Monday~ Remember to have language drawing and writing pages finished. Bud quiz Ch 15-19
Wednesday~ Jump Rope for Heart!
Thursday~ Bud, Not Buddy book test
Friday~ Bud vocab. list 2 (was given on Friday)

Please remember International Day next Wednesday! We'd love to sample your delicious foods, see your great costumes (not just jeans and t-shirt), and see interesting items to share.
Book Reports are due 4/14
Easter Break begins 4/2

Keep up the perseverance class! A few more weeks until a lovely week of to celebrate Easter. I appreciate your hard work, especially on the extra math worksheets- but they paid off with those improved math test scores! Yay!
Remember we are working towards 6th grade with more assignments, more challenges, and more responsibility. Push yourself to "earn" that place rather than putting in less effort than before.

Thanks so much parents,
Mrs. Dey

We had a quick week with lots going on. Congratulations to our Fine Arts Festival Participants! Thursday's field trip was a nice treat too! Quite a special opportunity. Hopefully your student came home excited about what they saw.

Please be sure you have turned in your permission slip for the puberty class which begins on Monday. Correct to sheet, we will be meeting on Mondays and Fridays.
Parents we encourage you to open the lines of communication with your student on the subject of growing up, turning into a teenager, and good hygiene. Please ask your student about what they are learning and take the opportunity to remind them that you are there for answering questions too.

Monday~ Ch 2 Science test
Tuesday~ Colonies quiz and foldable due
Wednesday~ Math test
Friday~ Spelling test list 20

Reminders for:
Jump Rope for Heart- March 17
International Day- March 24
Easter Break- beginning April 2
Book Report due- April 14th

Progress Reports should arrive this week- Please ask if you are unsure and do not receive by the end of the week, but they will be mailed for "C's" and below.

Thank you so much for viewing!
Mrs. Dey

Thank you so much parents who were able to attend this special event in 5th grade- our Presidents Reports! Things went smoothly and the essays were very informative. Congratulations for completing that accomplishment!

Tuesday~ Non-student day. Those participating in the Fine Arts Festival- good luck and remember to check the schedule for your time(s) to be here. Students are NOT to be dropped off for the day and left. Students are on their own- there is no supervision when they are not in their performance time. Please make arrangements for them to be picked up when they are finished.

Wednesday~ Bible verse due! (a big one) but you've had time!

Thursday~ Language quiz for unit 6 and Music Field Trip!
Friday~ Vocabulary test - Election words which were given Friday
Book Report book needs to be approved Friday by as well

Dates coming up:
March 17- Jump Rope for Heart
March 24- International Day

Love,
Mrs.Dey

Big news for this week is PRESIDENT REPORTS! Please see the invitation for friends and family (no young children please) to listen to our Presidents give their reports dressed up! We will change right after school family and begin about 9:30. Please tell your student if you plan to attend or not so we can be sure to hold off on some people to wait etc.

Monday~ Math test
All this week- Be filling in the wind scale chart.- due Friday

Next verse was given today- Isaiah 53:1-4- this is due March 3
March 2 is a non-student day (for Fine Arts Festival)
and March 4th is our Music field trip with Miss D- please have those permission forms and $ turned in.

Monday~ NO school
Thursday~ S.S. Ch 5 quiz with writing portion due
Friday~ Spelling test list 28 (we began this week)

President Reports are due the following Friday! We will work on transitions in class this week. Be sure you are ready.

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by Angeline
This week we had our Read-a-Thon! It was fun. We got to wear free dress and read for the whole day. We read different books for about 200 minutes. The point of the Read-a-Thon was to make reading more fun and raise money for Yesenia's Orphanage... Thank you if you [dontated].
by Bethene
On Thrusday [we] went to the Discovery Science Center. There was the bed of nails, rock climbing, and sand building... there was a lot of stuff to play with. There was a lot of things to do at the Discovery Science Center.
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Please remember to permission form and money for the music field trip.

