May 14

REMINDERS:

• End of Year Project is due Wednesday MORNING at the beginning of the day. 
• Pumpkin Patch field trip tomorrow - bring a lunch
• Promotion is on Friday - students meet in the music room at 8:30
• 5th grade DVDs are now on sale for $10.  This is a 30 minute long DVD featuring the 5th grade year plus many shots a these awesome students from Kindergarten through 4th grade.  Order slips went home today. 

May 11

We had a great field day!  The weather was perfect!  Thank you to everyone who could volunteer their time and donations to make this day a success!

Students can work on their End of the Year books at home this weekend.  We took the last 30 minutes of the day today to have some "chill" time and work on them in class.  We are so pleased with how seriously they are taking this assignment.  You would be so proud to watch their work ethic in class!  These are due Wednesday morning of next week.  This way we will have enough time to grade them and get the grades into Power School.

Students were given the opportunity to get a math extra credit assignment yesterday.  Most chose to take one.  These are due on Tuesday morning!  No exceptions.

Have a great weekend!!!

May 9

We had a fantastic time on our trip to Nashville yesterday.  We could not have asked for better weather!  Thanks for allowing your child to venture up to the capital with us.  Hopefully it will be something they will always remember.  


Science/Social Studies:  We are still working on the End of the Year project book.  Students may bring home their science and social studies text books to work on rough drafts.  These books are due on Wednesday, May 16.  Please keep in mind that we only have TWO more class days to work on these.

REMINDERS:

• Friday is Field Day
• Pumpkin Patch Playground field trip on Tuesday
• Please send in the yellow Loftis Middle registration form if your child plans to attend that school.

VOLUNTEER NEEDED:  Mrs. Mosley has several things that she needs copied and laminated.  If you are available, please send her an email at          mosley_ashley@hcde.org 

May 7

Nashville Field Trip:

1. Meet at New Salem Baptist Church parking lot at 7:45.  Buses leave promptly at 8:00.
2. Bring a lunch!!!
3. Small hand-held electronics are allowed.  NO CELL PHONES PLEASE.  Teachers will have cell phones in case of emergencies.
4. Cameras are allowed (not cameras on cell phones though).
5. Wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothing.  Sunscreen is a good idea as well.  Right now there is only a 30% chance of rain in the Nashville area tomorrow.
6. Please be back at the church at 5:00 to pick up your child.

May 4

Happy Friday!!!

Just a few reminders:

1. Nashville field trip on Tuesday!
2. Book report due on Wednesday
3. Field day on Friday

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

May 2

We worked on the science/social studies cover and author page today. These are looking great! We have so many creative juices going!!! Remember to read 20 minutes tonight and that the book report is due on May 9th. Congratulations to Jordan for winning the district speech contest today! He moves up to the next level and will be competing next Tuesday evening. Way to go Jordan! We are proud of you! If you are going on the A.R. Field trip for meeting the awesome reading goal, please make sure to get that money and permission slip in as soon as possible. The Honor Society inductions are tomorrow. Congratulations to our students who are being inducted!!!

May 1

We had a great time at the track meet today!  Congratulations to all of our participants.  We were very thankful for a nice breeze.  Now we all smell like sunscreen and sweat.  ;-)

Science/Social Studies:

• We are doing a combined end of the year project for Science and Social Studies.  We purchased special hard back books for this project.  It will be quite the keepsake once finished.  Students have been introduced to the project and more information will come home with them tomorrow.  We will work on the cover page and "About the Author" page tomorrow in class.  This part is due on Thursday.  We will be working on this project during class and the books will stay here each day.  If we see the need to send them home for completion, we will do so.  However, students may work on their rough drafts at home any time they wish.

Reading/Language Arts:

•  reading logs are due on Friday and read 20 minutes each evening.  
• study prepositions

REMINDERS:

• We head up to Nashville a week from today!!!
• Book Reports are due May 9th
• A.R. points are due May 8th