Week of October 26, 2009
Sunshine Math continues on Tuesday for those that signed up. The worksheets will be due back on Friday.
No school for students on Monday! Have fun with your family on Monday while we plan.
The Fall Symphony of Fun Carnival was an unmitigated success due to the support of of the Chets Creek PTA and families like yours! Without you, nothing like this could ever take place. We are truly blessed to have an awesome PTA and awesome families!
On Friday the 30th, Flag Raising will be observed in the Community Courtyard at 9:05 A.M..
Also on Friday the 30th, CCE 5th grade students will attend a field experience to the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Buses will leave at 10:45 A.M..
Report cards go home on Tuesday the 3rd of November!
The first grading period officially ended on Friday, October 23. The 5th Grade Recognition Ceremony will be on Thursday, November the 5th at 2:15 P.M. in the dining Room.
Please turn in your permission slips for our IMAX double-feature scheduled for Friday, November 13. We will get to see a feature on spelunking (cave exploration) and on under-sea exploration. The cost of the trip is $12.00.
Thanks to those of you that have already turned in permission slips and money!
Just as a precautionary "heads-up", please note that our new grade reporting system will generate report cards that will not have plusses (+) or minuses (-) next to the letter grades. This is a change from prior years. The grading scale will be:
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
Below 60 F
Parents/guardians should also be getting access to the Oncourse online grading system at the beginning of the 2nd nine- week marking period. We will keep you posted, as we are still a few weeks away from that date.
On Tuesday, I plan to return the BONYK PMA (Progress Monitoring Assessment). This was our "final exam" for the BONYK unit. PMAs are not revisable due to their nature (many multiple choice answers). I will also return many revised tests. Please sign and return all of these tests. We keep them so that if we have time we can review any tricky concepts.
I do not think that we will have any tests this week, but the following week I would be expecting the October EDC test (please be sure to review your triangle information).
I would also expect our first test from our new unit Name That Portion (NTP). Knowing all of the fraction-percent equivalents from student sheet 5 will be go along way to having a successful experience when taking that exam.
Tuesday: HW sheet #10 goes home. Please use your own judgment about working ahead. I know that many students have after school activities, and working ahead may be a very good plan.
We will continue our work on EDC (Every Day Counts-Calendar Math), and we will begin our next math investigation, Name That Portion: Fractions, Percents and Decimals.
Wednesday: We will continue our work on EDC (Every Day Counts-Calendar Math), and we continue our investigation, Name That Portion: Fractions, Percents and Decimals. We will review Monday and Tuesday's homework.
Thursday: We will continue our work on EDC (Every Day Counts-Calendar Math), and we continue our math investigation, Name That Portion: Fractions, Percents and Decimals.
Friday: We will continue our work on EDC (Every Day Counts-Calendar Math), and we continue our math investigation, Name That Portion: Fractions, Percents and Decimals. We will review Thursday and Friday's homework.
Have a wonderful week. :)