Thanks!
Mrs. Dey

For this week:
LOTS to pay attention to

Monday~ Our Read-A-Thon! Please remember to be asking for sponsors, bring in some good books on Monday, and wear relaxed dress.
Tuesday~ Verse due Amos 5:14,24
Thursday~ Field trip! Be sure to be at school before 8:30 ready to go with nothing to bring along. We'll leave backpacks here. You may not make purchases so leave money behind.
Friday~ Science Ch 1 (unit B) test
We'll be reviewing all week so your ch. review from the book as well as worksheets/assignments will be your study guide.
Valentine's Ice Cream Party - please read flyer carefully -both sides and bring in your $2.

Reminder to take care of registration for next year NOW. Sometimes classes close so you do need to be sure you have your spots - don't wait!

No school Monday, February 15th.
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by David
This week we learned about 8 spaces between one inch. Before we only knew that there were 4 spaces between one inch. Also, we had to reduce if, for example, the number was 1 6/8 of an inch we would reduce it to 1 and 3/4 of an inch. They gave us practiced problems like point "A" and point "B".
by Alexis
On Wednesday, we did a science experiment. The materials we needed were food coloring, salt, adn two columns of water. Mrs. Dey poured salt in one column of water and we put food coloring in the water. We saw how the food coloring dissolved [dispersed] right in because it doesn't have any salt and the salt made the water denser. She put the food colring in the one that had salt and it didn't dissolve [disperse] as fast as the other one because it is denser. That experiment was really fun. [We then did a second activity-painting. Ask your student about this and WHY and HOW it relates to science!]
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Thank you for all your help with permission slips and $. It all seems to be happing at once, so thank you for your understanding.
Love,
Mrs. Dey

We made it through the treacherous weather this week with the accumulation of rain water making a drought the last thing on our minds. It sure has been blustery and I hope your home has not turned into a flood area. :)

We will continue to work on our 1930's projects much of this week so please have research prepared. No group has said they're having trouble with this...

Be sure to finish your atmospheric layer drawings this weekend- due Tuesday.
Friday will be our next math test as well as OUR SCHOOL FAMILY! We'll be practicing all week for that so parents please join us if you're able!
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By Tiffany
This short week we started our 1930’s project. In groups of three or four, we had our meeting to discuss our chosen topic. The topics are news and events, clothing, music, and technology and inventions. Each student will need to research and bring back information from library books or the internet to the group. We then need to create a poster and present our collected information. This group project will be fun, exciting and challenging for us to work together.
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Have a great week!
Mrs. Dey

Congratulations to Lucas for this week's award for Respect!

We had a busy week and had a fun time on Thursday during the reward game afternoon and relaxed dress. Keep up the good work- especially next week before report cards!

Tuesday~ Explorer Projects DUE- students know this does not include the portrait.
Please have some research ready for 1930's projects as well.

Thursday~ Mythical Country conclusions and body paragraph fixes will be due
Science Ch 2 test

Friday~ Vocabulary test- Weather

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By Amber- This week we got started with our President Reports. First we picked our President. Then we started researching our President for a couple days. There are still more things to do for this report, but this is all we know for now. This will be due around the last week of February.

By Hanah- This week we were reading a new book called "Bud, Not Buddy". So far we read about a boy named Bud who moved to a foster home with the Amoses and their twelve-year-old son named Todd. Todd is always lying and bullying poor Bud. Bud moved to the Amos's shed. He found and fought the hornets in there. Bud thought that a hornet's nest was a big vampire bat. he cut it in half and made the hornets mad. The hornets stung almost every part of his body! Bud escaped out the window and planned to have revenge on the mean Amoses! This is a very fun and exiting book because we are so anxious to find out on how Bud is going to take revenge. We did a quiz on chapter 1-3. We could use our books for our quiz!

Thank you,
Mrs. Dey

Congratulations to Tiffany for this week's award on Loyalty!

Great job on the presentations for the book reports too! I enjoyed hearing about them and seeing the creativity so many included.
Tuesday~ Mythical Countries due
Math test
Wednesday~ Body paragraphs due for Mythical Country DESCRIPTIVE essay
Thursday~ Bible unit 5 test with 12 disciples test
Relaxed dress and game afternoon for rewarding all the hard work!

