Please note Change!
Due to Monday and Tuesday Testing this week, we have postponed the next Math Test (Topics 14, 17 and 20)
until after the Nature's Classroom and Alternative Program Experience!
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Topic 14, 17 and 20 Study Guide
ü How to estimate a division answer (Use the closest multiple of the divisor)
ü How to use an estimate to determine if an answer is reasonable
ü How to calculate unit cost or price (Cost per pack divided by number of items in pack) and compare unit costs to determine the best buy
ü How to divide by a multiple of 10 and recognize patterns in division problems
ü How to find the average speed or rate (Distance divided by time = average speed or rate)
ü How to calculate and use averages to solve problems
ü The concept of ratio and how to write a ratio in three different ways ( 7 to 1, 7:1, 7/1)
ü How to create and describe ratios to compare and analyze data (for example results of a survey
ü How to calculate the area of a triangle, parallelogram, and trapezoid
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Nature’s Classroom 2012
Departure and Arrival Information
Departure: Tuesday, May 22 – Students are not permitted to ride the school bus to school on Tuesday morning. They must be dropped off with their luggage no sooner than 7:45 AM and no later than 8:00 AM. Students must be dressed in long pants for departure.
Please drop off your child in back of the school with his/her luggage. There will be signs posted and people assisting you to put the luggage in its proper pile. Students must then report directly to homeroom for attendance. Teachers will accompany students onto the correct busses at loading time.
Parents are welcome to stay and wave good-bye, but please unload quickly and move your car to the front lot. We ask that parents not accompany students into the building. Students will come up to our neighborhood through the back door. At 8:30 AM the busses will pull out and swing around and into the front lot so parents may wave good-bye should you decide to stay around.
Return: Friday, May 25 shortly after 1:30. Please be here on time so we can unload our busses and send your child and their luggage home with you. IMPORTANT CHANGE: You should wait for the busses in the front of the school in your cars (due to the recess schedule.) You may park in the parking spaces in the front lot. We strongly encourage you to car pool to minimize the number of cars arriving to pick up the children.
Please be prompt in dropping off and picking up your child. Our busses must leave promptly at 8:30 AM. We will be unable to hold the busses back to wait for any late arrivals.
Final reminders: Students may not bring food or electronics or any battery operated toys or appliances to Nature’s Classroom. Students may take a day pack with water bottle and jacket / sweatshirt on the bus with them. Students must be dressed in long pants for departure. All luggage must be labeled with your child’s name, homeroom teacher’s name and cabin name. You child will learn their bus number and cabin name on Friday, May 18, 2012.
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IMPORTANT!
Please be sure that you have filled out and sent in the paperwork for Nature's Classroom. It is a mulitple page set that included information about your child's health, medications, etc. If you do not have the form, please have your child request another one from me and I will send it home to you. Thank you!!
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Please Help!
We are running really low on supplies like paper towells, Kleenex, and spray anti-bac cleaners. Seems like we have a lot of runny noses this time of year. Also, we also have a pretty dedicated table cleaning crew that keeps our tables spotless. Can you help? Thank you.
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Fifth Grade Calendar
May and June 2012
5/17 Trivia Bee 7:00 PM
5/18 DARE Graduation at SSES
5/21 In school assembly for safe school climate 2:30-3:15 PM
5/22-5/25 Natures Classroom/Alternative Program
5/31 In-School Band Concert 2:40-3:20 PM
5/31 Evening Band Concert 6:30-7:30 PM
6/6 Field Day 1:30-3:20 PM
6/7 Step Up Ceremony at 9:15
6/12 Chorus concert at 9:20 AM, Evening performance is 6:30PM
6/13 Field Day Rain Date
6/15 Gentile/Clark Field Trip to e.e.Smarts
6/21 Student’s Last Day of School
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September 2011,
Dear Students and Parents,
Welcome to my class! I look forward to a great year of learning in both mathematics and science. In math we will continue the Growing with Math Program covering many new topics and revisiting old ones. We have a lot of activities and group projects to make math a really fun subject to study.
In science we will study light, sound, the moon and its phases, and the different body systems--with special emphasis on the brain and nervous system. Also, we will study conservation of energy and conservation of the earth's resources.
Homework assignments can be found on the homework board in the classroom as well as on this website under the "ASSIGNMENTS" tab.
I welcome you to the fifth grade at SSES! If you have any questions, please e-mail me at
rclark@eastonps.org.
Thank you!
Mr. Clark
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