Here are some great sites for division practice. Trust me, everyone needs to work on their multiplication and division facts.

http://www.math-drills.com/division.shtml

http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/long-division.php

http://www.dadsworksheets.com/

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Math: graphing

Corrected papers are coming home tonight. Make sure you check backpacks to see your student’s outstanding work!

Thursday Thoughts and a few fliers are coming home as well.

Please remember ALL library books are due TOMORROW May 28th.

Please make sure students do not bring toys to school. They can bring them on Fridays for our Friday Free Time, but they need to stay in their backpacks until its time for the free time. Having toys is very distracting to everyone.

Attention 5th Grade Parents:
A red half slip of paper is coming home tonight. Please read through it carefully.

Have a great night!
Karrie Brown

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Math: Graphs—most kids finished in class


Tomorrow is the 5th grade field trip to Fisherman’s bend. Please wear appropriate clothes and comfortable shoes. Students will go on an outdoor hike.

Choir field trip is May 28th

Remember May 26th is the last day for book orders.

ALL library books are due back my May 28th. Mrs. Loyd needs them all back by the 28th so they can do inventory. I believe the library will be open this summer. I will get back to you with more information.

Today was awesome. I hope you can attend next year. This is a really neat field trip for the kids to go on. Everyone worked really hard and had fun at the same time. I will send or post pictures when I can. A parent who attended will send them to me (my camera pooped out).

* Last year I created a CD of pictures I have taken of the class through out the year. The kids and parents really liked them. If you are interested in receiving a CD full of class pictures they are $3.00. I do them at Costco because I don’t know how to down load them on a CD from my computer.

* I have also received some things for our class store. They are mostly girl items. If you are able to bring in boy items that would be great. I have talked to the class about it and told them they could bring in toys they don’t play with any more. They need to check with parents first.

* Many students have expressed that they are going to be ordering books from the LAST book order of the year. Please make sure orders are in be May 26th. I want to make sure we get the books in before school is out.

* Reminder to all 5th grade parents: 5th grade field trip on Tuesday, May 26th.

Have a great weekend!

Karrie Brown

Homework:
Read 30 minutes

Tomorrow is DBR. I gave a check list to each student of what to bring. The only thing that was not on the list (of course) was a water proof jacket in case it rains (which it probably will). We will be going rain or shine!

I also wanted to let you know, May 28th is when ALL Forest Ridge library books need to be turned in. There will be no more check out.

I would also like you and your student to look around your house for any books that belong to me. They will most likely have a pocket in the back, and my name in the book.
Starting in June I am going to ask the kids to not take them home any more. I hate to do that, but I need to do “inventory.”

To all 5th grade parents, we still need people to help out with the recognition on June 14th. Don’t forget to send your 5th grader with $2.00 as well.

Have a great night,
Karrie Brown

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Graphing—most kids got it done in class

June 14th will be our last class store. If you are able to donate anything for the kids to buy I would really appreciate it. Some things we need are: Juice boxes, snacks of any kind and whatever else you would like to contribute. I know this is a busy time of year, and for some expensive. Even if each parent bought one item that would really help.

May 26th is when I will be ordering books. It is our last book order of the year! Take this opportunity to make sure your students have great reading material for the summer.


Dear 5th Grade Families,

5th grade recognition night is coming fast! As we are going over all of the details, we are finding holes in areas that we need your help with. Here are some areas we need help with:

1. Decorate gym at 3:15 on June 14th. 12-15 parents are needed. Teachers will not be at school during this time. One of these parents needs to be in charge of arranging baby photos, of which the students will already bring in. Another parent will need to hang kids posters, of which will already be completed. If you are willing to take on this responsibility please contact Sara Koenig at koenig_sara@salkeiz.k12.or.us.

2. We need 10 flower bouquets. In the past, it has been easiest for one parent to do this. If you are willing to take on this responsibility please contact Karrie Brown at brown_karrie@salkeiz.k12.or.us.

3. We need one parent to pick up 20 balloons and table cloths (the roll of plastic table cloths works best). You will be reimbursed. Please use our colors. They are school colors: burgundy, blue, green. If you are willing to take on this responsibility please contact Sara Koenig at koenig_sara@salkeiz.k12.or.us.

4. This year the 5th grade gift is building an arbor for our Naturescape. We would like each student to bring in $2.00 for the gift, and we need parents to help guide the students building the arbor. If you are able to come help students build the arbor please contact Kyle Jorgensen: jorgensen_kyle@salkeiz.k12.or.us


So far these parents have a job:
Elizabeth Beazizo: picking up forks, plates, napkins, and cups in school colors.
Marci Hill: buying 4 ½ sheet cakes from Costco. Each cake should say: “ Congratulations 5th Graders” in school colors.
Deann Garcia: punch
Program: Emily Loyd
Flowers: Mrs. Walling

Thank you so much for helping this be a memorable night for your children!

Karrie Brown
Kyle Jorgensen
Sara Koenig

Homework:
math- graphing
Read 30 minutes

Tomorrow Whiteaker comes to talk with all 5th graders. 8th graders will be coming in to give our 5th graders the ins and outs of middle school.

May 21st is Down by the River Side If I emailed you, please make sure permission slips are in.

May 25th 5th grade field trip

May 26th Our last book order of the year is due. This is your last chance for a great deal on books!