No school Monday Jan. 18th
Explorer Projects are due Tues. Jan 19th
End of the quarter is Jan. 22- be sure to have all work turned in!

Sign and return :)

Love,
Mrs. Dey

Thank you so much for the wonderful Christmas gifts from so many of you! You are all so generous and I am so blessed to have you as my students.

Please see the short list of reminder things on the note that went home today.
Thank you for doing a great job this past week, studying for the tests we had to get them done before break.
I was impressed with the way most of you knew your long verse. Congratulations to those of you who did such a great job. Unfortunately, some of you who did not take care of that in the past couple days, will see the results in your Bible grade.

Big reminders:
Monday Jan.4 Your mythical country Introductions are due.
Book Reports are due Friday as well as the presentation portion.
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This week we had a fun filled Christmas Program. I heart a lot of parents saying that we did a good job. Our Music teacher, Miss. D. said that we did way better than our rehearsals. The whole 5th grade sang Cantaol al Senor. Also the very last song of the program, which was Joy to the World. Everybody did a great job. Have a safe and fun Christmas and New Year.
by Amber

On Wednesday, we learned about Zechariah. He was the father of John, or John the Baptist. We learned that Zechariah did not believe the angel that came to him saying that he was going to have a son. As a punishment, Zechariah was not able to talk until John was born. He wrote "His name is John" on a tablet, then he was able to speak again! This was an interesting story.
by Daniel B.
Enjoy your family, friends, good foods, gifts, weather, and time off! See you next year...
Jan. 4

Thank you again,
Mrs. Dey

This week:
Monday~ Headline Project due- check rubric!
Christmas Program rehearsals- be sure you have proper items for whatever you are practicing for!
Christmas Program- mandatory for music grade- come dressed and with needed items as required for whatever part you do. Be no later than 6:45 unless requested earlier. Tell your parents which is a good side to sit to see you best!
Wednesday~ Verse due John 1:1-9
Language test
Thursday~ Vocabulary test for adjective list
Friday~ 1/2 day- Students are out at noon and there is NO daycare.
Our Christmas Party- bring the food you signed up for as well as your white elephant gift (or earlier) Remember this should be something that is useful, but often not considered a gift and is already at your house. Don't tell what your gift is and we will play a game with them. No tag is needed on the gift.

Then two weeks off for a very Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for reading this and keeping in tune with dates.
Mrs. Dey

Monday~Science Ch 1 test
Tuesday~ S.S. Ch 4 quiz
Wednesday~Math test 5
Thursday is our class' Glory Table Night- sign up on PIP if you'd like to join!

We have multiple projects going on right now-Headlines will be due 12/14
We are working hard in class and I am always delighted with how quietly this class works. They are such a wonderful class and I feel very blessed. There may be fewer homework items because of the in-class projects as long as students are using time well in class! Work on mystery books during free time.

The annual Christmas Program is NEXT Monday, the 14th. Program begins at 7 pm. Be sure you know what time you are to be there and where. Reminder that this is required for the music grade as well as staying through the end as all students sing together at the very end.

Verse assigned today John 1:1-9 is due 12/16
Reminder that Friday 12/18 is a half day and students need to be picked up by 12:30 latest- we are out at 12 noon.
We will be discussing our Christmas celebration for that day very soon.
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We have started a new Bible project. Its about the birth of Jesus. We have to write a headline [article]. The main writing is the birth of Jesus... Then we can add extra things like sports, ads, games, comics, entertainment, etc. We also need to color it. Its going to be fun.
by Amber
On Tuesday, our whole school got to see the Glory of Christmas. Other schools came to watch the Glory of Christmas, too. The Glory of Christmas showed us the birth of Jesus. There was wonderful dancing, singing, acting, and music in the Glory of Christmas. The people on stage played as rich kings, servants, beautiful angels, hardworking shepherds, kind village people, and mean soldiers. On stage, there were animals like donkeys, sheep, camels, and llamas. The Glory of Christmas was very fun to watch and learn about the birth of Jesus, I think the other schools liked it, too.
by Tiffany
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Have a wonderful (busy before Christmas) weekend!
Love,
Mrs. Dey

I don't know when you'll read this, but I hope you will or have already enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with friends and family. Take care and enjoy.

