Monthly Archives: May 2011

Another Beautiful Baby

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Recognizing Madelyn from her baby picture may have been easy for some of you, but do you know this little guy? And is that a Goofy hat he’s wearing? To find out who it is, be sure to join us at the Year-end Awards Assembly at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9th! It’s our send-off to all the graduating 5th graders.

This week we’re wrapping up our final Book Club, practicing our long division skills, posting our Endangered Species Project, and finishing up our Survey of History with Civil Rights and Space Flight. There is also a variety of special events, including the following:

Tuesday, May 31st, 2:30 p.m. — Adopt-a-Street Hopkins Road clean-up (for those that signed up)
Wednesday, June 1st, 8:00 p.m. — Crater High School Graduation
Friday, June 3rd, 11:30 a.m. — Hanley Farms field trip
Monday, June 6th, 11:00 a.m. — Don Jones Water Park Picnic
Wednesday, June 8th — Roadrunner Day
Thursday, June 9th — Awards Assembly and Baby Picture Program, 8:30 a.m. (and last day of school; two hour early release)

Who’s This Baby?

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No one guessed the baby appearing in last week’s post, but this one’s a bit easier. If you want to know the identity of either baby, be sure to attend the year-end Awards Assembly on Thursday, June 9th, at 8:30 a.m. We’ll be airing our Year-in-Review and 5th Grade Baby Picture Program, revealing the identity of all seventy-five of our “babies.”

Aside from that, the school year is winding down rapidly. Here’s the homework for this week: Monday, May 23rd, Tuesday, May 24th, Wednesday, May 25th, and Thursday, May 26th. Students should also be continuing their Book Club reading. We’ll be having our concluding activity next week.

Other important events include the following: No School this Friday, May 27th (Budget Reduction Day); No school on Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day); Adopt-a-Street After-School Walking Field Trip on Tuesday, May 31st (limited to first ten students returning permission slips); Hanley Farms Heritage Fair field trip on Friday, June 3rd; 5th Grade Party (after school) on Friday, June 3rd; State Test Success Celebration at Don Jones Park on Monday, June 6th; Roadrunner Day on Wednesday, June 8th; Last Day of School, Thursday, June 9th. Last but not least, here’s the final episode of the Room 15 News.

Honor Roll Kudos

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Congrats to all my former students listed on the Scenic and Hanby Honor Roll!  Earning staight-A’s were Anna Wheeler, Shelby Webb, Tarisha Goosman, Mckuenzie McCormick, Justin Mckechnie, Bailey Burtner, Melissa Lara, Natalie McCarty, Emma Quackenbush, Elisabeth Rose, Falon Sonnen, Katryna Thomas, Sage Stewart, Jenny Burnett, and Matt Croft.  Earning a 3.5 or better were Cassie Bowen, Brendan Vonkienast, Morgan Anderson, Katelyn Bender, Griffin Alner, Tori Ianieri, Haily Schmidt, Kendra Beckenhauer, Kaitlin Brookman, Lexi Chadwick, Julianne Croft, Leo Gutierrez, Jamie Harris, Cierra Herbst, JC Johnston, Maddie Nieto, Ally Plankenhorn, Maggie Robinson, Rachel Scwhartz, Kirsten Skinner, and Makayla York. Keep up the great work!

Who’s This Baby?

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The end of the school year is nearly upon us, which means you need to mark your calendar for the CPE Year-in-Review and 5th Grade Baby Picture Program. On the morning of Thursday, June 9th,we’ll reveal the identity of seventy-five babies, including the one shown at left. Be sure to join us for this emotional conclusion to your child’s elementary career.

The big event this week is DARE Day on Friday. Kids need a sack lunch, a little spending money if they want to play the arcade games, and a jacket if the weather is cool. Friday is also the CPE Science Fair. Students need to complete their projects at home this week and have them at school Thursday morning. To give them a little extra time, there will be no math homework this week. However, we have a fractions chapter exam on Thursday, so students need to pay extra attention in class. Students also need to be keeping up with their Book Club nightly reading.

Room 15 Update

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A cranky teacher, excited kids, the suddenly-warm weather, and a post-OMSI funk contributed to a rough week in the classroom, but it was capped off by one of the most significant events of the fifth grade year: DARE Graduation. I am immensely proud of each of our students for completing the course and making the pledge to stay away from illegal substances. I am hopeful they’ll all have the inner strength to fulfill their commitment during the challenging teenage years to come. Having graduated, students will attend DARE Day on May 20th. If you haven’t yet read their DARE essays, please see each students’ individual webpage.

Although the end of the year is fast approaching (much too fast, in my opinion), we still have a ton of work to do in class. Students have embarked on our Endangered Species Research Project. Their work will appear on their websites soon. We’ve also started our final Book Club of the year. Students should be reading every weeknight and using the weekends to catch-up. Science Fair proposals are due this Friday. In history we’re plunging forward, hoping to get at least a glimpse of the 20th-Century before we run out of days, and in math we’re continuing our study of fractions by learning to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. Here’s our homework for the week: Monday, May 9th; Tuesday, May 10th; Wednesday, May 11th, and Thursday, May 12th. Two other notable events take place this week. On Thursday we’ll be having our “Supreme Court Hearing.” Students from the other classes have challenged the constitutionality of the Room 15 right to chew gum in class. The case will be heard by Justices Davenport, Rankin, and Harmon at 1:00 in the Music Room. And finally, here’s the latest installment of the Room 15 News. It includes segments on the OMSI trip, DARE Graduation, and our news team’s visit to KOBI.