Progress Reports

Progress Reports were sent home Thursday [via email] to those children performing below grade level. If your child is at or above grade level, you should have received a letter stating they are at grade level. 

Agendas!!!

Your child's Homework Agenda entries are going to look different from now on.  Instead of two sections..."Must Do" and "May Do"...there will be 3.

1. Unfinished Work: Any work from the day that [after given ample time in class] is still not done.  Any work listed in this section needs to be completed and brought to school the next day.  This may also include missing work from being absent.  
2. MUST DO:  Work that must be completed that day...non-negotiable.  This will include reading for 30 minutes, Math Home Links [M, T, Th], Thinking Journal [W], and a weekly Padlet entry.  
3. MAY DO:  Optional work.  

Thinking Journals

Please remember to "go over" / talk about and SIGN your child's Thinking Journal.  They only come home on Wednesdays and Fridays now.    We use this journal as a way to keep you connected with what is going on in class, and hopefully "spark" further discussions at home.

I am having fewer and fewer students bringing their signed Thinking Journals back to me each week.  Are they not sharing with you?  Are they not getting signed?

Thinking Journals are part of our 21^st century learning skills. Student’s reflections on learning and making connections to their lives are a very powerful tool. Journals are started in class and completed at home on Wednesdays and Fridays. Students should be reading these to someone and sharing their learning and thoughts. 

CAASPP Test Practice

Here is the link to the CAASPP Test Practice site. We have started practicing in  school. You are welcome to practice at home, too.

CAASPP Test Practice

5th Grade t-shirts

Hello, Future 5th Grade Parents! We just wanted to give you a heads up that we are not planning on doing a 5th grade shirt next year. The 5th grade teachers do not want the financial responsibility of taking on the Student Body Account. If a parent is willing to personally handle the designing and ordering of the shirts, you are more than welcome. To get more information about what is involved, you can email Ms. Choy at shareenc@fsusd.org. Thanks!

LIVING MUSEUM PROJECT

Your child should have his/her book read by Tuesday, April 23rd, as we will begin our note-taking activity in the afternoon that day. Please have him/her bring their book to school. We will also be working on research skills using the internet. As they finish their research, I will be reviewing their notes to make sure they are ready to move on to the next part of the process, which will be writing paragraphs and setting up their boards.

How can you help?

1. You can help your child print out color pictures for the board (no bigger than 5x7).
2. You can send in poster decorations for your child to use to make the board colorful (letters, colored scrapbook paper, etc.) Please send in things for your child's board only--it get very complicated trying to share materials.
3. You can help with memorizing the short speech (we will go over what to include).
4. On Tuesday, May 21st, you can make sure your child is dressed as his/her character.

9:05-9:20 that morning will be set up time. If parents would like to preview the museum, this would be the time to do it. After that time, the museum will be for Nelda Mundy students only.

Field Day Sign Up

Our Field Day Committee is looking for donations for our End of Year [how can that be?] Field Day

End of Year [Whole School] Field Day Sign Up