5/20

Thank you to everyone who sent in party items and/or came and helped!  We had a nice celebration to begin winding down our school year.

Please remember that Wednesday is the last day of school and is an early release day.  Dismissal will be around 11:30.

Middle School Accelerated Forms

If you would like to participate in the UCMS Accelerated Program, please turn in your purple form NO LATER THAN Monday, 5/16.  I realize the form says Tuesday, but that is the day of our field trip.  I do not want the kids to miss the opportunity to sign up because we won't be on campus.  Thank you!

5/11

I will continue to copy & paste our info and update as needed with updates in red.

Th: Mod 17 quiz & ch. 7 science test
7:15 AM Parent Review Meeting
Thursday 5/12 is our FIELD DAY (12-2).  Popsicles are $0.50 and gatorade is $1.  Please bring a bottle of water.  We may get wet so dry clothes and shoes might be appropriate.  (Students will get their field day shirts to change into Thursday morning.)
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.

6:00 PM Rising 6th Parent Night @ UCMS

Fri: Mod 18 quiz
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!

Mon 5/16: Mod 19 quiz

Tues 5/17: Big Field Trip to Atlanta!  Arrive at school NO LATER THAN 7 AM!  PICK UP AROUND 6:45 PM!

Th 5/19: Unit 7 Test

Fri 5/20: CLASS END-OF-YEAR PARTY!

5/10-5/13

As you noticed if you checked your child's agenda, we are making up math assessments that we didn't take before the Milestones.  All of the math material has been taught and is being reviewed and assessed.  Here is the schedule for the week.  Tests are for math unless otherwise indicated

Mon: Unit 5 Test

Tues: Unit 4 Test
Study for Ch. 7 science test Thurs.
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.
*You are receiving a ton of info about 6th grade in signed papers.  Parent Night @ UCMS Thursday @ 6!

Wed: Unit 6 Test
Study for Ch. 7 science test Thurs. 
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.
BONUS spelling and vocabulary choice(s) are due by Thursday 5/12.

Th: Mod 17 quiz & ch. 7 science test
7:15 AM Parent Review Meeting
Thursday 5/12 is our FIELD DAY (12-2).  Popsicles are $0.50 and gatorade is $1.  Please bring a bottle of water.  We may get wet so dry clothes and shoes might be appropriate.  (Students will get their field day shirts to change into Thursday morning.)
Study socio & therm spelling & vocab for tests Friday.

6:00 PM Rising 6th Parent Night @ UCMS

Fri: Mod 18 quiz
ALL LIBRARY BOOKS DUE!

Mon 5/16: Mod 19 quiz

Tues 5/17: Big Field Trip to Atlanta!  Arrive at school NO LATER THAN 7 AM!  PICK UP AROUND 6:45 PM!

Th 5/19: Unit 7 Test

Fri 5/20: CLASS END-OF-YEAR PARTY!

5/2

Can you believe that we have less than a month of school left?!?  This week we have the science Milestone on Wednesday afternoon and the social studies on Thursday afternoon.

*Please wear sneakers Tues. & Fri.  The Rotary Walk has been rescheduled for Friday.

Scroll down for this week's ELA.

HW:
Work on AM if you didn't scan today.
Sci WB p. 160-163.
Study science CRCT review for Ch. 3 and ch. 4.
Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.

4/27

Testing has gotten off to a great start!  Thanks for your help keeping the kids rested, calm, and fed.  It really does help!

Please please please make every effort to get ready tonight for tomorrow so that you can be at school on time!  Tomorrow's test will probably take longer than any other day.

Here are some important dates & reminders:

• Field Day t-shirt orders are due by Friday if you'd like to buy a shirt.
• This weekend the high school drama and chorus will be presenting "Beauty and the Beast" at 6:30 Friday & Saturday night and 2:30 Sunday.  Come in costume Sunday for pictures with the characters!  Admission is $5/UC students are free.
• May 12 is 5th grade's Field Day starting at noon.
• May 12 is also UCMS 5th to 6th Orientation at 6 PM at UCMS.
• May 17 is our big field trip to Atlanta.  More info to come, but plan to drop off around 6:30 AM and pick up around 6:30 PM.
• Our end-of-the-year party will be on Friday, May 20.
• The last day of school, complete with a talent show, will be Wednesday, May 25.

HW:
Study for Milestones Math!
Review SS ch. 5-8.
Sci. WB p. 28-31 is due Fri.

4/25

ELA Milestones test is tomorrow morning!  Please go to bed early and eat a hearty, healthy breakfast.  We take the Writing portion Wednesday and Math on Thursday (in the mornings).

HW:
*Work on AM.
*SS WB p. 102 and study/review chapters 1-4.
*Sci WB p. 144-149 is due Wednesday.

NO SPELLING AND VOCAB THIS WEEK!

