DEAR STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR SHOWERING ME WITH LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY! I AM BLESSED TO BE FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND APPRECIATION!
A special thank you to Mrs. Henderson and our room mothers who put together a special day filled with love this past Friday, February 14th.
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, IN HONOR OF PRESIDENTS DAY.
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN SAN JOSE, CA: Our 5/6 classes will travel back in time to Ancient Egypt at the Egyptian Museum in San Jose. We will leave Friday, March 7th, at 7:30 AM and return around 5:30 PM. Our expedition will include a sack lunch in the garden at the museum along with a 1 1/2 docent tour. The parents who signed up for the field trip were placed in a lottery due to the number who desired to chaperone. Here are the first two names drawn: Mrs. Alday, Mrs. McCann. The first two on the waiting list: Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Sanchez. Please be sure to let me know if you are unable to chaperone both on the bus, to and from, and during the tour. Details of the field trip will follow next Monday.
HANCOX CLASS AUCTION BASKET:
Thank you to those who have begun submitting your class auction basket donations. As we discussed during conferences, our class is assembling a spa package basket. If you would like to donate an item, please bring it to the classroom by February 28th. Your child will get credit for any donation you bring. If you have any questions, please call Tara Luginbill at (559)213-8491. So far we have a wrapped set of towels, bath salts, and cash contribution.
If you have a special item that you would like to donate separately from our class basket, please send your donations to our FCS office with our class name listed on the donation. You may purchase tickets or a table for a fantastic evening at our FCS Auction on March 15th. Desserts are always needed and welcomed! Thank you for supporting our school.
2014 WINTER OLYMPICS: PLEASE BRING IN YOUR USA MEDAL NEWS THIS WEEK! WE WILL BUILD A CLASS COLLAGE!
BIBLE: We continue our focus on Jesus’ Ministry.
Do Not Worry (due to the short week, students will not be required to write out this memory verse but will be assessed on understanding based on a fill in the blank response.
Matthew 6:25-27 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life February Standards Overview- Communication folder (blue)-Student will continue to place daily work and assignments in their communication folders. Graded work will continue to go home on Mondays. Writing-Young Author’s final copy. The due date has been extended to Tuesday, February 18th. If you have not turned in your typed story, please be sure to on Tuesday! Grading will be based on the Young Author’s Rubric. Standards: L05W1.1 – Multiple-paragraph narrative compositions, L05W1.1.a – Establish and develop a situation or plot, L05W1.1.b – Describe the setting, L05W1.1.c – Present an ending Reading- 1. Teacher read aloud: Timothy of the Cay Students will be assigned a Reading Counts quiz on this story. The date of quiz is February 26. 2. Independent Reading: FICTIONAL NARRATIVE WITH SHOE BOX DIORAMA, due Feb. 28 Math: Unit of Study: 5th-Multiplying and Dividing Fractions, rubric will go home on Monday. 6th-Rates and Proportions, rubric will go home on MOnday. Social Studies 3rd Quarter: Students will begin a unit of study on Ancient Greece. They will utilize outlining and note taking skills and complete notes from the expository text readings. We will compare and contrast the cultures of Ancient Egypt and Greece as we prepare for our journey to the Egyptian Museum. Spelling and Vocabulary: Spelling Unit 26-word families Vocabulary-less DATES TO REMEMBER: