Let the Madness Begin!

Events coming up include:

May 20 - No School (School Improvement Planning Day)

May 19 and 20th - Hill Registration (19th from 3-7p.m. and the 20th from 8-3) Bring your checkbook!!

May 24 - 5th Grade Poetry Coffeehouse (Your child will bring home their poem this weekend - it does not need to be memorized. ALso, please contribute at least a dozen cookies and allow your child to bring a coffee mug for Coke, Sprite, or water to drink)

May 25 - 5th Grade Spelling Bee

May 26 - Mary Lou Cowlishaw Assembly

May 27 - High Tech/High Touch Science experiments (in school - Thank you PTA!!)
Also - last day for AR tests

May 30 - No School - Memorial Day

May 31 - Accelerated Reader Celebration/Gym Jam

June 1 - Awards Assembly

June 2 - Variety Show

June 6 - Fifth Grade Farewell (see above suggestions for how to help - THANK YOU PTA!!)

June 7 - Last day of school (dismissal at 10:10)

Other notes:

Please remember to send in items for our collection for the Hesed House(information came home last week).

Also, during the year I happily share my classroom library collection with the kids with the hope that all of the books will be treated with love and care and brought back to their "home." These are books I have purchased with my own money and would like to keep for next year's class. My books are marked with "Grezlik" along the top. Please check your books piles or shelves, stacks of school things, or under your child's bed for any of my books. Thank you!! Also, if you have any books you would like to donate to our classroom library, that would be a great end of the year gift to our classroom. Be sure to put your child's name in the book as next year's student's get a kick out of seeing "old" 5th graders names in the books.

I am sure I have forgotten something so you will probably be hearing from me again. We have lots of little things to work on in the last 10 or so days of school, so continue helping your child be the best they can be and make responsible decisions with their time as they finish up on a strong note!! Thanks for your continued support at home!!

Great Site for Summer action!

Here is a great site to sue during the summer to keep up on all of your math and literacy skills!! There are lots of resources here so take the time to look around.

HERE IT IS!!

When you enter the Brookdale Bridge website - click on the gray bar where "Math Links" and Literacy Links" are listed. Then you will follow down to tons of great sites - some for K-2 and below that 3-5 sites.

Enjoy!

Shakespeare

All about Shakespeare.


Shakespeare's sonnets are 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. All but two of the poems were first published in 1609.

Shakespeare Sonnets

Poetry Playtime!

Great site to create some amazingly fun poetry!

Check out this website for some extra help on creating a great diamante poem! Here are some ideas for opposites:
cat/dog
boy/girl
hamburger/Coke
pencil/paper
sandals/sneakers
king/queen
fire/ice
thunder/lightning
earth/sea
rose/thorn
love/hate
victory/defeat
peace/turmoil


Pattern to follow:

Line A: Topic A (must be a noun)
Line B: Two vivid adjectives that describe Topic A
Line C: Three interesting “-ing” action verbs that describe Topic A
Line D: Two concrete nouns about Topic A and two about Topic G
Line E: Three interesting “-ing” action verbs that describe Topic G
Line F: Two vivid adjectives that describe Topic G
Line G: Topic G (must be a noun)

Here’s another example:

Light
Clear, brilliant
Glowing, shining, revealing
Mirror, candle . . . Whisper, shadow
Deepening, sleeping, shrouding
Black, quiet
Darkness