Volume 7 Issue
11
November
3, 2009
FALL
FEST FRIDAYÉ
The first annual fifth grade fall fest is this Friday,
November 6. The event will begin
immediately after school and conclude at 5PM. Tickets are on sale this week. All students must have a pre-purchased ticket and it should
be signed by a parent or guardian to attend Friday. Each class is creating a banner to show their class
spirit. These will be judged on
Friday. Ana Ramos, our student
council rep, is in charge of getting classmates to help make the banner getting
our it to the fall fest Friday.
4-H
Officers ElectionÉ
Our
class 4-H officers nominees are campaigning this week. Nominees are encouraged to post
campaign signs and banners to spotlight themselves. Each candidate will be given a chance to address the class
to explain why he or she would do a good job as a classroom leader. Elections will then occur at the end of
the week. Students will vote
on-line. Results will be posted on
the class website this upcoming weekend!
Centennial
Celebration on December 16É
Fifth graders annually participate in a study of the
American Centennial (1876). This
yearÕs study will culminate on Wednesday, December 16. That day will feature multiple
activities and events in which each student will participate. Parent volunteers will be needed. More information will be sent home very
soon.
Science
FairÉ
Students
will begin their journey through the first of many science fairs here at Meigs
next week. Mr. P will go through
each of the steps to creating a good, testable, quantifiable, and interesting question. Research will be conducted to produce a
n hypothesis. That hypothesis will
then be tested in a controlled setting.
The results of that test will be then analyzed and communicated through
the project display. The Meigs
science fair will occur in February.
Winners at that time will go on the Metro –Nashville fair in
March.
2nd
Nine Weeks: ComputersÉ
Our class is in computers this nine weeks. As part
of that class, Mrs. Purcell-Orleck will be teaching keyboarding. Students
will have homework each week that involves practicing keyboarding. The
keyboarding may be completed at any time throughout the week. Each student is to practice five
minutes at five different times a week.
The keyboarding/typing application is on-line at this LINK. Students have a
parent verification chart that is to be kept throughout each week. These charts will be collected each
Monday morning.
Academic
UpdateÉ
1). Click on the button labeled ÒGRADE 5Ó for links to our
on-line textbooks among other helpful items.
2). In science we
continue with BettyÕs Brain, which compliments our study of ecosystems. The links are: http://www.flyparsons.org/ecosystems.html and http://www.flyparsons.org/bettybrain.html
3). We will also
begin the process leading up to the science fair next week. http://www.flyparsons.org/sciencefair.html
4). We are beginning
a new novel, Bridge to
Terabitha in reading.
5). We continue to
study the Civil War in socials studies.
6). Students are to
blog their responses to two topics this week. Link to thte blog at http://www.flyparsons.com/blog
Mr. PÕs
Student of the WeekÉ
¥November
2-6, 2009
Noah Hubbell
Be sure to read about Noah on the electronic ÒStudent of
WeekÓ board in Mr. ParsonsÕ room and on the web in the password protected area
soon.
Next weekÕs student
of the week. . . Samuel Hutchinson
Dates to
RememberÉ
11.06.09 FALL
FEST (3:00PM – 5:00PM)É
11.13.09 States
& Capitals Map TestÉ
25pts: Secret Word = ¥see the
websiteÉ
For Additional News Items &
Info Check:
On The WEBSITE ONLY:
EXTRA EXTRA
EXTRAÉ
It pays to check the website, tooÉ
This WeekÕs SECRET WORD
(Nov 2):
25pts: Note Home Secret Word =
ÒFALL FESTÓ
Mr. PÕs SECRET INFORMATION
LEAK:
www.flyparsons.org/computers.html
TEAM SHIRTSÉ
As always, please watch the website to know which days our
class will wear our class shirts in the future! By the way, the next date to wear class t-shirts is
Wednesday, November 4, and maroon class shirts is Friday, November 6.
[GRADESPEED]: Check it OutÉ
UPDATE!
Gradespeed.com will update again later this week The updates will reflect the past
week. Late work has been recorded
as of Monday, November 2. Notice
any missing assignments. Please
submit them each week with the Tuesday Folder Sheet.
Invest
in ExcellenceÉ
We still have three students that havenÕt returned a pledge
card. Please help us out if at all
possible! There are other rewards from the PTO and rewards from Mr. P if we can
meet our goal of donations and 100% participation (returning pledge cards and
collecting as much money as possible).
Check out the INVEST-O-METER on our class webpage at http://www.flyparsons.org/investinexcellence.html.
TwitterÉ
Parents have another way of staying connected to our
class. Log on to www.twitter.com on your computer or cell
phone and follow our class. Mr. P
posts daily updates about whatÕs happening at www.twitter.com/meigsmagnet. It is not necessary to sign up a
twitter account to view our class tweets.
More
About Which to Mark Your CalendarÉ
Talent Show id November 13.
Book Fair in library week of November 16.
The November Monthly Book is due November 30.
Centennial is
Wednesday, December 16.
A
Special CouponÉ
Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD the week of November 2. To get the reward, please obtain a parentÕs signature that
states your parent has checked gradespeed.com the week of November 2.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
TuesdaysÉ
Students receive graded papers in the Red Tuesday Folder
every Tuesday. All papers do go home on Tuesdays. If for any reason they do not arrive, let Mr. P know. Students may correct any and all
assignments and assessments for some of the credit (points) back. Those
corrections are to be stapled to the Tuesday Folder Signature Sheet. Mr. P then re-grades the corrections
and put the points earned in a category on Gradespeed labeled extra
credit. The original grade does
remain, while the points earned by making corrections are cumulated in that
extra credit category. As
mentioned, student grades are on-line at https://gradespeed.mnps.org. Parents and students have a password to
check each subject in order to view grades. This should be done each Tuesday and recorded on the
Tuesday Folder Signature Sheet.
HOMEWORK
WORDS = Special RewardsÉ
Kids, be sure to check the ÒHWÓ webpage for the HOMEWORK
WORD each day. Each week a special
reward will await those who follow through! By the way there are also chances
for secret words on Twitter and the Tuesday Note Home from time to time! Please look and donÕt forget!
https://gradespeed.mnps.orgÉ
Grades are on-line at gradespeed.mnps.org. Parents and students have a password to
check each subject in order to view grades. This should be done each Tuesday.
Mr. PÕs
ProceduresÉ
Students, the following are reminders of specific classroom
procedures:
o
Push your chair in when you leave your desk.
o
Have your agenda signed daily.
o
Locker breaks are 7:45AM, and 2:45PM. Students should remember to take all
materials from the locker at that time.
Keep all materials in your locker until needed.
o
7:45AM morning work is posted on the television each
morning as you arrive in the classroom.
This is due at 8:15AM along with your daily tech task and all
homework. Students, be sure to be
prepared everyday and be on time with all of your assignments.
NotesÉ
¯ Hey
kids, remember to send your Tech Task (Monday, Wednesday, & Friday) via
e-mail. Please send it to Mr. P
[james.parsons@mnps.org]. Your tech task should be saved on your computer as a
MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD DOCUMENT with your name and date in the title. Attach the document to an e-mail to
send it to Mr. P. DonÕt forget to
include your name and the date in the title of the e-mail. Doing this will save paper!
Bye ByeÉ