November
15
November
10
Conferences
Conferences will begin tonight and will also be on next Wednesday and Thursday. Students will be coming home with a pink reminder sheet of what time and day your conference is. In 5th grade we do student led conferences. This means your student should be at the conference. This lets the students take responsibility for what they are getting on their report card.
Thank you and see you soon!
November
6
Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal
School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”
If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools. Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years. Continue reading
November
1
Wiard’s Field Trip
October
27
Math Projects
Math projects were done mostly at school however some students might need to finish a few things at home. Projects will be due tomorrow! Students will have about 20 minutes to put on final touches on their project. Below is the rubric.
Field Trip Project Rubric
Group Members:
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Information is presented in a neat and creative way (5 points) |
Cost of admission, food, and total cost for both trips is correctly calculated and presented (5 points) |
Graph comparing costs of both trips (5 points) |
Paragraph with 3 reasons why you would choose one trip over the other (5 points) |
Completed PaperWork (5 points) |
October
26
Halloween Parade
As most of you know our Halloween Party and Parade are going to be this Friday. Students may wear their costume all day, however the costume must be appropriate. No masks or weapons will be allowed. The Parade will be at 9:30am outside and our party will be in the afternoon. This is a student led party, they planned it all on their own! It should be a great day! Please see the link below for Mr. Shorts message about the parade.
October
25
Field Trip Rescheduled
Due to the weather forecast tomorrow we have rescheduled the Wiard’s field trip to Tuesday, November 1. Thank you to all the parents that have volunteered to chaperone and have changed schedules to help us out! I am so sorry for the inconvenience but I believe we will have a much better day with better weather next week. Fingers crossed!
Miss Wilson
October
24
Reading Projects
Students have been reading Historical Fiction books and answers questions along the way. All last week I reminded the students that all the questions needed to be done by today and I am very disappointed to see many do not have them done. They will have tonight to finish before they are marked late. Now students should start working on a project for their book. The projects will be due MONDAY 10/31. They will have some time in class to work on however they will also need to be worked on at home. Below are the project choices.
Historical Fiction Projects
Choose one project to work on… you and your partner each do your own.
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Journal Entries Pretend that you are one of the characters in your book and create at least three journal entries. Each entry should include the date, a summary of the day, and your feelings about what happened. To make your entries interesting and realistic, include details about your character’s life – even if they aren’t specifically mentioned in the book. For example, if the character lives on a farm, you could talk about feeding the chickens before going to school. |
Time Line Create a timeline for your book. Your timeline should include at least ten important events. |
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Shoebox Diorama Create a shoebox diorama of an important scene from your book. |
Newspaper Article Pretend that you are a newspaper reporter in the time that your story takes place. Choose an event from your book to summarize in an article. |
October
13
Notice for AOL Email Accounts
Dear Parents,
If you are an AOL email user, please be aware that you may not receive email notifications due to AOL policies. We are working to resolve this issue with AOL.
Thank you for your patience while we work with AOL to make sure you get classroom notifications from your teacher.
Sincerely,
Technology Department
October
12
