Volume 7 Issue
16
December
8, 2009
Centennial:
Dec 16É
The Fifth Grade Centennial is approaching. On Wednesday,
December 16, students will participate in several events throughout the
day. Among those are: the
immigration station (in the library), the Invention Convention (Rooms 202 &
204), Foods (Room 205), Arts/Crafts, Music (Room 206) and others. Students are to prepare for the day by
doing two things. ONE: creating an
invention (due by Dec. 14) and TWO: learning the citizenship questions. Many thanks to all of the parent
volunteers who have or will help with this endeavor!
Invention:
Due Dec 14É
Student created inventions are due on Monday, December
14. Each student will share
his/her invention in class that day.
The invention will be graded according to the rubric students were given
(pink sheet) in the Centennial information packet. On Tuesday afternoon, student inventions will be displayed
for the Centennial on Wednesday. A
card may be placed with the invention that states its title and it
purpose/function. Ask yourself the
following two questions. Is it
clear by looking, what my invention is and what its purpose is. If not, please write a brief
description on a card to accompany it.
Go
TrinityÉ
Many congrats to the ENCORE students and their efforts at
the Invention Convention that was held this past weekend! A very special congratulations goes to
Miss Trinity Terry who first place!
Your efforts and accomplishments make your classmates and teacher very,
very proud!
Personal
JournalsÉ
Monday, December 14 is the next date for personal journals
to be checked. Entries #71-85 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!
A
Note from Mr. PÉ
1. Thanks, Mrs.
Melton for doing the Safe@Last program in our classroom!
2. Work each night on your science fair research. Students have very little homework to
do so time may be spent on the science fair research. The rough draft of the research paper is due Monday.
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
¥December
7-11, 2009
Dynasti King
Be sure to read about Dynasti 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. . . Dallas Knight
Items to
Bring. . .
Ÿ Red
Tuesday Folder Signature ChartÉ
Ÿ CORRECTED
WORKÉ
Dates to
RememberÉ
12.10.09 Science
Fair Log Book CheckÉ
12.14.09 Science
Fair ROUGH DRAFT dueÉ
12.14.09 Spelling
Test #12É
12.14.09 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. 8):
25pts: Note Home Secret Word =
ÒInventionÓ
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 9, and maroon class shirts is Friday, December 11.
[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, December 7. 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
A
Special CouponÉ
Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD the week of December 7. To get the reward, please obtain a parentÕs signature that
states your parent has checked gradespeed.com the week of December 7.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date:
_____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
More
About Which to Mark Your CalendarÉ
Log Book Check is December 10.
Centennial is Wednesday, December 16.
The November Monthly Book game board is due December 17.
Winter Holidays
begin December 18.
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
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.
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!
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!
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