Friday, February 13, 2015

February 9th - February 13th

Thank you so much for joining us for our Presidents' Celebration! Our fifth graders did a fantastic job and put in a lot of hard work during this unit. 

Upcoming Events

Monday, February 16th ~ President's Day No School

Tuesday, February 17th ~ Shrove Pancake Breakfast at 7:00 am*, Spirit Spree Begins**

Friday, February 20th ~ Science Test

Friday, February 27th ~ End of St. Paul's Spirit Spree**

Thursday, March 5th ~ Parent Teacher Conferences from 12:00-8:00

Friday, March 6th ~ Parent Teacher Conferences from 7:30-12:00

Friday, March 13th ~ End of 3rd Quarter

Monday, March 16th - Monday, March 23rd ~ Spring Break

March 24th ~ Classes Resume


*The annual Pancake Breakfast will be held February 17 in the school cafeteria from 7:00-8:30 in the morning. This breakfast, sponsored by the 8th grade, serves as a fund raiser for the school and culminates with a class gift presentation during the graduation ceremony in May.

**During the last two weeks of February, St. Paul’s Student Council is sponsoring a school wide Spirit Spree (also called the Extreme Spirit Challenge in the Middle School).  This is a time when we celebrate our spirit of sportsmanship as we support St. Paul’s athletes in basketball tournaments.  We also recall our commitment to service in the community as we collect items for the St. Paul’s food pantry.  Please join us for the fun and help us build our can structure. Visit the link below to access the details of this event.
http://www.speds.org/page/News-Detail?pk=751114&fromId=157855



We had a great time going to Union Station to see "Starring Abe Lincoln" this Friday! The play focused on several key parts of Lincoln's life. 





Academics
In language arts, our primary focus for the week was making final preparations for our Presidents Celebration. Students recorded speeches and finalized their online portfolios. We are so proud of all the work they completed through this unit! Students also completed Wordly Wise 13 and took their spelling test on Friday. Wordly Wise 14 will be due next Thursday, February 19th. 

In reading,
 Mrs. Nash's class finished their Literature Circle novels. Next week, we will be completing a project based on the work they completed during this unit. Miss Laird's class continued reading Small Steps. We are chapter 9 and we focused on summarizing and visualizing. Next week we will discuss Peg’s character traits and how her experiences have changed her throughout the book.  


In social studies, we continued with our study of the American Revolution. Students learned about the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party as well as the meeting of the First Continental Congress. Next week, we will focus on the first battles in the war. Our test over this unit will be Tuesday, March 10th. 


In science, we finished our unit on the human body system. We worked this week on our study guide. We ended the week by going through the study guide and answered any questions about the material. Next week we will continue to review and we will test on Friday. The following week we will begin a short unit on health and wellness.

 

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