Friday, May 13, 2016

Lion King Rehearsal Reminders


Thursday, May 12th - 3:30 - 5:30
Cast, Dancers, and Crew

Friday, May 13th -  NO REHEARSAL

Saturday, May 14th - 9:00 - 12:00 noon
 All participating 5th grade students (cast, crew, dancers and chorus).  Rehearsal location is Roberts and students should be dropped off and picked up in the circle drive.

Monday, May 16th , Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, May 18th
All participating students (cast, crew, dancers and chorus) will be bussed to Pershing.  Students will rehearse at Pershing beginning at 3:15 and return to Roberts Circle Drive at 5:15 for parent pick up.

Thursday, May 19th – Performance Day
All participating 5th grade students (cast, crew, dancers and chorus) will be bussed to Pershing at 3:15, remain at Pershing until after the performance.


***Please turn in the permission slip for transportation to Pershing for the after school rehearsals next week if you have not already done so.


The performance is at 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 19th.  All seats are free; there are no tickets or reserved seating.  The auditorium will open at 6:00 pm.  Due to limited space, this event is reserved for 5th grade parents.


Monday, May 9, 2016

May 9

*Wednesday is Science STAAR.  Please make sure your child is well rested and has a satisfying breakfast.  

*Friday is the End of Year Social Studies test.
**Wednesday will be the last day for redoes.

**Last week we sent home permission slips about Lion King rehearsal the week of May 16th.  Please sign and return as soon as you can.


Math: This week we will continue our lessons on Probability and fine tuning the math skills from this year.


Reading: We have no spelling this week.  We do have a Quizlet test on the Science review words this Tuesday: Science Review list

Science: This Wednesday is the Science STAAR test!


Social Studies: This Friday is the end of year Social Studies test.  We have a vocab test this Thursday on the vocab terms: Social Studies Review set

Monday, May 2, 2016

May 2

*May 3rd, 4th, 5th we are having Portfolio picnics from 11:25-12:25.  A lot of you have sent in the days you are coming.  Just send me an email for when you are coming to have lunch with your child if you haven't already.

*Monday, May 2nd, if you cannot make it during the day, we are offering a Portfolio picnic time from 5:30-6:30.  Your child's portfolios will be in a crate outside Mrs. Ruff's classroom (next door to my classroom).


*May 11th, we have our Science STAAR test.

*May 12th, we have our End of Year Social studies test.


Math: This week we are finishing up our unit on Triangles.  We will have a test on Wednesday of this week.  Then we will begin our unit on probability!

Reading: This week we will focus on comprehension of text and certain Language arts skills such as: Comma usage and punctuation.  We have Spelling this week and TWO vocabulary lists that will be tested at different times.  See Science and Social Studies below!

Science: This week we will continue to review for our Science STAAR test as we cover Forms of energy, Earth science, and experimental design.  Here is the link for the Science Vocab (all of the words are review, none of them are new material).  The test will be on Tuesday, May 10th. Science Review set

Social Studies: This week we will continue to review for our end of year Social Studies test. Here is a link to some very important terms.  The test for this will be on Monday, May 9th. Social Studies Review