Milestones Testing Schedule

Here is the REVISED 5th grade Milestones testing schedule.  (I am reposting this for you; no changes from the last posting.)  I don't have exact times yet but this will give you a general idea.  Please do everything in your power to have your children here well rested and fed!  Thank you!  (Please note that our schedule matches the 8th grade schedule but is quite different from the other grades.  If you have children in multiple grades 3-8, you will want to note that we are not all testing the same subjects on the same days.)

Tues. 4/26 morning: English Language Arts
Wed. 4/27 morning: ELA Writing
Thurs. 4/28 morning: Math
Wed. 5/4 afternoon: Science
Thurs. 5/5 afternoon: Social Studies

4/1

Parents, the only thing that would have made today (April Fool's Day and the day before Spring Break) any worse would have been a full moon!  I am confident that students will be better behaved when they return from the break.  Thanks for your help in setting high expectations for behavior and learning.

I wish you a safe and happy holiday!  See you again on Monday, 4/11!



{By the way, April Fool's!  The kids were awesome today!!!}

Thanks to Andrew Y. for the funny and delicious prank!  They sent in doughnut boxes with a veggie and fruit tray inside instead of doughnuts.  (They did also sent in doughnuts.)

3/31

Study for your spelling and vocabulary tests!  Don't forget about The Watsons test 2.

Work on AM.

Please remember that next week is spring break!

Snack Requests for Milesones Testing

The Milestones Test begins April 26 and goes through May 5.  Each class has been instructed to ask parents for snacks during their break in the middle of the test. My class has 23 students.  Could you send snacks?  Some students will be taking their tests in smaller groups in other parts of the building, so pre-packaged snacks will be best. Thanks for all that you do for our school and our students.

                                                Snack Suggestions

Cheese Crackers                       Teddy Grahams

Plain Crackers                          Fruit Roll Ups

Cookies                                    Goldfish

Trail Mix                                 Vegetables

Pretzels                                    **Juice Boxes

Granola Bars                            **Small Waters

Raisins                                    

Please do not send any snacks with peanuts or peanut butter since there are several students that are allergic to these products.

The fifth grade schedule for testing is:

Tues. 4/26 morning: English Language Arts
Wed. 4/27 morning: ELA Writing
Thurs. 4/28 morning: Math
Wed. 5/4 afternoon: Science
Thurs. 5/5 afternoon: Social Studies

Sincerely,

UCES Faculty and Staff

This Week's ELA: Flect/Flex, Frail/Fract/Frag and Watsons 1 & 2

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #9 flect/flex and frail/fract/frag

*Spelling choice activity due Thursday.

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

flect/flex = ________________________________ frail/fract/frag = ___________________________________

1.             flexible (adj.) capable of bending without breaking

2.             reflect (v.) to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back

3.             deflect (v.) to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

4.             circumflex (n.) to bend around or curve

5.             flexor (n.) a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg

6.             inflection (n.) the bending of a person’s voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one’s voice go up and down

7.             reflection (n.) the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back

8.             inflexible (adj.) not capable of being bent without breaking

9.             reflex angle (n.)  an angle that is greater than 180⁰ because the angle bent beyond a straight line

10.         retroflex (n.)  bent or turned backward

11.         fragile (adj.) so delicate that it could break easily; easily damaged

12.         fragment (n.) an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence

13.         fragmented (adj.) describes something that is broken into pieces

14.         suffrage (n.) to break into an issue; to vote

15.         refract (v.) to bend light so that it looks like it is broken

16.         fraction (n.) a part of a whole; a broken piece of something that is no longer whole

17.         infraction (n.) a broken rule; a violation

18.         fractals (n.) the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of the design

19.         fracture (n.) a break in a body part

20.          frail (adj.) being easily broken or destroyed

*Watsons Go to Birmingham vocab test 1 will be Wednesday.

*Kingdoms project is due no later than Wednesday.

*Science ch. 6 test will be Thursday.

*Watsons Go to Birmingham vocab test 2 and the flect/flex and frail/frag/fract will be Friday.

VOCABULARY: The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 (#2)

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through THURSDAY for your test on FRIDAY.

1.             gigantic (adj.) - so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

2.             tease (v.) – to mock or make fun of playfully

3.             orbit (v.)  - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

4.             grind (v.) – to press or grind with a crushing noise

5.             embarrassing (adj.)  - causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

6.             accent (n.)  - distinctive manner of oral expression

7.             peon (n.)   - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

8.             disgust (adj.) - strong feelings of dislike

9.             mourning (n.)   - state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

10.         confess (v.)  - to admit (to a wrongdoing)

11.         tolerate (v.)  - to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

12.         execute (v.)  - to kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

3/7

Please scroll down for this week's ELA and for Brainpop extra credit in multiple subjects.

The Book Fair is here this week!  Due to our teacher workday Friday (no school for students), the Book Fair will be closed Friday but open on Monday.

