Volume 7 Issue
14
November
24, 2009
HomeworkÉ
Many thanks go to all of the students who are faithful in
turning assignments in on time regularly.
We do, still, have a few students who are continuing to be neglectful in
getting assignments in at the appointed time. Students, please be reminded that failing to turn
assignments in on time is going to affect your report card grade. Please make a new commitment to keep up
to date on homework and make your parents, teacher and yourself proud!
Personal
JournalsÉ
Monday, November 30 is the next date for personal journals
to be checked. Entries #61-70 will
be checked. All entries are to be
at least one paragraph in length and hand written in the personal journal composition
notebook. Typed or lose papers
will not be accepted. There will
be not late journal grades this time.
If it is not turned in on Monday, and complete, a zero will be
assigned. Please be diligent in
staying caught up!
Centennial/Invention
Convention: Dec 16É
The Fifth Grade Centennial event is approaching. Students were to have turned in their
ÒIntent to InventÓ form today. Thank you to those who did. The Invention Convention on December 16
will spotlight the individual inventions every student has created. The invention should be something that
can help make daily life easier.
Students are to make a model of their invention and bring it to school
by Monday, December 14.
Parent volunteers are still needed. A yellow form was also included in the packet that needs to
be returned if it has not already been.
We are also in desperate need of families to bring main course food
dishes (not just water or candy) for December 16. Mrs. Cook says that very little has been committed. Any and all help will be appreciated!
Kilowatt
OursÉ
Students have studied about conservation in recent
weeks. The program is called
Kilowatt Ours. Students are to be
looking for ways to conserve electricity around the home. Hopefully many have already implemented
some things! From December to
March, we will track our energy consumption on the Kilowatt Ours website,
ÒCount Your Kilowatts.Ó More
information may be found on our class website.
Science
FairÉ
Students
were to have a binder set up with dividers by yesterday. Research will be conducted
to produce a research paper next week.
After that, a hypothesis. Will be created based on the research. The 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. For more
information go to: http://www.flyparsons.org/sciencefair.html
A
Note from Mr. PÉ
Have a restful and joyous Thanksgiving break! See you Monday!
Mr. PÕs
Student of the WeekÉ
¥November
16-20, 2009
Corey Jones
Be sure to read about Corey 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. . . Chris Jookar
Items to
Bring. . .
Ÿ Red
Tuesday Folder Signature ChartÉ
Ÿ CORRECTED
WORKÉ
Dates to
RememberÉ
11.30.09 November
Book dueÉ
11.30.09 Personal
Journal #61-70 dueÉ
12.01.09 States
& Capitals Map Test #3É
12.03.09 Science
Fair Log Book CheckÉ
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 24):
25pts: Note Home Secret Word =
ÒThanksgivingÓ
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, December 2, and maroon class shirts is Friday, December 4.
[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 23. Notice
any missing assignments. Please
submit them each week with the Tuesday Folder Sheet.
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 http://www.flyparsons.org/computers.html
Students have a parent verification chart that is to be kept throughout each
week. These charts will be
collected each Monday morning.
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.
Academic
UpdateÉ
1). Click on the button labeled ÒGRADE 5Ó for links to our
on-line textbooks among other helpful items.
2). In science, the
links are: http://www.flyparsons.org/ecosystems.html and http://www.flyparsons.org/bettybrain.html
3). We are working
towards the science fair. http://www.flyparsons.org/sciencefair.html
4). We are reading
the novel, Bridge to
Terabitha in reading.
5). We continue to
study the Civil War in socials studies.
6). Link to thte
blog at http://www.flyparsons.com/blog
A
Special CouponÉ
Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD the week of November 30. To get the reward, please obtain a parentÕs signature that
states your parent has checked gradespeed.com the week of November 23.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
More
About Which to Mark Your CalendarÉ
Thanksgiving Holidays November 25-27.
The November Monthly Book is due November 30.
Log Book Check is December 3.
Pep Rally is December 4.
Centennial is Wednesday, December 16.
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