Amana 5th grade Newsletter
Ms. Hess & Ms. Powell-Littler 4/28/17
Amana Arts Guild Poetry Contest Winners:
Liam reading his poem to Kindergarteners.
Brianna reading her poem to Kindergarteners.
Grace reading her poem to Kindergarteners.
Class News 4 - 28 - 17
This week brought many exciting events. We celebrated Poem in Your Pocket day on Thursday, as April is poetry month. Each fifth grader selected a poem to read to a Kindergartener on Thursday afternoon. Kindergarteners also were able to share a poem as well.
Products and Processes was a successful event full of learning and fun on Thursday as well. Kids were able to learn about cake baking, interior design, becoming a naturalist, avionic engineering, court reporting, and meteorology. Fifth graders were also super excited (and a little nervous) to meet their pen pals in person for swimming, kickball, and lunch in the classrooms.
Next week will be Ms. Powell-Littler's last week. Please see the section below to help provide her an meaningful send off!
Ms. Powell-Littler's Last Day - May 5th! Help needed!
In an effort to create a class book for Ms. Powell-Littler, I require a bit of your help. Please ask your child if they'd be interested in creating a letter, drawing, or poem in honor of her time here with us in fifth grade. She has made such an impact on your child, and I'd love to send her off with our gratitude. These would need to be completed at home in order to keep it a surprise for her last day. Letters, poems, drawings would need to turned in to me by Wednesday, May 3rd in order for me to put them together for her.
Many thanks,
Ms. Hess
Learning Goals:
Writing: I can create a memoir using figurative language.
Reading: I can make text to world and text to text connections. I can synthesize what I've learned about the causes behind Pluto's demotion from planetary status.
Science: I can explain how the shape of the moon changes over 4 weeks.
Important Dates:
- 4/28 - Field Trip Form Due
- 5/9 - Living History Farms Field Trip (8:30 - 4:30) - Sack Lunch Required (see attached info)
- 5/11 - Amana History Day! - Sack Lunch Required
- 5/11 - 3 - 5th Spring Music Program - 6:30 pm Be here by 6:15pm
- 5/16 - Last Fifth Grade Band Concert - 6:30 pm Middle School Auditorium (see attached)
- 5/19 - Track and Field Day at CCA High School - Sack Lunch Required (see attached info)
- 5/25 - Fish Iowa at Lake Iowa - Sack Lunch Required (see attached info)
- 5/29 - No School
- 6/1 - Last Day of School- 1:05 dismissal - Fifth grade march!
- 6/2 - 5th Grade Celebration! 5 - 7pm (More information will be coming)