State Softball Tournament

Due to the State Softball Tournament on Friday, May 1, Grades 7 - 12 will dismiss at 11:00 am.  Grades 6 and under may check out to go to the game with a note from their parents.

Spelling/Language 5 A&B

Spelling words for the week of April 27 - May 1- transistor, transfer, credit, record, applaud, audition, hospitality, faculty, animal, captain, dentist, doctor, introduction, popular, vacuum, terrain, recognized, monstrous, miraculous, temporary

Test Friday

Language-  Unit 15 Complements- Direct Objects and Indirect Objects; Linking and Action Verbs

Spelling/Language 6 A&B

Spelling words for the week of April 27 - May 1 - educable,educate, education, force, enforce, enforcement, know, knowledge, unknown, occupy, occupancy, occupational, relevance, irrelevant, relevant, danger, endangerment, endangered, extinction

Test - Friday

Language- I have been very pleased with the work I have seen on the research papers.  Continue working on papers this week.  Rough drafts are due this Friday, May 1.  I will provide time to work on these in class if needed.

AR Deadline

PLEASE read your AR Books.  The deadline is May 8.  Remember, the AR pool party is May 18!

Recycling Contest

The 5th Grade won the recycling contest.  We collected over 300 pounds of plastic.  Thanks to all the parents for their help with this project.  Also, a special thanks to Mr. Robert Jacobs for his help.

Important Dates

April 20-24 - Book Fair in the library.

April 22 - Liberty Learning Celebration 9:00  cafetorium

May 8 - cut off for AR

May 8 - School performance for the Sr. Drama Class play.  Cost $2 per student.  I will start collecting that now.

May 11 - Field Trip- Huntsville

May 12 - Field Day 1:00-3:00

May 13- Elementary Honors Day Program - 9:00

May 16 - PLAS Pageant  I have already sent forms home with 5th grade girls.

May 18- AR pool party at Rec. Center

May 22 - Graduation

Spelling/ Language 6 A&B

Spelling- Week of April 20-24 -  Homophones  -addition, edition, bazaar, bizarre, borough, burrow, cereal, serial, complement, compliment, naval, navel, profit, prophet, wrapped, rapped, fare, piece, great, rode   Know the meaning of each word.  See page 144 for definitions.
Test Friday

Language- This week begins our research writing project.  Unit 6 - (pages 88 - 109) provides examples for each step in writing a research paper.  I gave the students an information page with due dates.  3- 3x5 Bibliography Cards are due this Friday, April 24, in students folder.
Examples - see pages 88 and 89.
The purpose for this activity is for students to become familiar with the steps in writing a research paper.  (They will soon be jr. high students.)  Please don't stress.  we will work on this together.

Spelling/Language 5 A&B

Spelling  - Week of April 20- 24 - explosion, vision, examination, measure, position, discussion, edition, pleasure, version, education, tradition, selection, collision, restriction, illusion, nation, direction, destruction, starvation, duration


Language- Unit 15 - Complements- Direct Objects

Baseball Game

The baseball game for today has just been rescheduled.  It will be played today at 1:30.

Reminders

Please remember to save all your plastic bottles for our class.  We need these in by Friday, April 17.


Please read AR Books!!  May 8 is the last day for AR this school year.

Spelling/Language 6 A&B

Spelling words for students reading The Cay - massive, outrageous, constantly, binoculars, district, terror, imagination, convince, fascination, stunned, publications, destroy, gravel, coarse, lifetime (15)

Test Friday

Spelling words for students reading Freak the Mighty- geezer, refrigerator, tenement, impressive, scientific, drool, earthling, consequences, whack, identify, intersection, cellar, mechanical, actually, artifact

Test Friday

Language - We are going back in the book to Unit 6- Steps in writing a research paper.  Students need to think about a topic for their paper.  There are several listed on page 87.    Students need to  read pages 87-91.

Reading 5B

Our story this week will be "Circles, Squares, and Daggers"  pages 144- 151.
We will take notes this week for our Study Guide.  Vocabulary Quiz - Friday
Comprehension Test - Friday

Please continue to read AR Books.  Last day to take an AR test will be May 8.

Spelling/Language 5 A&B

Spelling words for the week are: knotted, thinning, blurred, dropped, stirring, begged, starring, sobbed, fitting, dragged, fanned, petting, snapped, hopping, robbed, admitted, digging, trapping, hotter, winning

Test Friday

Language- review the rules for quotation marks and underlining on pages 151 and 162.  We will also review and practice with synonyms and antonyms.

Reminders

School will dismiss at 11:50 Friday, April 10 due to the Prom.


April 10 is the last day to donate money or items for the Troy Animal Rescue Project.


May 8 will be the last day for AR.  PLEASE read your AR books.


We are still collecting plastic bottles for the recycling contest.  Please send in your bottles.

Reminder- McWane Field Trip- April 7

This information was sent home last week with students.  I just wanted to post a reminder.
5:45 - Arrive at school
6:15- Depart for Birmingham
5:15 p.m.- Return to School

Students wear blue Pike Lib field trip t-shirt
Students will need lunch money($10-$12)
(They may also want money for the Gift Shop.)
A snack will also be provided on the return trip.

Chaperones for our class are:

Greston Holmes
Aileen Gardiner
Pam Little
Gayle Anderson
Alison Sanders
Jennifer Deloney
Cae Allen
Tawana Douglas
Lori Jacobs

McWane Field Trip/ Reminders

I am sending a letter  home today with all the information for the field trip on Tuesday.  Please check with your child for this information.  We need to be at school at 5:45 on Tuesday morning.

School will be out for Good Friday on April 3.

REMEMBER  NO SCHOOL on MONDAY, APRIL 6