Wow, only 13 days of school to go! This is such a fun and exciting time of year for students, however, we still have a lot of learning to do, as well as some fun activities. We will be emphasizing the importance of focus on instruction, positive classroom behavior, completion of daily homework assignments, and preparation for quizzes, tests, and projects.
Pictures Wanted:
For a fun end of the year activity I am looking for your child’s most adorable baby picture, as well as some of your favorite recent photos of your child participating in their favorite activity, birthday, etc. Please email me these photos by Tuesday, June 7th.
Fifth Grade Fun:
Fifth grade has lots of fun learning activities planned for the month of June! Click on the calendar to stay “in the know” for each day’s activity: 5L June Calendar. Thank you so much for signing up to assist with materials for these events! Please send in all materials by Wednesday, June 1st.
Papa John’s Drive Thru Event:
Thank you so much for your support of the GAES Papa John’s fundraiser last Tuesday. We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed seeing our 5th graders!
House Unity:
We continue to recognize and reward students daily for following the “Glen Allen 3 – Respect, Responsibility, and Safety.” For the next 5 Wednesday’s we will celebrate House Unity! This Wednesday all students are asked to wear red to honor House Kokoro, the house of compassion. House Kokoro was also the winner of the 4th nine week’s competition and will have fun celebrating on Wednesday, June 1st.
Be sure to keep track of all the fun 5th grade activities by bookmarking this calendar: 5L June Calendar.
6/1 House Unity Day – wear red
6/2 GAES Spring Dance
6/3 Greek & Latin #23 Quizzes
6/7 Social Studies West Region Test
6/15 GAES 5th Grade party/dance (during school)
6/15 GAES 5th Grade Drive Thru Celebration & Bruster’s Night (evening)
6/16 Student ½ day – Last day of school!
Math: We will be completing some fun games to help review the concepts we have learned about this year in math, with particular focus on areas that were challenging.
Reading: We are loving our novel study of the classic, Island of the Blue Dolphins.
We are looking forward to being reading buddies with the kindergarten students in Mrs. Koufoudakis’ class on Wednesday.
This week students will continue to work on their research projects in class. We are looking forward to the project presentations next week!
Our final vocabulary unit, Greek & Latin #23, focuses on the roots scrib, and script (write) and the suffixes ic, ous (having quality of) and ly (like). The quizzes for these words are scheduled for Friday, June 3.
Science: Students will test the designs for the STEAM flower projects they completed in class last week. They will also continue to work on their in-class research project.
Social Studies: In social studies, we will wrap up our unit on the West Region by completing a scrapbook of the West project in class. Students will receive the West Region Study Guide on Tuesday to complete in preparation for the test on Tuesday, June 7.