Please remember the half-sheet reminders "TO DO"
Up for this week:
Monday~ Body System Report due
Tuesday~ Choir field trip and Glory of Christmas for the rest of us
Please wear Full dress uniforms and bring a can of food to donate as our payment for entry :)
Friday~ Spelling test list 24

Science test will be next Mon. 12/7

Thank you again for reading and printing!
Mrs. Dey

The wild week ahead:
Monday~ No school
Tuesday~ Language test and relaxed dress
Wednesday~ Minimum day and Thanksgiving Breakfast
Students are out at noon- MUST be picked up by 12:30
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for SUCH a sweet, wonderful class this year. I told them I'd love to give them all gifts to show my gratitude, but since I can't, I bestowed upon them free dress for Tuesday :)

Body System projects are due on Monday 11/30
I am also giving the students a half sheet for the week of Thanksgiving- some reminders and a couple other things to do. Please take note!
We went over the directions for the next book report due Jan.8- please go over this packet again and think about your mystery book.
Spelling list 24 will be next.
Dec. 14th- save the date for the Christmas Program
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This week we started two projects. We started our Body System Report and our Mythical Countries.
For our Body System Report, we have to write a reprot on a assigned system. We have to draw a picture, write about what is the function of the system, write about 3 ways that you can help keep it in good working order, describe how it works, and list three facts about the system and major parts. Due 11-30
The second projecty is Mythical Countries. you have to draw any country (not U.S.) that fills the whole paper as much as possible. Then choose 5 real things to put on the map. Next, 5 imaginary things also give them names. [according to chosen theme] Color neatly and add any extra to show your est effort. Have fun with it!
~ by Amber

Christmas is coming, however not all of the children in the world are fortunate to get present. Therefore, we were encouraged to turn in Operation Christmas Child boxes for these needy children. We packed school supplies, toys, hard candies, clothing, and other helpful items in our boxes. We wish them a Merry Christmas and hope they will enjoy our small gifts. God blesses everyone!
~by Tiffany
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Thank you all wonderful parents out there!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Mrs. Dey

This week:
Monday~ 'Conclusions' due- use parts of a conclusion that you wrote on the back of your packet!
Be sure all parts of the essay are turned in (introductions back in too)
Tuesday~ Vocab. packet 2 due
Wednesday~ Bible test- we corrected that Friday- (short because of our Hero of Faith project)
Thursday~ Math test and Digestive system quiz
Friday~ Vocabulary test for exploration word list

We'll begin a couple new projects this week as well as wrap up a couple chapters. We'll have our next language test on 11/24
Reminders that Monday 11/23 is a non-student day and 11/25 is a minimum day- students MUST be picked up by 12:30- aim for 12:15.
11/26&27th are of course holidays as well.
We have a sign-up sheet outside our classroom for our morning munchies for 11/25 to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Please sign up for those breakfast items. - party to begin after chapel.

Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are due by Friday the 20th!
And please put on the calendar:
Monday, December 14. 7:00pm in the Crystal Cathedral- Christmas Program
Attendance is mandatory for music grade.
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Hope you liked our school family and feel encouraged...All of us made our own moves for our groups... The songs were really easy to add moves and fun... This was our first school family and we hoped you liked it!
by Amber

This week we had chapel with the older grades. It was an interesting experience. After Mr. Mejia led us in worship songs, we were introduced to a missionary from Ukraine who told us stories about poor kids living in Ukraine. She told us about unfortunate kids living in orphanages and homeless[ness] on the streets. Then she showed us a short film of those orphaned kids and caring adults who happily adopted them. After the film, we were asked to pray for these youngsters of Ukraine. The film touched our hearts and we shall keep them in our prayers.
by Tiffany and Alexa
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Have a wonderful week and enjoy these days flying by before the holidays!
Love,
Mrs. Dey