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Super quick because I wasn’t around most of day due to curriculum planning with all of the 5th grade teachers.
First big big news: We decided this last week while I was sick and then I have been playing catch up all week so I haven’t sent it to our class yet. Unfortunately as a 5th grade class we had to cancel the field trip to the San Jose Tech Museum that was going to be on the 19th. As a school we currently have 95 students and we were no where close to having enough seats to get everyone there. I APOLOGIZE for the late notice. This is 100% my fault, the other two classes were informed last Thursday.
Why not take a bus? They run close to $700 per bus and we would require “at least” 2 of them. We try to offer a variety of field trips in 5th grade along with the 3.5 day field trip known as fifth grade camp. The camp alone is already a $300+ expenditure for parents and don’t kid yourself, PFC also contributes mightily to ensure everyone attends 5th grade camp. Therefore with the rest of the field trips during the year we try to best lesson the expenditures required by families and PFC.
However for the Intel field trip for Thursday, April 10th is still a go!! It is a super amazing field trip in the heart of Silicon Valley. We still have time to recruit more drivers for that field trip. If you can drive on this field trip -- please click here to let us know. If you already completed this survey when we sent it out two weeks ago, you do not need to complete it again
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow -- see Monday’s post about the cards. We are Hakuna Matata about the cards, see here. Also Julia in our class hand made envelopes for every student to use to collect their Valentine’s Day cards. So unless your child has strong opinions regarding designing their own box or bag, Julia has that all covered.
5th grade dedication:
Ms. Prevas at matia.prevas@gmail.com is in the process of organizing the 5th grade baby/toddler photos and dedications for the DES yearbook. It is FREE!! It costs you NOTHING except X amount of time to honor your 5th grader in the yearbook. Also it allows us me to say to each kid when we handout the yearbooks at the end of the year, “you were a really cute baby, what the heck happened to you?”
You have exactly ONE WEEK to take advantage of this FREE heartfelt act.
How to do it?
Email Ms. Prevas a photo (jpg or pdf) and a dedication of 30 words or less by Friday, February 20th. If you have the cutest baby picture but you got it at JcPenny’s or Walmart therefore you don’t have the JPG, you may also drop a photograph (in an envelope marked attn: yearbook) in the PFC box outside the school office and it will be scanned and returned to you via the classroom.
Once again: Dedications are 30 words or less and typically contain congratulations, well-wishing, advice for the future, or what you find special about your child.
If there are any questions, please feel free to email: Ms. Prevas
One more time: Common Core Tests
If you have time, I would suggest making 30 to 45 minutes to try out the new style tests, click here to see all six modules and practice style/tests that will be the new Common Core practice.
Please ask your son/daughter about their thoughts regarding the new style of testing. I would love to hear about what their thoughts are regarding the assessment.
If your child came home feeling overwhelmed by the test, they are not alone.
Read these articles that originated from New York. New York rolled out the Common Core testing a year ahead of all the other states therefore parents, students and teachers had opinions regarding the new style of testing.
I am sure there are articles out there where people were ecstatic and fired up regarding the new test. I included articles to help you understand if your child felt overwhelmed by the testing.
Here is one article mentioning parents concerned http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/opinion/sunday/bruni-are-kids-too-coddled.html
This one is pretty short but I liked some of the comments: http://www.joannejacobs.com/2013/11/core-to-kids-youre-not-so-smart/
Here is one from Diane Ravitch (fyi -- not a big fan of common core): http://dianeravitch.net/2013/10/29/new-york-parent-common-core-is-killing-my-childs-love-of-learning/
If you are thinking of complaining, don’t go to Arne Duncan and expect a shoulder to cry on:
This article has Mr. Duncan’s restatement of his original statement with a mom’s direct letter response to his original statement. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/19/white-suburban-mom-responds-to-arne-duncan/
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
“You say misspelled I say reinvented” Alison Agosti
Homework for the week:
Math
11-5 258-259 2-30 evens due Friday
“Free” Free write due on Friday
Science:
Read pages 90-99 and do the questions in the floppy science book
Read 20 minutes every night and earn the Six Flags Ticket
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