5^th Grade Newsletter

Important Dates

Thursday, May 12th - Book Report Due

Friday, May 13th – $2 Paid Dress of Choice Day

- Visit from Abraham Lincoln, 12:45 – 3:30

- Kiss a Pig Contest Ends

Friday, May 20th – Field Day, 12:40 Dismissal

Saturday, May 21st – Night of Fire and Thunder at

Bandimere Speedway

Monday, May 23rd – Walking field trip to Cedar

Hills Cemetery

Tuesday, May 24th – 8th Grade Graduation

Wednesday, May 25th – Kindergarten Graduation

- Bowling Field Trip, 11:30 – 3:00

Thursday, May 26th – Last day of School, 12:40

Dismissal

Kiss the Pig Contest

Kiss a Pig Contest will come to an end this Friday, May 13th. We are raising funds for Interactive White Boards for each classroom. The goal is $50 for each student. Teachers are collecting money Thursday during afternoon carpool and in their classrooms.

Field Trip

Our annual end of the year bowling field trip to Brunzwick Zone will be on Wednesday, May 25th. We need parent drivers to help. We will be leaving around 11:30 and return around 3:00. Pizza will be served there at noon and we will bowl from 12:30-2:30. Drinks and shoes are included. The price will be $11.50 for pizza, drinks, bowling, and shoes.

Social Studies

We are wrapping up Westward Expansion and have started the Civil War. This will be our last unit of the year. With the Civil War, students have been given “The Gettysburg Address.” They should be memorizing the first 3 paragraphs. The 4th and 5th paragraphs are for extra credit.

We are fortunate to have John Voehl as Abraham Lincoln do his presentation on Friday! This will be his 15th presentation here at ACS and the students are in for a treat!

Language Arts

We are finishing our final unit for Language Arts. Next week, we are going to incorporate the Civil War and “The Gettysburg Address” into our studies. We will dive into to the literary elements of the speech, the meaning of the words, and the importance of the speech. We will read about events, people, and battles of the Civil War.

There are no more book reports for the year, but students should still have a book to read at school.

On Monday, May 23rd, we will take a walking field trip to Cedar Hills Cemetery (off of Wolfensberger) as part of our Civil War unit and Memorial Day. Memorial Day started as a way to remember soldiers of the Civil War. If you can donate any fake flowers, small flags, or grave markers, it would be appreciated. We are going to decorate the graves of Civil War Veterans. A field trip permission slip will be coming home. We may have to be flexile with the date due to weather or other conflicts, but will let you know if it changes.

A Note of Thanks:

THANK YOU for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week! We appreciate your thoughtfulness and special ways that we were recognized!