The Weekly Roar
May 13, 2019
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
To all of the moms and those that have bravely stepped into the role of mom, when it might not have been in your plans. Thank you for becoming real, loving and allowing yourself to be loved.
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
~The Velveteen Rabbit
LIVE HISTORY MUSEUM DUE MAY 21ST
The students will begin presenting at 1:15. Please make plans to join us if your schedules permit.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Live History Museum Work Day/Practice
5th GRADE AWARDS & CLAP OUT
- 5th grade awards assembly will be Wednesday, May 29th in the cafe. There will be a small reception after, with refreshments for the 5th graders and their families. Parents, please arrive by 12:45. The awards will begin promptly at 1:00.Correction from our last newsletter; the students will be wearing special shirts that have been made for them.
- 5th Grade Clap Out: Thursday, May 30th - 1:00
We look forward to seeing all of you there to help us celebrate these wonderful kids wish them well as they take those next steps on their journey!
Your 5th Grade Team,
Mrs. Blackman & Mrs. Schluter
Our Week Coming Up At A Glance:
Writing:
- The students will be writing Dr. Seuss inspired stories, using a limited amount of words. This will be fun but challenging.
Reading:
- We will continue to work on summarizing using GIST and checking our comprehension by using Author’s Portrait.
- We will continue to practice our choral reading. This is a great way to help with fluency. We read a paragraph together out loud as a class at a pace that I set. The more we practice this, the faster we will get and the more fluent we will become.
- Your child should continue reading or be read to nightly for 30 minutes and then getting their reading log initialed.
- We will continue reading, Number the Stars, as we prepare to lightly touch on the Holocaust.
- We will continue talking about Henry Clay, The Missouri Compromise and the events that led to the Civil War, and also begin covering the Civil War.
From The Seele Office:
5/13 – 5/15 -Due to schedule changes we will be a closed campus at all grade level. All lunches need to be brought to school in the morning. Please do not drop off lunches on these days. Thank you for helping us by keeping these testing days as low key as possible 5/13 – 5/15.
From the School Nurse:
#moveinMay May is national physical fitness and sports month! Indoors on rainy days or outside you can find many ways to be physically active Here is info from the USDA choose my plate website on the importance of being physically active: Being physically active can help you:
- Increase your chances of living longer
- Feel better about yourself
- Decrease your chances of becoming depressed
- Sleep well at night
- Move around more easily
- Have stronger muscles and bones
- Stay at or get to a healthy weight
- Be with friends or meet new people
- Enjoy yourself and have fun
Dates to Remember:
Monday, May 13th: STAAR Re-Test - Math
Tuesday, May 14th: STAAR Re-Test - Reading
Wednesday, May 15th: STAAR Test - Science
Thursday, May 16th: STAAR Make Up
Tuesday, May 21st: Live History Museum - Seele Cafeteria - Time 1:15
Tuesday, May 28th: Math Carnival
Wednesday, May 29th: 5th Grade Awards - Seele Cafeteria - 12:45
Thursday, May 30th: 5th Grade Clap Out - 1:00
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact me any time at, yblackman@nbisd.org, or 830-627-6779.
Always With A Roar,
Mrs. Blackman