Here are some of the photos of the children chatting and working with the visiting authors, Sheree Fitch and Ralph Fletcher.

OK Parents, time to give me the ‘low-down’ on my performance this year when it comes to meeting the needs of you and your 5th grade child. Here is some information from Mr. Bissmeyer:

As a component of SAS’s Faculty Performance Evaluation program and in an effort to promote continued professional growth, parents are invited and encouraged to provide anonymous feedback on teacher performance via an online survey.  Know that you should complete the survey for each of your child’s teachers so please allot 10-15 minutes for you to respond to the 12 questions.

Please go to this link: http://portal.saschina.org/survey/pudonges
The survey will be available from Thursday, March 5th – Wednesday, 11th.
This survey is also available in Korean and Chinese from the above site.
Thank you in advance for participating and offering honest, constructive and balanced feedback.

OK, Kimbra here again, I must say that I just completed a survey for my daughter’s teacher and it took me more like 2-5 minutes so don’t be put off, it is quick and easy.

News of the week is that we will have a math test before the week is out, all I can guarantee is that it won’t be before Thursday but I am hoping for a Friday test at this stage, it depends how we go this week with the disruptions of the schedule through the visiting author’s being here.

Unit 8

Skills covered on the unit eight test include:

*use an algorithm to multiply mixed numbers

*use an algorithm to multiply fractions

*use an algorithm to subtract mixed numbers with like denominators

*find a percent of a number

*use an algorithm to add mixed numbers

*order and compare fractions

*convert among fractions, decimals and percents

*convert between fractions and mixed or whole numbers

*find common denominators

Regarding buying author books get in quick if you want your child to buy a book and have it autographed, there are not as many books for sale as there have been in the past.Have a great week and let’s hope there will be some sunshine soon.