May 1-5

Monday - Math Enrichment Project due
Tuesday - Reading Log
Wednesday -
Thursday - Spelling Def. Quiz; Science Quiz (know the vocabulary and key ideas from in class experiements with our cars); Mrs. Ellison's Homeroom goes to the Book Fair (3:15-3:30); Book Fair is also open for Family Night 4:00-6:00 pm
Friday - Greek Words Choiceboard due; Mr Lincoln's Drummer (journal entries done through ch. 10); Field Day 12:45-3:00 (information)
*Target Due Date for the Mr. Lincoln's Drummer Novel Project is Friday, May 12.

*We will be discussing our End of Year Free Enterprise activities with the students this week.  They will get into small groups to create businesses.  They will need to come up with a "product" to "sell" (must have a recycled component to it).  The manufacturing of the product will be done outside of school.  We will be discussing Economics Concepts and then creating advertising for their products in class closer to the end of May.  We are introducing it now so that they have plenty of time to discuss, get approval, collect materials, and make their products.  They should not begin making anything until ALL group members have their product idea approved by their parents AND teacher! Concept ideas are due for approval by May 12 and actual products are due June 5 (Free Enterprise is June 5 at 2:30 - parents are welcome to come shop, we'll provide you with the coupons to shop with - NO REAL MONEY).

Important Links Below:
Volunteer Opportunities:
   Book Fair
   Field Day Volunteers
   Field Day Supplies
   Teacher Lunch Duty coverage - May 3
Teacher Appreciation list of all teachers' likes
End of Year Activities Calendar (a copy of this will be in the Tuesday folder for you to keep)
Auction Supply Needs/Wants (a copy of this will be in the Tuesday folder for you to keep)

April 24-28

Monday -
Tuesday - Reading Logs; Buzzwords Quiz - Verbs #2 (carried over from last week)
Wednesday - Antonyms & Synonyms Choiceboard due
Thursday - Spelling Sort and Definition Quiz; Precept Paragraph
Friday - Buzzwords Quiz - ALL Verbs

*Students should have read chapters 1-3 in Mr. Lincoln's Drummer this past week and be reading chapters 4-9 this week.  (I only have one class set but they can listen to the chapters in Google Classroom if they fall behind or have been absent and need to catch up.) They must write a journal entry (from the main character's point of view) for each chapter as they read it.  There are other task they need to work on but most of these can't be done until we finish the book.  They will have time in class to work on the assignments but may choose to do some work outside of class.  A due date is not set yet, since I need to see how long it will actually take us to read the book.

**We are still in need of glue sticks for the classroom.  We also could use some bags of Skittles for EOG review games that I have planned.

Monday May 1-Friday May 5 - Teacher Appreciation Week
Thursday - May 5 - Science Vocabulary Quiz
Wednesday - May 10 - SS ch 20 & 21 Civil War Test
Friday - May 12 (target date) - Force and Motion Unit Test

Other Dates to make note of:
Friday - April 28 - Walk2School Day
Friday - April 28 - 4:30-7:30 pm Powhatan Palooza! (Book Fair will be open)
        Use this LINK to sign up to help at the Palooza!
Monday May 1 - Friday May 5 - Book Fair is open 
Thursday May 4 - Powhatan PTA mtg and Strings Concert (Book Fair is open 4-6 pm)
Friday May 5 - Field Day (K-2 is 9-11:30 and 3-5 is 12:30-3:00)
Tuesday May 9 - Progress Reports go home (not many grades after this!)

Thursday May 25 - Reading EOG
Friday May 26 - Math EOG
Monday May 29 - Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday June 1 - Science EOG

?? Monday June 5 - Free Enterprise @ 2:30 pm (watch for more information about this)
?? Tuesday June 6 - Auction 10-12:00 (we need parents to donate items if possible)
Wednesday June 7 - 5th grade Awards 1:00 (please do not check out elementary school age siblings to bring to the ceremony - space is limited and this is a special time for your 5th grader!)
Thursday June 8 - Last Day of School - early dismissal and report cards go home (report cards can not be given out to students until after 12:00 noon - if you check your child out early, you will need to stop by the school over the summer to pick up the report card in the office)

April 17 - 21

*Remember to sign your child's agenda.  Behavior stickers were placed in there this morning.
Monday (April 17) - Report Cards go home
Tuesday (April 18) - Reading Logs
Wednesday (April 19) - Reading iReady Spring Diagnostic Test; SS ch 18 Test (study guide & notes)
Thursday (April 20) - Math iReady Spring Diagnostic Test
Friday (April 21) - Buzzwords Verb #2 Quiz

**Please make sure that pictures and/or picture money is turned in as soon as possible.  The packet of pictures sent home is NOT free.  If you are not purchasing them, you do need to return them to the school.

**Square1Art orders are due Monday April 24.

**Make sure you've marked you calendars to come out and enjoy the Powhatan Palooza on Friday April 28.

If you are able to send in some glue sticks, the students would greatly appreciate it.  They're having to do a lot of sharing with the last few glue sticks in our bucket.

I hope everyone has a restful and relaxing Spring Break.  Enjoy time with your family.  Please make sure your children come back to school focused and ready to finish their elementary school career strong!