Volume 7 Issue
17
December
15, 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!
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
have turned in a rough draft of their research paper. Now, students will develop a hypothesis 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
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Note from Mr. PÉ
1. 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.
2. DonÕt forget to earn extra Meigs Moolah by keeping up
with and filling out a HOMEWORK WORD CHART found on the homework webpage daily.
Academic
UpdateÉ
1). Click on the button labeled ÒGRADE 5Ó for links to our
on-line textbooks among other helpful items.
2). We are working
towards the science fair. http://www.flyparsons.org/sciencefair.html
3). We are finishing
reading the novel, Bridge
to Terabitha in reading.
4). We are finishing
the Civil War in socials studies.
5). Link to thte
blog at http://www.flyparsons.com/blog
Mr. PÕs
Student of the WeekÉ
¥December
14-17, 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
12.16.09 CENTENNIAL
DAYÉ
12.17.09 MYSTERY
BOOK GAME DUEÉ
12.17.09 Science
Fair Log Book CheckÉ
12.17.09 HALF
DAY = DISMISSAL at 11:30AMÉ
01.06.10 Resume
Science Fair process (hypothesis, experiment design, etc)É
01.07.10 Science
Fair Log Book CheckÉ
01.11.10 Spelling
Test #13É
01.11.10 KEYBORADING
CHART dueÉ
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. 15):
25pts: Note Home Secret Word =
ÒCentennialÓ
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 16, and maroon class shirts is Friday, January 8.
[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 14. 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.
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Special CouponÉ
Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD the week of December 14. To get the reward, please obtain a parentÕs signature that
states your parent has checked gradespeed.com the week of December 14.
COUPON
StudentÕs Name ______________________________________________________________
ParentÕs Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________ Secret Word:
_______________________________________
More
About Which to Mark Your CalendarÉ
Log Book Check is December 17.
Centennial is Wednesday, December 16.
The November Monthly Book game board is due December 17.
Winter Holidays
begin December 18.
Bye ByeÉ