In celebration of Pi Day on Tuesday, March 14, we have some fun activities planned for math! One of these activities includes using an Oatmeal Creme Pie to determine the radius, diameter, and circumference of a circle using the Pi formula. Students will then get to enjoy the Oatmeal Creme Pie! Yum! Please review and complete the Oatmeal Cream Pie Permission Form that includes ingredients and permission for your child to eat the Oatmeal Cream Pie. This permission is due on Monday, March 13.
Music Mondays: We are so excited to begin Music Mondays in March! We will be showcasing Cub Talent in the foyer as students arrive from 7:10 – 7:40. If you or your child plays an instrument and want to share your talents with our Cubs as they arrive please sign up below. Music Monday Sign Up Form We will email you a Sign Up genius to select specific dates once we gather Cubs’ interests.
PTA News:
GAES PTA Tropical Getaway School Dance:
Date: Thursday, March 16th, 2023
Time: 6 – 7:30 pm
Tickets: $12.50 each, tickets are limited and sold on first come, first serve basis. Here’s the link to buy tickets.
All students must have a chaperone and everyone attending must have a Ticket. One chaperone may bring more than one student but must be responsible for all of the students during the entire dance.
For questions or to volunteer to help decorate or volunteer at the dance: email Erin Dowdy erincdowdy@gmail.com
Yearbook Pictures: If you have pictures you’d like to share for the yearbook please download the free Herff Jones App, ESHARE. Or go to HJESHARE.COM Enter our school’s code: GAESCUBS We would love any pictures from field trips, spirit days, students wearing their house shirts or anything you’d like to share with us!
Catch-A-Star Program and Award: Falling under the auspices of Arts-in-Education, Catch-a-Star encourages students to visit cultural festivals, museums, live performances, and galleries. Each time they do, they can visit our Catch-a-Star Form and leave a response with their impressions of the visit. We tally up the comments and all participants are recognized at the end of the school year—with special prizes for the top “star-catchers”! For more information, please contact Whitney Harpold at harpolme@gmail.com.
3/13 5th Grade Survey
3/14 Social Studies Midwest Map State Location Quiz
3/14 Pi Day!
3/15 VDOE Integrated Reading and Writing Field Test
3/16 Math Angles Test
3/17 St. Patrick’s Day – Wear Green!
3/17 Vocabulary Quizzes List #6
3/20-3/24 Local Writing Assessment for 5th Grade
3/27 Spring Pictures – Class and Individual
3/28 Student Holiday – Special Election (this is a new change to the calendar)
3/31 Half Day
4/3 – 4/7 – Spring Break!
Math: The students are loving our move into geometry! Last week we learned about the 4 types of angles: acute, right, obtuse, and straight and the students had a chance to work with protractors to determine the measurements of various angles created. Students will have fun this week creating an “angle fish” and “angle stick figure” to reinforce these angle skills.. A test on angles will take place on Thursday, March 16. We will then move into our unit on Triangles. We’ll also have fun learning all about Pi on Pi Day – Tuesday, 3/14!
Reading/English: We will continue to examine how one event can result in multiple effects – a cause and effect chain while reading our whole group and small group novels. A classwork assessment on this skill will take place Friday, March 17.
Students voted on their favorite to complete as our next whole group novel study and the winner was Restart! This is such a wonderful novel with a great message!
In writing, students will be researching and composing an essay on the importance of honey bees.Our weekly Vocabulary List #6 focuses on “ghost story words.”
Social Studies: We are continuing our study of the Midwest Region. This week we will look at the climate, natural resources, landmarks and water features of these 12 states. Please review the states and capitals and map locations daily. We will have a quiz on the map location of each of the 12 states on Tuesday, March 14.
Science: Learning about electricity is amazing! This week we will look at how different objects are conductors or insulators and how to identify an open and closed circuit. Some safe, hands-on activities will take place to reinforce these skills.