Dolphin Tour - Thursday, May 17th, from 10:30-2:30 at Captain Mike's tours on Tybee Island followed by a picnic lunch on the beach by the pier (NO WATER). Wear appropriate shorts and comfortable shoes and don't forget your sunscreen! Bring a sack lunch and a drink as well as a towel to sit on. You may bring a camera, beach games, and money for ice cream at the pier.
Fifth Grade Fling - Monday, May 21, from 9:30-1:30 at Frames and Games. (Bowling, Pizza, and Games) Wear your field trip t-shirt with appropriate length shorts or jeans. Socks are required for bowling shoes: wear or bring socks!
END OF YEAR ASSEMBLY (Honoring Our Fifth Grade Students) - Thursday, May 24th, at 9:00 am in the Eckburg Center. Band and Chorus will perform and Yearly Honor Roll certificates will be handed out. We will honor Fifth Grade Students. Students should dress in nice "church" clothes for this program. Parents are invited to join us for this assembly and a brief reception to follow in the lobby of the Eckburg Center.
Quizzes and Tests this week:
Tuesday- Social Studies Chapter 9 test (notes should be highlighted and ready to study! :)
Tuesday- Mrs. Garola's Reading Group vocab quiz
Thursday- Vocab Test Unit 15
Friday- Bible verse quiz
What we're working on this week:
Math- 5-7 Circle Graphs
5-10 Predicting Outcomes
5-11 Listing Outcomes
Bible- Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding
1 John 4: 11-12
Language- Adverbs pgs 92-96
Spelling/Vocab- Unit 15 practice pages 128-131, vocabulary test on Thursday
Writing- We'll be writing a short informational, narrative as an about the author page for our end of the year writing portfolio and wrapping up a fun magazine adjective assignment we started last week!
Social Studies/Science- We'll be wrapping up Social Studies Chapter 9 on Friday and switching over for our final Science Unit on Animal food chains and extinction
Reading- The students are really enjoying Hatchet. This week we'll be covering chapters 12-15. We'll have a vocab quiz on Tuesday. It will be matching words to definitions. Right now our Survivor competition is a tight race. Who knows which tribe will pull out the win?
I hope you all have a blessed week! It was great to meet all of the grandparents and special friends on Grandparents Day!