Weekly Update 4/24/16

Progress reports and Friday Folders went home on Friday. Check for the latest assignments and grades. The students' Historical Information Reports are still in the process of being graded.

A quick update on a few things happening this week:

• Declaration of Independence Flipbooks due on Wednesday, April 27th
• work on Hatchet presentations... will be due after we finish reading

Also as we start our reading and writing unit on Argument/Persuasive, students are invited to bring in their devices all week. Students can bring in a smart phone/iPod touch, tablet, or laptop every day next week as we look up articles and videos to build our ideas and prepare opinions. 

Upcoming Testing Dates

As many of you are aware, the month of May is a busy time for testing. 5th grades takes the CST Science Test, on top of the CAASPP in both Language Arts and Math. Below are the testing dates. Please make sure your student is at school on these days, are well rested and have eaten breakfast before coming to school. Make-up testing will be at the end of May.

Week of May 2nd- CST Science Testing (actual dates TBD)
Tuesday, May 10th- CAASPP Language Arts Computer Adaptive Test
Thursday, May 12th- CAASPP Language Arts Performance Task
Monday, May 23rd- CAASPP Math Computer Adaptive Test
Tuesday, May 24th- CAASPP Math Performance Task


Also occurring in May is the 6th grade math placement test. Please read through the attached letter from Ken Rocha, Director of Secondary Education regarding the specifics of the 6th grade math placement test.

LINK TO LETTER

There are a few important dates regarding information nights. The actual test dates have not yet been scheduled. Your student will be notified when the test is scheduled.

Speeches start Tuesday, April 12th

Today, students learned about their upcoming speech. They will be presenting information on their Historical Informational Report that they have been writing for the last month and will be submitting their final draft papers on Friday, April 1st.

Below is the sheet that was handed out today with all of the speech requirements. Students should be an expert on their topic-- ready to teach everyone and answer questions afterwards. They should try to memorize as much as possible and have a visual aide.

Speeches will begin on Tuesday, April 12th.

Donation opportunities

Spring has sprung and so has our allergies! 

We are going through kleenex at an increased rate and we would love any donations of kleenex boxes you can offer. Below is a small list of items that would be greatly appreciated in our classroom, as we finish out the school year.

• Kleenex boxes
• glue sticks (example, HERE)
• mechanical pencils (example, HERE)
• post it notes (example, HERE)

Thank you for your continued support of our classroom!

PPIE Run- April 17, 2016

On April 17, 2016 PPIE is having their annual Fun Run. Join me and a lot of other Mohr teachers for the 5K run/walk. Information can be found HERE to sign up to participate. I'd love to have a large showing of the Wilcox Crew out there that morning showing our Eagle Pride.

For those of you who can't make it, there is also the "Snooze for Schools" option which allows you to donate to this wonderful program, even if you can't be there the day of the race.

Last year, PPIE was able to donate money to help PUSD with a technology coach, class chromebooks, smaller class sizes (TK & K), teacher and student grants, and help fund the elementary band & strings program. Also, one of our room mom's Mrs. Stadermann is one of the Mohr representatives for PPIE.

I hope to see you out there on Sunday, April 17th!