Newsletter for 5KP May 21st…

5KP NEWSLETTER         

May 21st 2007


WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 5KP?

We are completing our Charlie assignments over LA time this week and I have given the class an extension until Tuesday the 29thof May as they have been generally using their time very well and would benefit from the extra weekend on the project.

All students have completed their Nutritious Meal projects. Each student has now presented their project to the rest of the class and been given back an assessment sheet where they can see where their strengths and weaknesses were. Overall I am extremely proud of the effort the class have made and I have been overwhelmed with positive feedback from parents over the bonding that took place during the project, what great news!

In Social Studies we have finished our unit on the 13
Colonies. I was very happy with the effort and planning that many of the
students put into their group activity. Well done 5KP, your presentation skills
are really developing and I am glad you learnt so much.

In Math we completed Unit 11 and are halfway through unit 12. We should complete the final chapter next week and I plan to do the test next Friday June 1st.

Grade 5 Stepping Up Assembly

The Grade 5 Stepping Up assembly is happening this Thusday at 9 am in the lecture theatre

near the H/S library. I encourage you all to come out and get information from
Mr. Munnerlyn about the expectations required from your child when entering
middle school. This session is due to finish at around 10.30 am.

 SAs pudong Yearbook

The SAS Pudong
Yearbook is on sale now. Envelopes were given to your child last Friday. During
the month of May they are RMB230, but in June they are RMB260. So get your
envelope returned ASAP!

 Thanks

Thanks to all
the parents for the Teacher Appreciation Lunch last Thusday. Teachers were very
impressed (like they are every year) with the awesome spread. It seems to get
bigger and bigger every year. THANK YOU!

 Elementary Track and Field Day

The Elementary
Track and Field Days have been split to lower elementary and upper elementary.
The upper elementary Track and Field Day is on Wednesday 23 May.

Don’t forget
to wear your House shirts and come on out for a great day of fun activities!

 Thanks

Thanks to all
the parents for the Teacher Appreciation Lunch last Thusday. Teachers were very
impressed (like they are every year) with the awesome spread. It seems to get
bigger and bigger every year. THANK YOU!

 Elementary concerts

There are two
great  elementary concerts this week. On
Thursday the grade 3 and 4 choir will be performing at 1:30pm in the auditorium
and then on Friday the grade 5 Band and Strings will be performing a concert at
1:30pm in the same venue. We hope to see you all there.

 

Volunteers
to be recognized

The parents of 5KP have been very visible and
active in the school. Dr. Larkin would like to recognize you for your great
efforts. As per the written notice in the Parent Talk two weeks ago, please RSVP
today
if you can attend the May 24 at 3pm service in the Secondary School Lobby. You are to contact
iris.zhu@saschina.org

 ThankYOU
It was a
wonderful opportunity to get together with the majority of the class yesterday,
also their siblings and parents and so a big thankyou goes out to Letitia’s mum
and dad, Theressa and Young for opening up their home and hearts to us. It was
greatly appreciated by everyone. Thankyou to those that organised this event,
brought along food and attended. Your kind words towards your children were
very touching and I feel very fortunate to have been a part of your child’s
elementary school experience.

 What’s on?

Mon 21 May           Lower
Elementary Track & Field Day

Tues 22 May          ES
Spirit Day – Students wear clothes backwards

Wed 23 May                   Track
& Field Day 9-2.30

Thurs 24 May        Stepping
Up Assembly – Mr. Munnerlyn 9:30 Lecture Hall

Parent Appreciation Tea 11 am

Grade 3 & 4 Choir Performance 1:30pm – Auditorium

Fri 25 May            Strings
& Band Concert 1:30 pm – Auditorium

 

 
 


So much learning, so much linking!

We’ve had Jeff in class this morning giving some tips on all manner of things including a fun thing for the kids to do where they go to a flickr site and type in some letters such as SAS or their name. flickr has pictures of letters that people have taken and you can keep clicking on them to change how they look. Then you can copy that html coding they provide and add it to your sidebar widgets through a text box. See Rahul’s for an example of what we did, or scroll down to the right and check out mine.

We also looked at how to put the students power points on my blog which I will be doing soon so Jeff directed us to a site about slidesharing. I joined up there and here is an informative blog I found there while I was having a look, it won world’s best slideshow at the recent presentation contest. Take a look!
Also we have a few of the health project blogs to look at. Click here to check out Quincy’s healthy meal project.

Christina also completed one of the tasks we discussed this morning in class by going to a site where you can add your own crazy little talking animals, not really my scene, but you check it out and see what you think, the kids loved it.

What’s happening in 5KP???

In L.A. the students have begun their Charlie assignments
and as I had suspected, they are enjoying the challenge and fun of creating
their own story. They should be working on this project at least 4 nights a
week at home to make sure it is finished in the next 4 weeks.

We have started our Health unit on Nutrition. The
students have a project due on May 11 where they will need your help. They were
given the project last week on Friday. I have also posted it on our Edline
page.

In math we are completing unit 10 and will be doing the
test on Wednesday April 25th. We will start unit 11 focusing on Volume later
this week. The skills tested for unit 10 are to:

  • Solve two–step pan balance problems
  • Write algebraic
    expressions to describe situations
  • Represent
    rate problems as formulas, graphs and tables
  • Use
    formulas to find circumference and area of a circle
  • Distinguish
    between circumference and area of a circle problems
  • Solve one-step pan balance problems
  • Interpret
    mystery line plots and graphs

 
T.V Turn off week

This week is
T.V turn off week. All students have been encouraged by teachers and
counsellors to turn the T.V. or Screens (including DVD’s, computer games, video
games, cell phone games, movies at the theatre, or chatting on the computer)
off this week. Support your child to ensure they have a successful and
beneficial experience.

 

May Day Holiday

Enjoy your
long weekend over May Day Holidays. Safe travels and we’ll see you back here on
Wednesday 2 May.

 
Health Video Screening

If you are
planning to view the video that we will be showing students during our Health
unit please be at school between 1:30 – 3:00pm in the Elementary Conference
Room. Our elementary nurse,Mrs Sharon Pantoja, will be there to answer any
questions. 

 
Elementary Assembly

The Elementary
Assembly is being hosted by 5CH this week. It is starting at 10am on Thursday
morning. Come out and support our fellow fifth grade students if you have the
time.

 
What’s on?

Mon 23-27 Apr                        Turn
Off TV Week

Wed 25 April                           Math test on Unit 10

Thurs 26 Apr                            Elementary Assembly
10am

Thurs 26 Apr                            Health
Video 1:30pm for parents to view

Friday 27 Apr                          Meeting
with Middle School 10 am

Mon30 Apr –
Tues 1 May           May Day
Holiday

 

 

Bye for now

Kimbra power

Space Projects are over!!!

Well done to 5JT and 5KP for completing their Space presentations yesterday. The students worked hard on their models. powerpoints, brochures and oral presentations to come up with some great informative discussions and displays. Click on some of my students  links to see what they thought of the project.

Well done Grade 5

you tube quick change

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Here is something we stumbled on in class that we thought was highly amusing.

It is a you tube video, in case you can’t see it here is the link