Dear parents,
Please don’t worry about IXL or book reports this month. The month has been too irregular with all the days off and snow days. We will resume in February.
The only matters of concern are the upcoming Science Fair for sixth graders on February 8 and the 5th grade field trip to JBiztown on January 25.
The sixth graders should have each brought home a science fair packet to help with the process. Even though this is a home project, we are spending some quality time at school in this endeavor. It is up to your student, however, to complete the experiment and prepare his/her board at home. They are also suppose to be keeping a science fair log notebook with all their notes and data collection. The judge for the science fair will want to see it. If you are new to this process will you please email me and we can discuss the process further.
The fifth graders each year go to a small “town” that is by the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City. It is a fun day learning about how businesses run. Each class is in charge of two or three businesses. We are in charge of Chickfila, Salt Lake City School DIstrict and City Hall. Within the infrastructure of this field trip is that a few parent volunteers come to help the students with their businesses. The parents get trained the day of the field trip at JBiztown. This is fundamental to the experience. We need three parent volunteers to join us. If you think you can help drive to the field trip and help for the day, will you email me. A field trip form will be coming home Tuesday, January 17.
Our class has been doing great since after the holidays. The students had an art project inspired by Bob Ross. They are learning keyboarding down at the computer lab. They are practicing their writing using Utah Compose. We have weekly class meeting to discuss agenda items the students bring up in our class. We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. and listened to his speech. This week in botany we are going to repot some of our plants. If you have any extra pots laying around we could use some. The students are progressing in math and we are doing an intensive study on measurement this week.
Thank you for all your support with snack. It has been wonderful. If you have any concerns please email me..
Ms. Shanan