Hello,
We have a short but busy week ahead! First thing tomorrow is our Valentine Breakfast. Please remember to have your child bring in $5.00 for the event if she/he hasn't already done so. Thanks - and thanks to all parents who have volunteered to help with this event. We fifth grade teachers really appreciate your hard work!
Also on the agenda this week is our trip to UCSC on Friday. Everyone will have to bring a sack lunch - preferably in a reusable lunch box as we will have to pack our trash out with us. This is a very ecologically focused trip!
We will begin our study of weather in science later this week, and today I handed out a weather station project packet. Please review this with your child. I told the kids to choose one station to build - one that interests them and is feasible to make. The project along with the written report (accompanying handout) is due Wed. 2/24.
I've told everyone that a book report is forthcoming and that they should be reading a chapter book of at least a fifth grade level. I will be discussing the guidelines for the report with them next week.
Have a great week!

Mrs. Koue

P.S. If your child turned in all work last week and grades were satisfactory, I did not send home a yellow sheet this week.

Homework

Read: 30 min.
Math: HB pg. 165
Sign of the Beaver: Look up and write the definitions of the 5 vocabulary words
Finish second news story for colonial newspaper (carefully edited!)