Parent Teacher Conferences/Tuck Everlasting Movie

   We have made it through the first quarter, it has flown by! In Reading, we finished Tuck Everlasting and will be doing a project and test this week. On Thursday, Mrs. Stockard and I are going to show the Movie, Tuck Everlasting. We are showing this movie for educational purposes only, this is not a party, there will be no snacks at this time.  Watching the movie will cover the following standard:

RL.5.7-Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, beauty of a text.

The students will have to complete an assignment while watching the movie and then write a paper comparing the movie to the book. This movie is a Disney movie, but is rated PG, so if you do not want your child to watch this movie, please let me know and I will make other arrangements for your them.  We will show this on Thursday afternoon, so the other option is to come pick your child up after lunch if you wish for them not to watch the movie. 

   You should have all gotten an email from signupgenius.com to sign up for your parent teacher conference. If you did not get an email please let me know and we can schedule an appointment. Most of you have signed up, but there are a few of you that have not. I look forward to meeting with you all.

Summary of Week 9

   In Reading, as you know, we finished Tuck Everlasting. In 5th Grade Writing, we practiced writing complete sentences and using quotations. We also started our third narrative, we read a book in read aloud time called Wonder.  The students are writing their own final chapter of this book called "The Julian Chapter." They seem to be having fun with this. We will finish this next Tuesday or Wednesday.  In 4th Grade Writing, we practiced using quotations and writing complete sentences as well. The 4th Graders will start their third narrative this week.

   In Projects, we finished are own "Game of Life," the students will present how well their budgeting went on Monday.  This week in Projects we will change Tribes and create new Tribe Posters.  We will start a new Project the following week. 

   The auctions went great! Thank you to all who donated items to our auction. We will have an auction at the end of each quarter. The students all had to apply for new jobs, they will start their new jobs on Monday. We will switch jobs every quarter. That pretty much sums up Week 9:)

Have a Great Weekend!