Newsletter: March 7th, 2016

Planner Challenge

If the class brings parent-signed planners of a daily, learned fact for a full week, prizes will be won in the following order:

• B aked cookies (Week 1)
• R ousing Ice Cream (Week 2)
• I  ncredible Pizza (Week 3)
• T rack Movie & Popcorn (Week 4)
• E njoy Class Picnic (In May/June)

Parental help in celebrating is not required but will be much appreciated.  If interested, please email me.

Greetings to CCA 5th Grade!

• We are celebrating our learning through class prizes (above).
• Thank you for the donated items; we are getting them ready for the auction, so no more are needed.
• Terra Nova testing and Parent-teacher conferences are in two weeks.  Please sign up with the office for conference time slot. This week’s section of S.T.E.M. Fair is the “History” of the present technology. Mentors, please review their rough drafts, following the “Triple-R” sample and rubric.

This Week’s Learnings…

• Bible “Achan Tries to Hide His Sin” (lesson 9); BMVT
• Math lessons 78-80
• Reading Bud, Not Buddy project
• Language Arts “Using the Right Words Review” & Simple and Compound Subjects and Predicates
• Spelling “Prefixes” (lesson 22); momentarily & diminish
• Vocabulary “Off You Go into the Wild Blue Yonder” (lesson 11DE)
• Science “Energy and Heat” chapter
• Writing Explora-Vision—History Section due Friday.  See Handout for due dates.
• Health “Food for Vitality” Comprehension Checkup
• History “Rome: Ruler of the Ancient World” Chapter (11)

Bible Memory Verse--Romans 12:8

“the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.”