TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2018

I hope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend.  I enjoyed my family in various events all throughout the week end.  They spoiled me, but the best part was just spending time with my mother, kids and grand kids.

This week at a glance.

• We are learning about percentages.  It has been fairly easy for most so far but scholars who struggled with fractions to decimals as well as with equivalent fractions will need to go back and review notes about value, converting fractions to decimals and vice versa, as well as finding common denominators.  There are numerous helpful resources at the Khan Academy if needed.  For example: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/cc-5th-fractions-topic#fractions-common-denominators

• For poetry/writing, we are memorizing "If" by Rudyard Kipling.  It will be recited by the whole fifth grade at the graduation ceremony. This poem is a p erfect graduation poem because it highlights virtue and perseverance, something so needed by young people embarking on a new beginning.   Please encourage your scholar to memorize these lines to the best of his or her ability.  We suggest recording their recitation and then playing it back over and over.  It would be a good family discussion to sit down and talk about such masterful lines as (If you can) "watch the things you gave your life to, broken and stoop and build 'em up again with worn out tools:" ... "you’ll be a Man, my son!"  We hope it is an enjoyable endeavor to commit this poetic masterpiece to memory.  

• We continue our study of the endocrine system with the test coming this Friday, May 18th.  Students should spend 5-10 minutes each day reviewing their notes; this can be done in Lyceum, at home, or during morning work.
• Monday, May 21st will be our chemistry "in-school" field trip.  It will be a "cooking" chemistry lab.  I hope the scholars are as excited as I am!

History

• We are studying Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts this week.
• I am encouraging scholars to write detailed answers to any questions they get in history.  We have been using this time to hone their writing-for-purpose skills.

Graduation

5th Grade Graduation will be held on Thursday, March 24th in the Chandler Prep Gymnasium. 

Doors open at 9:15 and the ceremony begins at 9:30. Please enter through the CPA Gym doors on the east side of the building. 

Reception to follow in the Multipurpose Room.

 

All family members and friends are welcome.  If you plan to take any siblings that will be in class, please give yourself some extra time to come to the front desk while the front office staff gets them out of class and you sign them out.  Those children will need to return to class after the ceremony as the reception is for graduates and parents only.  We will ask that you sign them back in before attending the reception in the MPR.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Baker.

 Here is the link to the signup for the commencement reception.  Please visit http://signup.com/go/mOnwjoV. 

Also, the 5th grade shirt is available here: https://archwaychandler.configio.com/pd/1864/2018-5th-grade-graduate-shirt?cid=409&returncom=productlist&source=search

There is a pool party scheduled for after school May 24th until 3pm at La Casita pool in Dobson Ranch.  Sign up here ($5): https://archwaychandler.configio.com/pd/2145/5th-grade-graduation-pool-party?cid=409&returncom=productlist&source=search