5th Grade End of the Year Activities!

Tote Trays home to be cleaned Wednesday May 22^nd

DARE Graduation Thursday May 23^rd @ 2:00pm

Fun Friday Activity Friday May 24^th

**Can only attend if all missing work is turned in

Last day to turn in missing work Friday May 24^th

History Detective Reports Due Wednesday May 29^th

Falcon Awards Assembly Wednesday May 29^th @ 9:15am

Mrs. Wilson’s Class Talent Show Monday June 3rd

Field/Water days Tuesday June 4^th

(Bring hat, sunscreen & towel—they will be outside from 9:30-12)

Last Day of School Pizza Party Wednesday June 5^th

We would like to have pizza for the class on the last day of school, Please send $2.00 with your student to help cover the cost of the pizza & drinks

Thank you for the opportunity to teach your wonderful children, this has been such a fun and rewarding year!

Old Yeller Project

We have just finished reading "Old Yeller"-- and your student has chosen a project to complete. See below for the list of projects with their requirements. Each project must be a minimum of one page typed (double-spaced) or hand written.

Projects are due Friday May 17th, but students are encouraged to turn them in before then.

Topics for Research and Writing Projects- Old Yeller

1.     Do some research about daily life in rural Texas in the 1860s. Imagine you lived then instead of now and describe what your day would be like. What aspects of life in the 1860s do you think you would like? What wouldn’t you like? What would you find hardest about living in the frontier days?

2.   Continue this story where it leaves off. Describe what you think happens when Travis takes Little Arliss and the pup on a squirrel hunt.

3.    Travis’s mother plays an important role in this story—she runs the house while Travis’s father is away and she is there to help out Travis every time he runs into trouble. Research the role of women in the 1860s. How do women’s roles today compare with the role of women then? Do you think women had it easier or harder then than now?

4.    Pick five scenes in the novel that you found particularly interesting or exciting and draw a picture of them. Write a paragraph for each illustration explaining what is happening and why you feel it is an important scene in the book.

5.   Travis spends some time in this story thinking about what it means to be a man. Write an essay about what you think it means to be a grown up. Are your criteria for becoming an adult different than Travis’s? How? How much do you think a person’s age has to do with being able to take on responsibility? What about the effect of the time and place in which a person lives?

6.   Write a short story about an adventure you’ve had with an animal that you loved. How did the adventure make you feel closer to your animal friend?

CRT Testing

I can't believe we are already half way through April-- this school year has flown by! Over the next few weeks we will be taking our end-of-year (CRT) tests-- here is a schedule so you know what to expect. Please try to make sure your student is at school on these days.

Science-- Tuesday April 16th (8:45-9:45 & Thursday April 18th (12:45-1:45)

Language Arts-- Monday April 22nd (11:15-12:15)** We will eat lunch after, so bring a snack for the morning & Wednesday April 24th (10:00-11:00)

Math-- Tuesday May 7th (8:45-9:45) & Thursday May 9th (12:45-1:45)

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Mrs. Wilson had her baby!

As promised-- here are some pictures of our little guy! We'll be in to visit the class sometime next week!

Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

I can't believe it's already time for Parent-Teacher Conferences again, time seems to be flying by! To schedule an appointment-- use the Online Scheduler which can be found on our schools website: http://schools.jordandistrict.org/elkmeadows/ --then select the Online Scheduler icon/link.
Choose "Elk Meadows Elementary" from the drop down list and click "go".
Enter our school's password: "Falcons"
Enter your student's "Student ID". If you do not know the Student ID, use the LOOK UP STUDENT ID button to access the system.
Verify the student's birth date
Check the box next to the name of the teacher you would like to meet with.
You will then see the available time slots for the teacher you selected.
Select times that work best for your schedule.
Enter your email address if you would like and email reminder sent to you.
When you have finished, you can confirm your appointment details and print your conference schedule.

If you are having trouble signing up for an appointment, or none of the selected times will work for you--please feel free to call or email me and we can set up another time to meet.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Thanks!