*Inclement weather/snow packets are due by WEDNESDAY!
*Student for tomorrow's WWII test (ch. 12, 13, 14).
*Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.
*Match spelling words with definitions.

Spelling and vocabulary choices are due no later than Thursday (below 90% on last week's tests; they know who they are).  Our tests will also be Thursday because Friday is a teacher workday (no school for students).

3/3

We had such a fun day yesterday for our 100th star reward!  Thank you to the generous parents who were able to send in treats for the entire class.  We definitely enjoyed them.

Today's homework:
Finish math workbook p. 131 (even) & p. 132 (due tomorrow).
Consider re-reading "The Unbreakable Code" prior to tomorrow's story tests.
Study spelling and vocabulary!
If you didn't have time to read and quiz on the extra credit social studies article(s) today, log in to Google Classroom and finish.

*Don't forget that the inclement weather packets are due NO LATER THAN next Wednesday, 3/9.

If you are looking for some fun this weekend, the high school drama program will be performing "Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Clackervilles" at 6:30 PM this Friday & Saturday at the Fine Arts Center.  Admission is $5 for the public; UC students are free.

2/24

*Please come to the 5th Grade Parent Involvement Night tomorrow at 6:00!  You (and especially your child) will be glad that you did.  We will have 3 sessions focusing on ways that parents can help their kids: Successmaker, Math, and Google accounts (hosted by yours truly).  See you tomorrow night!

Students who made below 85 on last week's vocabulary test have a vocabulary choice due tomorrow.  If they made below 85 on the spelling test, then they have a spelling choice due.  If they made below 85 on both, then they must do a vocabulary choice (which will also help practice the spelling).

Please work on AM if you need to get caught up!

Calendar Update!

March 14 will be a regular school day.
May 25 will be the last day of school.
The packets will make up the other three days that students have missed.  (Packets are due by 3/9.)

2/11

Happy Valentine's Day!  Thank you to everyone who sent in goodies!  We are sugared up and stuffed with lots of love going around. LOL

Tomorrow is a teacher workday and Monday is a holiday.

Yes, students do have homework this weekend.
Math WB p. 125 (7 & 8) & p. 126
Sci WB p. 104-107 (We will test on Ch. 5 next Thursday.)
Finish Valentine analogies and idioms.
*Spelling and vocabulary tests will be Wednesday.

Don't forget that inclement weather packets are due by 3/9.  Thank you!  See you Tuesday!

This Week

Well the snow has certainly made a mess of this week's school plans!  IF we are back at school Thursday, then we will have a Valentine mid-morning snack; otherwise it will be Tuesday morning.

Thanks to all who emailed photos of edible cell projects that may not make it to school!  Please bring rubrics and info sheets (as applicable) to turn in when we come back.

ALL work from Monday (scroll down) will be due when we return.  Please be ready to turn in your IRA also.  (This part holds true for whenever we return to school, if not Thursday than next Tuesday.)  Thanks!

**BLOG BONUS!** Complete math WB p. 124 for math extra credit (due when we return to school).

Please be working on the inclement weather packets!  They are due no later than 3/9.  (Thanks to the students who have been emailing their writing assignments.  That helps me tremendously.  Turning in early also gives me the opportunity to suggest improvements if need be, which helps you do better and score better.)

Enjoy your time at home with your family!

Valentine's Party

We would like to have breakfast-type refreshments Thursday morning for Valentine's if you would like to send in a little something special.  (We have drinks.)  Thank you!  (Friday is a teacher workday.)

Here's a class list if you're making Valentine cards.  For student privacy, only first names are used.  We have 15 boys and 8 girls.  (Girls are in italics.) You might consider including Ms. Wylie, our student teacher from Young Harris College who is with us on Thursdays and Fridays, and Mrs. Dyer. <3

Bailey

Trent

Walker

Mattie

Alyssa

Jaylen

Brady

Cole

Andrew M.

Willy

Kai

Daysha

Connor

Ronin

Jackson

Kyle

Braylon

Devin

Avary

Lexi

Eli

Sydney

Andrew Y.

*IMPORTANT!* Inclement Weather Packets & More

Today your child is bringing home several important items!

1. Please sign and return the UCS Acceptable Use Agreement for student email and drive space so that we get online and can start using them in class tomorrow.  Thanks!
2. Students each received a purple folder with THREE Inclement Weather Packets.  Please read the letter carefully, but the packets will make up three inclement weather days.  Completed packets are due NO LATER THAN 3/9/16.  (The letter says 2/17 but we have permission to extend the date to the 9th.)  I told the students that they may turn in one completed packet at a time; they do not have to wait until all three packets are finished.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
3. Please sign and return progress reports.  

HW:
Finish math WB p. 117 (2 in each row) & p. 118 (assigned Monday).
Write tonight's reading summary.
Work on spelling and vocabulary choice(s) if you made less than 85% on the respective test(s).