Weekly Update

Weekly Update

December 1-5, 2008

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I look forward to spending time with all of you this last month of the year 2008.

I had an opportunity to look at and begin correcting your fabulously original Fantasy Islands. They will be displayed on the wall outside the fifth grade area this coming week. I am certain that everyone will enjoy viewing this creative project.

This week we will begin our Native American Research Project. (NAP) The forms that explain the project will come home on Monday, please have them signed and returned by Friday. This is an ambitious writing project and we will need a lot of dedicated researchers. The paper will be due the Tuesday we return from winter break, so plan your time well, and try to put forth a good effort every day. Your end product will be amazing, and in
addition, you will gain a great deal of knowledge and skill from completing it to the best of your ability.

We will also continue work on our Wordmasters , receive a new spelling list, and have the spelling test on Friday. This week our Super Star is David, and he has chosen North Carolina to research. It will be due on Friday. We will also have a newsnote due on Thursday. Be sure to complete all the questions and include the original article that you reviewed.

We will continue to explore our Historical Fiction books in our Literature Circles. Please update your vocabulary lists daily and make sure the books and journals come to class EVERY DAY.

Our class mascot, Von Schungglebug III, was visiting Maddy over the past weekend. He will return on Wednesday to spend time with another classmate.

On Monday we will have Science on Tuesday we will have Music, Wednesday
will be Phy Ed, Thursday will be Science and Friday will be Music again. We will also look forward to a special Science program this Thursday afternoon.

This Monday we will have a computer session in the morning and an Art enrichmentin the afternoon. We will also go to our school library on Tuesday morning and the public library on Wednesday morning. Be sure to bring last months books to return. In addition, band lessons are on Tuesday and orchestra lessons are at the end of the day on Wednesday. Remember to bring your instruments to school.

Our November memories are due on Thursday in rough draft form and Monday the 8, in final form.

More information will be found in the daily planner. Please make sure that it is updated and signed each evening.

Susan Polfliet

my email address is:susan.polfliet@spps.org

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School Patrols
This year, Ms Lee and Mr. Olmsted will be in charge of the sixth grade
patrols. We, as fifth graders, will have an opportunity to
cover patrol corners several times during the year. As always, this
will be done with a spirit of service in mind and a dedication to
keep our younger students safe while crossing streets.

Our first experience will be during the days that the 6th graders travel for a week to Wolf Ridge Environmental Center.

E-mail
I can be reached at the following e-mail address:
Susan.Polfliet@spps.org

My classroom number is 117. The best time to reach me is a little before or after school, or at 2:00-2:50 PM, during my prep.

School Store
The month of September interested students took the School Store test. Qualified students formed teams and will alternate working at the store in the morning, and watch our school community respond to positive
service for them. *****************

The test determined a student's ability to handle money and goods. Those qualified were given an opportunity to work, promote, and
manage the St. Anthony Park School Store. Those who did not qualify, or
choose not to work the first semester, can apply or retake the test the
first week in January.
The store benefits the school in several ways. It provides inexpensive
school supplies to our population of kindergarten through sixth grade
students. It also allows our fifth graders first hand experience in the
management of a small business. Finally, the money earned by the store
goes for camp scholarships, books, classroom projects and several fun
activities throughout the year.

Our store is open daily from 8:55-9:15 AM., and it carries a variety of
pencils, notebooks, sharpeners, pens, tools for learning, and a few
novelty items. The prices of these items range from $.10 to $2.00, and
the inventory is updated often by different team orders.

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Moon Bridge, Marcia Savin

This book takes place during World War II. It tells of a friendship between two American young woman. One who spends the war in a Japanese Internment camp and another who remains in San Francisco.

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi

This is an adventure of a young woman who finds herself aboard a ship called the Seahawk during the year 1832. The crew is planning to mutiny, and her life is changed by the decisions that she makes.

Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan

This is a story about Perce Blackborow, a stowaway with the crew who traveled to Antarctica on the fateful expedition of the Endurance. The story takes place in 1914.

Sounder, by William H. Armstrong

This is the story of a poor African-American sharecropper, his son and their dog Sounder. It takes place in the 19th century South. It is a 1970 Newbery Medal Award Winner, a children's classic of moving sorrow and abiding faith.