areas then I will contact you this afternoon. So, if you do not hear from me by
2:30, then
your child passed both the reading and the math!! We do not know specific scores
for any student,
other than those that did not meet standards for reading and math. Please be patient
with us. We
will send home your child’s entire CRCT result form as soon as we receive the rest of
the scores.
The students all worked very hard this year and their hard work has paid off!
• Smartboard addition: Mrs. Pitts and I both applied for a grant at Vaughan for
a Smartboard, and
we both won the grant! The Smartboards were installed today. I will receive training
on Monday,
and I hope to incorporate the Smartboard in our remaining lessons next week.
• Graduation Tickets: Graduation tickets are in your child’s Thursday folder
today.
• Envelopes needed: Please send in 2 self addressed stamped envelopes by
Monday, May 18th. One
envelope will be used for the final report card and paperwork sent home, so it needs
to be a LARGE
MANILLA ENVELOPE with 2 stamps on it. The second envelope will be used to send home
the copies of
the CRCT scores, so it can be a regular sized envelope with one stamp. NOTE: Stamp
price has
increased to $0.44 each, so please send in the appropriate stamp.
• Economics Day: The 5th grade will have Economics Day (9-11:15). We will need
several volunteers
to run our Ice Cream Parlor on May 19th. We will also need help with setup and take
down. Thank
you to Mrs. Sciutti for organizing this event. Please contact her about how you can
help! We still
need help, so please contact Mrs. Sciutti to volunteer!
• Economics Day $: Students will earn $25 per day. Students can earn a bonus
$5 per week for any
clean success records. Students will also earn and lose money for various reasons.
The goal is to
have enough money to spend at all of the stores.
• Harrison High School RISE student: Thank you for all of your donations!
• Middle School Mania continues tomorrow! All classwork and homework is
graded. The contract and
schedule are in your child’s binder.
• 5th grade activity at Stars and Strikes is tonight!
• End of the Year Class Party: Our end of the year party will be a pool party
on Friday, May 15th
from 4-6:30 at the Todaro’s house. A donation of $3 is being requested to cover the
costs of food
provided for all those in attendance.
• Counselor: Students need to send in a self-addressed stamped envelope for a
writing project they
are doing with Mrs. Pickles. The envelope was due this past Monday!
• School Store: The School Store will be open every Friday and Monday at 7:15-
7:45.
• Please check out the Vaughan web site!
Units of Study
Changes to Units of Study: Middle School Mania and the last week of school will be
dedicated to
previewing 6th grade material and reteaching 5th grade content, as necessary. We will
also be
working on the “thinking skill” of Inductive Reasoning. Inductive Reasoning is
something that we
have worked on all year, but just not given that actual vocabulary term to it. You
will see
students working on various tasks relating to that thinking skill.
• Math: How do I solve a variety of word problems? Students will complete 2
end of the year
assessments on Monday that will be forwarded on to Lost Mountain. 1) explanation of
how to solve a
problem 2) end of the year test covering all 5th grade concepts
• Social Studies: EQ: How did American culture change after the Cold War? We
will be studying the
1950s-60s and incorporating the thinking skill of Inductive Reasoning.
• Health: Middle School Mania-Safety
• Reading: EQ: What do good readers do? Good readers apply the UNRAVEL
strategy whenever reading
for comprehension. How do I read text that tells a story?
o When Zachary Beaver Came to Town and Brian’s Winter-Students will be working
on a finishing their
book review for their culminating activity. Students will continue working on their
powerpoint on
their book The powerpoints will be presented on Wednesday. .
o Nightly Reading: We are working extra hard to reach our individual goal of 83
pages per week to
start improving are class reading total! We would like to get back into 1st place
out of all of
the 5th grade classes. READ, READ, READ! Note: The 25 book log should be completed
by Friday,
May 15th.
Important Dates
• May 14th: Stars and Strikes tonight!
• May 14th-15th: Middle School Mania
• May 15th: Spirit Day, End of the year Class Party at the Todaro house, last
day of Supply Store
• May 18th: Rockin Reading Finale- Who will be our Rocker?
• May 19th: Economics Day 9-11:15, graduation practice, NO WRITING DAY!
• May 20th: Yearbook signing (Please send in a note with your child if you allow
him/her to get a
t-shirt signed), graduation practice, Powerpoint presentations
• May 21st: Graduation Practice (girls, bring heels to practice in if needed)
• May 22nd: 5th grade GRADUATION-at 8:15 AM (DRESS UP), 5th Grade Walk at the
end of the day, LAST
DAY OF SCHOOL!
Every Friday: Hat Day to support our Relay for Life Team-$0.50 donation
Our mission at Vaughan Elementary School is to work as a community to meet the
diverse learning
needs of students in order to prepare them for success in a global economy.
Thank you for reading the newsletter…..please review important academic items with
your child.
Please feel free to send a note or e-mail anytime that you have a question or
concern.
Nicola.boone@cobbk12.org
Don’t forget to check our class website!
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