Volume 7 Issue
15
December
1, 2009
Parent
Meeting for Science Fair ThursdayÉ
The fifth grade science teachers will host a parent meeting
this Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4:30PM in the Meigs library. The purpose of this meeting is go over the process of how
students effectively develop a science fair project. This is certainly not mandatory, but would be a great
opportunity to learn more about this annual middle school process.
Centennial/Invention
Convention: Dec 16É
The Fifth Grade Centennial event is approaching. 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 no later than Monday, December 14. For the sake of clarity, remember that
this invention has nothing to do with the science fair. They are totally separate
events. Also, parent volunteers
are still needed. A yellow form
was included in the packet that does need 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
will conduct research to produce a research paper beginning this 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
February 9. 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
1. Students are
sitting with classroom teams in the cafeteria for lunch this month.
2. There are very few returned papers today.
3. Please
remember that corrections are not recorded each week after being received on the
Tuesday Signature Sheet. If a
paper was returned to Mr. P with corrections, you may expect to see that added
in at the end of the nine weeks.
4. DonÕt forget to earn extra Meigs Moolah by keeping up
with and filling out a HOMEWORK WORD CHART found on the homework webpage daily.
Mr. PÕs
Student of the WeekÉ
¥November
30 - December 4, 2009
Chris Jookar
Be sure to read about Chris 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. . . Dynasti King
Items to
Bring. . .
Ÿ Red
Tuesday Folder Signature ChartÉ
Ÿ CORRECTED
WORKÉ
Dates to
RememberÉ
12.03.09 Science
Fair Log Book CheckÉ
12.04.09 Pep
RallyÉ
12.07.09 Spelling
Test #11É
12.07.09 States
& Capitals Test #4É
12.07.09 Multiplication
Test #6É
12.07.09 READING
LOG dueÉ
12.07.09 KEYBORADING
CHART dueÉ
12.14.09 INVENTION
DUEÉ
12.16.09 CENTENNIAL
DAYÉ
12.17.09 MYSTERY
BOOK GAME DUEÉ
12.17.09 HALF
DAY = DISMISSAL at 11:30AMÉ
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
(Dec. 1):
25pts: Note Home Secret Word =
ÒScienceÓ
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 30. 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.
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.
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 finishing
reading the novel, Bridge
to Terabitha in reading.
5). We will soon
finish the Civil War in socials studies.
6). Link to thte
blog at http://www.flyparsons.com/blog
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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 30.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
More
About Which to Mark Your CalendarÉ
Log Book Check is December 3.
Pep Rally is December 4.
Centennial is Wednesday, December 16.
The November Monthly Book game board is due December 17.
Winter Holidays
begin December 18.
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!
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