Take a look below to see information regarding upcoming school events.
I hope that every family had an excellent holiday season. I am ready to get back to serious learning, and I hope all students are ready too.
I would like to express my deepest appreciation for the holiday gifts, cards and foods that were lavished upon me before the break. I truly am blessed to have such kind students and parents.
A couple of special notices need to go out to parents and students regarding two of our 5th grade team members. Mrs. Shannon underwent successful back surgery shortly before the winter break, and she is progressing very well, but she is quite sore as one would expect. She plans to return to school on Monday the 4th. Please resist the urge to give her a hug or a pat on the back :-}
On a more dire note, Mr. Montisano was involved in a VERY bad car collision while traveling over the holidays. He spent several days in the hospital and is healing well. His fiance was injured more seriously, and she continues to mend at her parents house in the mid-west. Mr. Montisano will not be back until Thursday the 7th. Please join me in wishing him a safe return as he drives home.
Please keep these awesome folks in your thoughts, and please rest assured that your children will receive a great education even if a teacher is out. We have fabulous substitute teachers.
A few important announcements:
Please be sure to return all field trip permission forms to the upcoming trip to the Marine Science Education Center.
There is no cost. So, all we need is your signature:-}
Wednesday the 6th is an early release day. Dismissal will begin at 2:00 P.M..
We are going to begin a very complete examination of decimals. We will learn to incorporate decimals as another way to express values that are not whole numbers.
The MOST critical thing to remember about decimals is the place value that each decimal number represents.
For example:
0.5 = five tenths or 5/10 or 50%
0.05 = five hundredths or 5/100 or 5%
0.005 = five thousandths or 5/1000 or 1/2%
Decimals are really easy to read. Read the decimal number like it was a whole number, and then say the smallest place value (the place value farthest to the right of the decimal).
0.633= six hundred thirty-three thousandths or 633/1000 2.47 = two and forty-seven hundredths or 2 47/100 or 247%
Many students will learn to add zeroes to the right hand side of decimal numbers in order to make them easier to add, subtract, and compare.
Thanks for all you do for our students,
Mrs. Rabe
