Week of 11/17-11/21

Congrats to our student of the week: Madison McCauley

 Here is the information you need to help your child prepare for the field trip on Friday.  This went home yesterday in their Tuesday Newsday.:

Dear Parents,                                                           November 17^th, 2008

     As you know, our Water Rocks field trip is this Friday, November 21^st.  The children must arrive and meet in the school cafeteria at 6:00am.  The bus will leave promptly at 6:30am and will not wait for anyone.  If for some reason your child can’t make it due to illness or other reasons, please call me at 972-974-2401.  Also, please keep my cell phone number on you in case you need us for any reason.

     Please be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.   Children will come to school wearing a long sleeved shirt and will be given their colored team shirt when they walk in the cafeteria.  They will put this shirt on over their long sleeved shirt.  We will be doing a lot of walking, so be sure your child is wearing comfortable shoes.  Flip flops are not allowed!  If your child brings a coat or sweater, please be sure it has your child’s name on it.  Also, we strongly encourage you to buy a disposable camera and NOT allow your child to bring their own personal camera.  Again, it is important that you label the camera in case it gets lost.

     Children are not allowed to bring back packs, electronics, or cell phones.

** Here is a list of things your child needs to bring Friday morning:

Small snacks for the bus (Education in Action will provide animal cookies and pretzels)

2 drinks for lunch and dinner (nothing over 17 ounces)

Packed Dinner should be in provided insulated sack (items in sack should be disposable)

   We will be back between 7:45-8:15pm.  Please be on time to pick up your child.  The children will be tired and ready to go home… so will we! J

    There will be a phone tree in place in case we are running late.  We will call the room moms who will then go down through the class list to call parents.

    Again, please call me if you need anything, 972-974-2401.  The cell phone number for Education in Action is 817-714-2134.

Thanks!!

 The Fifth Grade Team

Colonial Day information:  

A note was sent home in your child's Tuesday Newday regarding supplies that are needed for Colonial Days.  If you would like to contribute, I'm going to keep an updated list on my page as to what hasn't been donated as of each day.  Please send quilts in tomorrow.  These will be returned on Tuesday.

1.                  14-16 oz cartons of heavy whipping cream – dairy section (send Nov. 20)

2.                64 oz. of heavy cream

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6.                liquid apple cider - not packets

7.                fabric scraps or quilting squares – cotton only please

8.                muslin fabric

9.                blocks of wax - sold at Hobby Lobby or Michaels

10.            6 ears of corn

23.          various gourds and pumpkins 

25.          70 small glass jelly jars or baby food jars  

        We are also asking to borrow quilts to hang in the home-craft room.  These will be returned on Tuesday, Nov. 25.  Please write your name on masking tape to identify your quilt.  We need approximately 20 quilts.  Please send the quilts to Mrs. Waldroup’s room.

Now we just need more people to help them work on Nov. 24 and 25 and decorate on Nov. 21.  The most needed are volunteers to help with the hallway!!!  We have 2 moms as of now setting up the whole hallway.

Tavern - Regi Watson regiwatson@yahoo.com (many volunteers needed)

Hallway - Kathy Miller jamkatmiller@verizon.net

Slave Quarters - Anne Tunic tunicfamily@yahoo.com  (many volunteers needed)

Home-Craft - Christina Stanfield cestanfield@verizon.net

Candle Making/Medical - Kathleen Aurand kaurand@aol.com and Jeannine Hisey drjeannine@aol.com

Home-Food - Karen Megura megura@verizon.net

Schoolhouse - Shawn Dulemba -school teacher shawndulemba@prodigy.net 

Jan Cason jmacason@tx.rr.com

Math- PRACTICE DIVISION FACTS!!!

Mon.  

Tues.  TUTORING DAY AFTER SCHOOL; no homework

Wed. ws 7-2

Thurs. ws 7-3

Fri. ws 7-4

Clydesdales' Vocabulary/Spelling -   Due Friday

http://new.schoolnotes.com/xpages/view/42396

Links to other teachers' pages:

Angie Martin (S.S./Reading) http://new.schoolnotes.com/xpages/view/15011/2

Claire Berard  (Science/Lang.) http://new.schoolnotes.com/xpages/view/11818/2

Important Dates:

November 24 and 25 - Colonial Days; this is the Mon. and Tues. of Thanksgiving break

November 20 - report cards early because of field trip

November 21- Water Rocks field trip

December 6 - UIL competition at Lamar Middle School; many opportunities for 5th graders to participate

December 9, 10 and 11 - 2nd set of benchmark tests

December 15 and 16 - Camp in Copper Canyon********(see below)

December 19 - Christmas party

Important Messages for Parents:

*****The parents who were drawn to go to camp on Dec. 15 and 16 were:

Jeff Demers

Cathie Painter

Ann Marie Pope

Tina Kosub

Pet Help:  As you can guess, caring for classroom pets is an expense.  If you are out and about, and come across Rabbit food or bedding and would love to donate it to our classroom, Oreo and Nibbles would be soooo happy! :)  Also, we are always in need of hand sanitizer, especially as we get into flu season, and just as we need to take care of the flu, the kids want their bellies taken care of. 

McCauley, Hernandez and Skarjune parents have been drawn to attend our Water Rocks field trip.  Training will be November 12th at 3:15 in the library.

Please be sure to sign up for Schoolnotes to notify you when it has been updated so you can be aware of upcoming assignments and homework.

http://www.lisd.net/   (check your child's grades) 

http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com     (math textbook online)