Miss Trefonas's 2009-2010 5th grade Class

May 2010

Dear Students and Parents,

WOW! Where does time go? The students in my 2009-2010 5^th grade class have definitely made this saying true: “Time flies when you are having fun!” As much as I am looking forward to summer activities, I'm not looking forward to saying good-bye to this year's students.

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The school year has been filled with many fond memories. The books that have been read this year has been incredible. I think the overall favorite read aloud was Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise. A fantastic accomplishment this year was that many of the students met their SCOOPer Reading goals for all three trimesters! Some other memorable moments were the Trade Fair, Junior Achievement skits, School House Rocks songs, T.G.F.D. with Deputy K., Karina being a Spelling Bee Champion, Susan's China shares, Book Clubs, Narrative writing / Creative writing stories being read aloud, tickets, the talent shows, band & choir concerts, the games Megan's dad invented, Word Quest and Flick Tac Toe, the incredible class discussions we had while reading Jacob's Rescue, Daniel's conversations about turbines and politics, Anne of Green Gables, Stories with Holes, and I could just go on and on!!!!

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I am proud of each student and know that they are moving on to 6^th grade with independent work skills and study habits which will help them succeed at the junior high and beyond. The ability to work with one another and be able to listen, contribute ideas, and get the “task at hand” accomplished was demonstrated repeatedly as the year progressed. This says a lot about each and every student whose goal was to do their best.

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With confidence, I feel each and every student from this class has the potential to achieve great things as they go on to Lakeview, high school, and hopefully higher education. I look forward to keeping in touch and hearing about future successes and achievements.

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In closing, I would like to thank the parents for letting me be a part of your child's life for the past nine months. As we leave for the last time on Wednesday, June 2nd, I hope that the children will have at least one lasting memory of our time together.

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I have 25 very special memories of this year!

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PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH:

e-mail = jtrefonas@ccsd66.org

The Weeks of May 24th, 2010 & May 31st

Dear Parents,
Believe it or not this will be our last full week of 5th grade!
Some reminders:
~Thursday, 5/27 = 5th grade end of the year celebration
and SCOOPer Reading Party!!!
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~Friday, 5/28 Bowling = may bring $ for snacks
BRING LUNCH FROM HOME - NO HOT LUNCH AVAILABLE!
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~Monday, 5/31 = Memorial Day - No school
~Tuesday, 6/1 = School Picnic and special concert
~Wednesday, 6/2 = LAST DAY - 9:30 Dismissal
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Words of the Week L - Z = ABC book project due Friday and test Friday.
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READING: Anne of Green Gables..... We will be watching the movie and responding in a journal after each episode This is based on the best-selling novel and is a fictional portrayal of an orphan who is adopted by an elderly brother and sister to help with the farm work. They are expecting to adopt a boy, but Anne arrives instead. This is a humorous and endearing tale of the many experiences of an adolescent.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 12 Lesson 3 "A Struggle for Reformers"
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SCIENCE: Chapter 15 continued.....We will be learning about different forms of energy and changing forms of energy.
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MATH: We are not starting a new chapter but will be reviewing material, doing logic matrix puzzles, and doing math activities in the computer lab.

The Week of May 17th

Dear Parents,
Some reminders.......
*Monday, May 17th - Parent Night at Lakeview
*Monday, May 17th - Our class goes to Lakeview for summer reading program book check out!
*Tuesday, May 18th - 5th grade visit and orientation at Lakeview @ 1:15!
*Thursday, May 20th - Prairieview Cadet Band and Choir performance 1:00 (parents may attend)
*Monday, May 17th and Friday, May 21st = Choir Field Trip 12:30 - 2:00
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Words of the Week - Letters A - M
ABC booklet for letters A-M due Friday. Test = Friday
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ENGLISH: We will be finishing adverbs this week and taking the ADVERB test on Friday.
We will also do creative NARRATIVE writing.
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READING: Jacob's Rescue end of book activity "Bio-Poems" is due Monday.
We will be continuing to use reading strategies and skills through some miscellaneous activities this week.
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SCOOPer Reading: Due date is this Friday, May 21st.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 12 "Times of Change" - Lesson 1 "U.S. Turns 50"
Lesson 2 "A New Kind of Revolution"
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SCIENCE: Chapter 15 Energy - We will learn about potential and kinetic energy this week.
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MATH: Chapter 7 - Lesson 2 Patterns in Decimals - Lesson 3 Multiplying Decimals -
Lesson 5 Estimating Products
This is another short chapter.
Chapter 7 test = Thursday, May 20th
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The Week of May 10, 2010

Dear Parents,
A big thank you to all of you who did so many nice things during Teacher Appreciation Week. I am very thankful to work in a community with such thoughtful parents.
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SOME REMINDERS.....
*Failure notices issued this week.
*Spring Concert = Monday, May 10th 7 - 8 pm at Lakeview
*Bubble Wonder Assembly = Tuesday during school @ 10:00
*Lakeview musical Oklahoma - 5th grade goes to dress rehearsal @ LV - Thursday 1:00
*Early Dismissal = Friday, May 14th 11:00
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 34 - This will be our last lesson in our regular spelling workbook.
Next, we will be completing an activity and tests with words of the week.
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ENGLISH: Adverbs......Comparing with adverbs and deciding whether a word is used as an adjective or an adverb. Also, we will be doing some revising work with adverbs.
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READING: We continue to practice the reading strategies and skills we have learned this year while reading Jacob's Rescue. We have had very insightful discussions about the Holocaust and what life was like during this time in history. They will be receiving grades on participation and comprehension questions.
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SCOOPer Reading: May 21st is the deadline! We have had great book shares this week!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 11 Lesson 3 "Another War with Britain"
Chapter 11 Test = Friday, May 14th.
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SCIENCE: Chapter 14 Test is Tuesday. The students have known about this test for a week and we are doing a lot of review. I want to let you know this due to the concert being the night before the test.
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MATH: Chapter 24 is another short chapter. This past week we learned about the area of squares and rectangles (lesson 24.2), the area of triangles (lesson 24.4), and the area of parallelograms (lesson 24.5). Monday, we will learn about volume (lesson 24.8),
Tuesday - review
Wednesday - Chapter 24 test *Calculators and notes with formulas will be allowed!