Monday, May 24, 2010

This Week (May 24-27)

**Short week, no spelling words...**

**Students need to finish the rough draft of their persuasive papers on "school uniforms" and complete the checklist. The checklist should be signed by a parent and turned in on Tuesday (May 25).

**Don't forget: The Chapter 15 (force and motion) Science Test is Wednesday (May 26).

Monday, May 17, 2010

More Updates

**Upcoming field trips: Fort Caroline on Thursday, May 20 (Permuy and Gordon homerooms); NASA on Friday, May 21; Cummer Art Gallery on Thursday, June 3

**Spring picture packets have been distributed...please send in your payment or return the packet.

**Students are asked to wear (appropriate) hats to school tomorrow (May 18) to honor our Don Brewer volunteers. "Hats Off" to our volunteers!!

**No spelling words this week...

**SCIENCE--Chapter 15 vocab. quiz this Wed., May 19; The Chapter 15 TEST will be on Wed., May 26. Review all vocabulary, checkpoint questions and worksheets. Read back over the lessons (pages 434-449).

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Science Vocabulary Quiz

Just a reminder...
We will have a quiz on the vocabulary terms from Chapter 15. The terms are all listed on page 435 of the science book.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Class Updates

Spelling List:
1.multiply 2.imagination 3.favorite 4.computer 5.citizenship 6.invisible 7.undercover
8.enjoyment 9.discussion 10.America 11.unusual 12.example 13.melody 14.temperature
15.understanding 16.experiment 17.explanation 18.oxygen 19.landmark 20.diagram
**The test for these words will be on Friday, May 14. (The homework will be due on the 14th, as well.)

**The rough draft of our "response to literature" is due this Friday, May 7. Each student should go over their draft with an adult.

**Upcoming field trips:
The NASA date has been changed to May 21. A new permission slip was sent home and needs to be returned.
We are still collecting money for the Cummer Art Gallery trip and the Ft. Caroline trip. Please see your child's permission slip for dates and other info.