Friday, February 24, 2017

Newsletter, February 24th

A Peek At What We are Doing in Fifth Grade

Second Trimester report cards came home today. Please review it with your child, keep the report card, sign the envelope, and return the envelope to school.  If you and your child are concerned about a subject, please contact his or her teacher in that area.
Our emails are:
Mrs. Eberle - leberle@psdschools.org
Mr. Kenna - jkenna@psdschools.org
Mrs. Nimlo - jnimlo@psdschools.org
Mrs. Oster - jeoster@psdschools.org    
Yearbook order forms were included in Friday folders today.    To order please go to www.community.pcitavo.com.  Click “Shop” & Find Zach Elementary School.
Would you like to see pictures of the things we do in our classroom?  You can find all the newsletters for the year and other fun pictures including a video of Jackson K.’s “Who Knew” at our classroom blog http://khalesclass.blogspot.com/ and at our classroom twitter account @HalesHomeroom.  

Dates to Remember
Kinard Middle School Forms Due - Friday, March 3rd
Spring Break - Monday, March 13th - Friday, March 17th

CMAS Testing Schedule
After Spring Break, we will begin CMAS testing.  Students in fifth grade take ELA (Reading and Writing), Math, and Science.  Students will be taking the ...
ELA test - Tues., March 28th - Thurs., March 30th
Math test - Mon., April 3rd -  Thurs., April 6th
Science test - Tues., April 11 - Thurs., April 13th.

We test in the afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30.  If at all possible,   please avoid appoints on these days which might require your child to be absent.  It is also important that students not leave early on these days, as students must finish the test the day they start.  Unfortunately, this is a lot of testing that we as teachers a required to administer.  As a team we do our best to keep as much instruction time intact without overwhelming the students.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Jackson K.!


Saturday, February 18, 2017

Wax Museum Night




Newsletter, February 16th

A Peek At What We are Doing in Fifth Grade

Each year, I leave Wax Museum night in a state of both exhaustion and euphoria.  It always amazes me what the students are able to do.  I hope each student was proud of his or her hard work because I sure was proud of them.
On Wednesday, Preston and Kinard visited with the students and gave them registration packets.  Preston forms are due Thursday, February 23rd.  Kinard forms are due Friday, March 3rd.  The fifth grade teachers are happy to  collect the forms to send to the middle schools, but any forms not brought in after the due date will need to be taken to the middle school directly.  If you have questions, please contact the middle school directly.
After Spring Break, we will begin CMAS testing.  Students in fifth grade take ELA (Reading and Writing), Math, and Science.  Students will be taking the ...
ELA test - Tues., March 28th - Thurs., March 30th
Math test - Mon., April 3rd -  Thurs., April 6th
Science test - Tues., April 11 - Thurs., April 13th.
We test in the afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30.  If at all possible,   please avoid appoints on these days which might require your child to be absent.  It is also important that students not leave early on these days, as students must finish the test the day they start.  Unfortunately, this is a lot of testing that we as teachers a required to administer.  As a team we do our best to keep as much instruction time intact without overwhelming the students.
Would you like to see pictures of the things we do in our classroom?  You can find all the newsletters for the year and other fun pictures at our classroom blog http://khalesclass.blogspot.com/ and at our classroom twitter account @HalesHomeroom.  

Dates to Remember
Barnes and Noble Book Fair  - Thursday, February 23rd
Spring Break - Monday, March 13th - Friday, March 17th

Thursday, February 9, 2017