Dear Parents,
Upcoming! March 7th, 2014 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. I am enclosing details of our trip in Monday’s to go home items. Please preview and review both the rules and online tour experience. I am asking students to sign an agreement that they will follow the rules of the museum.
HANCOX CLASS AUCTION BASKET: PLEASE SUBMIT ITEMS THIS WEEK!
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, cash contribution, Bath and Body.
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.
BIBLE: We continue our focus on Jesus’ Ministry.
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
February Standards Overview-
Writing-Young Author’s final publishing copies were due last Friday. Be sure to bring your typed copy to school on Monday if you did not submit it. It is late on Monday.
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-utilize 5th grade text
6th-Rates and Proportions-utilize 6th grade text
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 27-Mathematics Words
- angle
- average
- capacity
- compute
- decimal
- denominator
- diameter
- dividend
- fraction
- measurement
- multiple
- negative
- numeral
- numerator
- percent
- positive
- radius
- ratio
- product
- sum
Vocabulary-suffiex -ness
- boldness
- cleverness
- dampness
- fondness
- foolishness
- sadness
- sickness
- wilderness