May 28th ALL library books are due. NO more check out.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
multiplication--some kids got it done in class

Today we had a guest speaker talk to us about Waste Free Lunches. Each student took home a paper describing how they can pack a waste free lunch. If they fill out the pledge and turn it in to me, they could win a Laptop lunch box!

Scholastic Book orders are also coming home. It will be our last book order of the year.

Have a great night

Homework:
Read 30 minutes each day this weekend.

Don't forget to come help out tomorrow May 8th. We need people who know how to put a Big Toy together, and to help out in the nature scape.

If you are at all able to help out our class for Down By the Riverside I could really use your help.

Have a great mothers day!

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Practice Cool Country speeches

Come to Family Fun Night!!

Lots of permission slips and information going home today!

Have a great evening!

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Math--Mean, Median, Mode, Range

May 6th is our Family Fun Night! We have some great stuff for our Baby Basket. I have had one person bring in money, and I will pick up something. I love to shop, so if you just want to bring in a couple of dollars I can pick something up.
ALL ITEMS for the theme basket are due by APRIL 27th

Remember, Cool Country speeches should be ready to present May 7th

Please remember to turn in permission slips for the Oregon History Museum, and the Zoo.

Sorry about the no posting. Things get a little crazy every now and then.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes-- reading logs are due today
Math-- story problems, some kids got it done in class

Please make sure your student has pencils. I swear the kids eat them!

Baby items are still needed! We just got a beautiful story book, a memory book, a towel and some wash cloths. Please bring in more items.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Math—geometry


Reminders:

Book orders are due April 9th.

Our theme basket for Family Fun night is “Baby, Oh Baby.” Please bring in any NEW baby items. I sent a list out through email and there is a list on the blog under April 5th.
All items need to be in April 27th.
May 6th is Family Fun Night.
The class whose basket has the most people who want it will get something special! Let’s make this basket the BEST one!

Reading state testing is today and tomorrow

Math state testing is April 13th and 14th.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Math- points, lines, angles (some kids finished in class)



May 6th is our Family Fun Night. With every Family Fun Night each class creates a basket to be auctioned off that night. Our auction basket theme is “Baby, Oh Baby.” We need to fill our basket up with baby items: clothes, formula, diapers, wipes, baby food, toys, burp cloths, binkies, onesies, bottles, sippy cups, bibs, baby lotion, baby soap and shampoo…..that sort of thing. Target and Walmart are great places to shop for these items. All items need to be in by April 27th.


Don’t forget book orders are due April 9th. Remember you can order online.


We will start our second round of Oaks testing this month. Reading Oaks will be April 6th and 7th.
Math Oaks will be April 13th and 14th.

Corrected papers are also going home today. This would be a great day to check backpacks.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes---Reading logs due tomorrow
Math--ploting points

Cool countries are due Tomorrow the 31st.

Homework:
Read for 30 minutes
Math—Geometry

April 15th we will be having a Multiplication/division quiz (some kids have moved on to division) please practice with your students.

Scholastic order forms are going home today. If you want to order books please have the orders to me by April 9, 2010. Remember, you can order online. Each time a parent orders online I am able to order a free book for our classroom library. The kids love new additions to the library. If you do not order online checks are the easiest ways for me to make the payment. Cash is fine too, but if you can, checks are the best.

For those I did not conference with, I am sending home a parent handbook with strategies for Multiplication and Division basic facts. If this works great, do what works best for your family and student. I am just passing along information I have.

Homework:
Read everyday of spring break. Reading logs are going home today, and a log from the library is coming home to keep track.

Students are also bringing home their Cool Country Report. Much of the work they need to get done is from the internet. We have had a number of class days to work on them. I would like them to all be done my March 31st. We will then work on a speech the students will make.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes---Reading logs are due
Math: ordered pairs---find the mystery picture

When we come back from Spring Break we will be measuring angles. Please make sure your student has a clear protractor. It’s much easier to measure angles if they can see through the protractor.

Homework:
Read 30 minutes
Find an interesting article in the newspaper or magazine you would like to respond to in your writing journal.


Field trips coming up:
May 14th, we will be going to the Oregon History Museum.

The permission form will come home within the next couple of weeks. If you'd like to chaperone, please let me know. We're planning to pull out on the bus at 9:15 and be back at school at 2:00.

If you would like to chaperone and already have a completed background check form, you should be fine. If you have not completed one, but would like to go, contact the office (503-399-5548) as soon as possible to request those forms. It takes several weeks for the background check to be clear, so you'll want to get that ball rolling. If you have done a background check, but it was 5 or more years before the date of our trip, it will have expired. This especially affects you parents who may have done the background check when an older sibling was in kinder or first grade. I can check your expiration date if you would like.

Another event to put on your calendar is our Down By the Riverside trip to Willamette Mission State Park. That will be Friday, May 21st.

We are working on planning a trip to the zoo at the end of the year. Those plans are tentative at this point, but we're hoping to book the trip for Friday, June 11th. Stay tuned for more info on that soon.

Homework:

Read 35 minutes –Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Remember there is no school on tomorrow March 12th. I will be slaving away at my computer putting grades on report cards…..please feel sorry for me. :0)

Next week is a short week for students. March 18th and 19th there is no school.

Spring Break is from March 22-26. Kids come back the 29th, all rested and ready to learn some more!