Dear Parents,
***FYI*** Tomorrow is our Spring picture day. I just noticed that some of my students forgot their Tuesday Folder today which had the picture order form. I just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of this.
Package A - 8X10 Group Portrait = $12.00
Package B - 8X10 Group Portrait & T-Shirt = $30.00
Package C - T-Shirt with Portrait = $20.00
Please make checks payable to Photo Texas
Parents, childcare will again be available for your young children (ages 1-5) during the Valentine Party scheduled for Friday, February 12th in the Parent Resource Center located in the portables. You will be able to drop off your children at 1:30 pm and the center will be open until 2:45 pm. If you additional time before 1:30 pm please let us know to see if special arrangements can be made. Cost is $5 per child. Reservations are required and will be accepted until Tuesday, February 10th. To make a reservation please contact Mary Anne Hettenhaus, Parent Support Specialist at Canyon Creek. Please include the name and age of the children you will be dropping off. You can email her at maryanne_hettenhaus@roundrockisd.org
This is a great time of year to restock school supplies! Ask your child what their personal needs may be. Some class needs are #2 pencils, dry erase markers, and colored pens for correcting work.
Our lesson plans for this week are as follows:
Spelling: Spelling pre-tests are given each Monday. The students are to
create their lists from words that they missed on their pretest and words of their own choosing. Lists are to be reviewed and the Super Speller sheet signed each Monday night. This ensures that their words are spelled correctly and that you feel their individualized lists are challenging.
Their Spelling Jobs (homework) for the week will be completed with the website spellingcity.com. You can find it on my links page. All jobs are due on Friday when students take their Spelling Test.
SPELLING JOBS
SPELLINGCITY.COM
1. Please log-on to spellingcity.com
2. 50 POINTS Click on “TEST ME” and complete this activity with the words on your spelling list. Please print this page.
3. 2@25 POINTS Click on “PLAY A GAME”. Choose TWO spelling games to play with words from your spelling list. You must write the name of the spelling games you played, AND get a parent signature on the “TEST ME” page verifying that you played the game to receive full credit.
Language Arts:
American Artist Research Project - Students will be working on their research project in class for the next two weeks. Their completed project is due on Feb. 12th.
Our next Book Bingo due date has been changed to February 4th.
Students have received information to complete a Book Bingo. These instructions are in their book bingo folder. Each student will read and complete two book bingos per nine weeks. The goal is to encourage students to pick challenging books, utilize the skills they will learn during the literary elements unit, and produce a quality product! Remember to follow instructions carefully from the folders. A few areas that often need attention are writing about the main characters, including a thorough summary of the plot, and including a theme statement. Please check your child's planner to ensure the book bingo due dates were recorded as they were instructed to do.
Students are expected to read 15-20 minutes each night and complete their reading log. Reading logs should be brought home each night in their binders. Their reading logs not only improve comprehension skills, but show which book they are currently reading for their Book Bingo! Each student has a Book Bingo folder with SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS for successfully completing this project!
Math: Topic 14 Transformations and Congruence
The test has been moved to Friday, Feb. 5th. They will also be tested on their geometry vocabulary. Please review all vocabulary terms that are in their Geometry Book.
Students can now log onto the Pearson website for online tutorials and extra problems from their math book on line.
Science: Forms of Energy
We will continue our study this week with a variety of labs.
Please continue to review all notes and vocabulary. Our test will be on Thursday, Feb. 4th.
Science is a fast 45min. daily. I strongly suggest students study vocabulary for each science unit nightly. We start each unit with vocabulary to allow for this. They should have it in their binders.
Social Studies: Please visit Mrs. Terry's teacher web by going to the 5th
grade page on the Canyon Creek web site and clicking on her name. You can
add your email address to her list from her teacher web page.
Planners - The students each have a planner in their binder and they are to fill out their homework during the day. Homework is posted in the classroom and available for the student to copy daily. **Always check your child's planner for testing dates. The students will know at least 4-5 days prior to testing.
Please check out the Canyon Creek PTA newsletter at:
www.canyoncreekpta.com/newsletter_oct07.pdf
Please contact me by email or phone if you have any questions or concerns.
I plan to be out of the classroom on Nov. 20th, 23rd. and 24th. Virgina Blascke (former Canyon Creek Teacher) will be taking care of my class.
I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Carol Montgomery
carol_montgomery@roundrockisd.org
428-2855