Patriotic Program

We would like to invite you to our Fifth Grade Patriotic Program for Parents February 15 at 9:15 AM.  Please have your child wear red, white or blue to the program.

We will also be having a school Assembly Wednesday February 20 at 9:00 AM.  Please have your child wear red, white or blue to this performance as well.

If you cannot make it to our Friday performance due to extenuating circumstances there will be limited seats in the back behind the 6th grade classes on Wednesday.

Science Fair

Dear Parents,

Your child has the opportunity to enter our grade science fair this year.  There are three types of project processes your child can do for a science fair project for the school science fair. 

1) The Scientific Method process

2) The Engineering Design process

3) The Computer Design process

Jordan School District has put together a student packet for each process listed above for you child to follow for his/her science fair project.  These student packets are found on the Jordan School District website.  Follow the directions below to find these packets.

1.     Go to www.jordandistrict.org.

2.     Under “Faculty and Staff”, hit “Departments”.

3.     Click on “Science (Elementary)”. 

4.     On the right side click on the student packet your child wants to do or review.

5.     When you click on it, it will automatically download it onto your desktop.

At this time scroll down and click on Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair (CUSEF) Registration Form-–English or Spanish to download it. Many think that this form is just for those entering the Jordan School District Science Fair and the Regional Fair at BYU.  This is not so.

The CUSEF Registration Form is for our grade science fair also. When your child fills it out he/she will see all the rules and guidelines that must be followed when doing a science fair project so it won’t be disqualified.  Below is what is found on each page.

Page one:        Student Information; Project Information.

Page two:        Science Fair and Project Rules. If the student is doing any of these projects, he/she will need to acquire professional signatures to make sure the project is done in a safe manner. There are no exceptions.

Page three:       Science Fair Project and Research Plan. The student needs to write up the science fair plan he/she will follow in doing the science fair project. This is for his/her teacher to review.

Page four:        Display Safety Rules; Student and Parent Signatures.

When the form is complete, your child will give it to me to review.  If everything is complete, I will sign it knowing that it will be a safe project. The registration form will be kept by me.  Once the registration form is complete and handed in, your child can begin with the science fair project using one of the project processes. 

More information will follow about our grade science fair. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thank you,

Mrs. Wilson

State Reports!

We have started our Social Studies unit on States & Capitals, below you will find the link to the State Report Project. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

State Report Project

Thank You!

Thank you to all who donated fleece for our Annual Service Project!! We finished tying the blankets this past week and had a special visit from the ladies who will be delivering them. We enjoyed hearing about the importance of our country's flag and about those who are fighting to keep our country free. We will not be having a formal "Christmas" or "Holiday" party-- as we wanted to focus more on giving than receiving this year. We will still have our monthly fifth grade party for those students who do not have any missing work from the month of December. That party will be this Friday afternoon from 12:30-1:15pm. Please check skyward and make sure your students have all their assignments in by Thursday afternoon.

Thank you again for your continued support! As always-- feel free to call or email with questions or concerns.

Mrs. Wilson

Colonial Days & Annual Service Project

Colonial Days

We are celebrating Colonial Days on the 20^th and would like to have pie and ice cream from the class. Please send a $2.00 donation by November 16^th to make this possible. Thank you!!

Annual Christmas Service Project 

It is almost that time of year again.  It is our annual class tradition to make fleece blankets and donate them to a charity.  This year we will be donating our hand-tied fleece blankets to the Veteran’s Hospital.  We will have special visitors come and share personal stories of serving in the military and a mother of a fallen soldier will share her story.  She will take our blankets and deliver them on Christmas morning to the Veteran’s Hospital.  This is a very powerful service project and one that we hope shares the spirit of being an American.

         We are asking that each child donate 2 yards of fleece (any style and color).  Please have the edges cut smoothly; that will help me out.  We need the fleece here by Friday, December 7.  We will work on the blankets the week of the 10^th and give them away on Friday, December 14.

         Thank you for supporting us!