Monday

Howdy all, and thanks for checking in. I'd like to extend an official welcome to our third and final trimester together. Weird how incredibly fast this year is passing by. Monday Folders have report cards in them, so please take the time to review progress and concerns with your child. With few exceptions, grades remained strong during the second trimester, and I am pleased with the progress of the classroom. ***Please return signed report card envelopes ASAP *** We will be honoring student achievement next Friday, March 18th @ The Big Spin. In the meantime, I am pleased to note the following fifth grade students for their academics:

Honor Roll: Ian, CeCe, Kaylee, Kyle, Lucas and Sky.
Principal's List: Arielle, Ethan, Megan and Trevor.

With this third trimester upon us, the kids can look forward to an individual science project, an artist report, a class play / film, a classroom writing anthology and a classroom mural. Of course, these are all on top of our daily content studies! Yup, we are reaching for the moon and the stars.
The third trimester will see us move away from the grade-level reading anthology and into literature studies. Today we began our exploration of Bridge to Terabithia, a Newberry winner from 1987. Fourth grade can still look forward to Number the Stars and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, while the fifth grade can anticipate War Comes to Willie Freeman and a title TBD.

Tonight, the students are responsible for the following:

Fourth-

- Monday Folders
- Saxon 88
- HM 15.4 (if not completed in class)
- Terabithia vocabulary

Fifth-

- Monday Folders
- Saxon 88
- HM 15.1 (if not completed in class)
- Terabithia vocabulary

Respectfully, Mr. Bryant