Goodbye 5th Graders-Welcome New 5th Graders!!

I wish all my 5th grade students a great summer and a great year in 6th grade!! I will miss you!

New 5th Grade Students-I am excited to get to know you all! I'm not sure when the class lists will be out?

I will be taking classes and planning in the month of June. I will be

learning and planning for the New Common Core in Math and Language Arts.

Please remember to read this summer to avoid the Summer Slide.

What is the summer slide? Summer slide refers to the loss of reading skills that results when students slip out of the practice of reading over the summer (see "Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide"). It is suggested that students who read at least six books will not regress over summer vacation. So, how do we prevent the summer slide? We engage them in summer reading programs.

If you need to e-mail me, please contact me at:

jan.farmer@loganschools.org OR....

jlovetoteach@gmail.com

Only 5 Days LEFT!!!

I can't believe how this year is flying by?

Here is a list of what we will be doing our final week of school.

Week 3 LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
Monday-Fun Run Leave school 10:15 a.m.
Everyone did great at the Fun Run

Congratulations!! Damian (3rd), Kelsey(1st), Kobe(2nd), and Adrian(2nd), for placing. We broke a Bridger record this year!!

Tuesday-USU Field Trip

Leave school at 8:45

Arrive back to Bridger at 1:15

Wednesday- Class store/Auction
Morning Honor Day for zero missing assignments
1:00 Surprise??????
Kick Ball with school 1:30-2:30

Thursday-5th grade Awards 9:00-10:00 Parents welcome!!

.........Reading Swim Party 10-50-2:30 Bring towel, swimsuit, and sunscreen.
Friday-LAST DAY-SCHOOL DISMISSED @ 12:00

MAY IS HERE!!

Our president reports went very well. Thank you parents for coming to see them. Your support is so important to your child's success.

We will continue reviewing and working hard up until testing, which is the third week of May. Then we will have only one week of school left.

We just finished our geometry unit and grades were sent home today.

Science and Social Studies grade notes have also been sent out and are due back this week.

Book orders are due on Friday.

The Nova Lagoon Day was last Saturday. Because of the weather, they will accept the passes this Friday, May 7th.

PRESIDENT PRESENTATIONS THIS WEEK!!

Parents,

You are invited to come see all the hard work and research your child has done on his/her president report.
Date: Wednesday, April 27th
Time: 1:30-2:30
Place: Gym

SCIENCE
Finish you mealworm experiments before they change into a pupa.
This week we will continue learning about Learned Behaviors and Instincts.
We will also learn about animal variations and specialized structures.

MATH
We will continue learning about surface area then volume.
We will have a test on this unit Friday.
REMEMBER-We have math club Tuesday and Thursday if you do not understand.
This week we will review for the test.

LAGOON
Detective Bird e-mailed saying that next Saturday April, 30th is NOVA Lagoon Day.
If you want to go you must get your own ride. It is not sponsored by Bridger Elementary. The tickets are discounted (around $24.00 plus tax), you can buy up to 7 tickets. He will be giving us more information this week.

MATH CHALLENGE-Go to the Math Tab-You choose the reward!! Prize, extra credit, or missing assignment make up!!

ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT (30 DAYS) LEFT OF SCHOOL!!

We still have a lot of work to do in the next 6 weeks!!
Our President Reports were due last week. Those students who finished will start putting their presentation/pizza boxes together.
We will be presenting these to the whole school on Wednesday, April 27th between 1:30-2:30. Parents are invited to attend to see all the great work you have done!

SCIENCE-Heredity Unit
We will continue learning about traits.
We will also be learning about instincts and learned behaviors. Each student will receive a meal worm to use with their experiments.

MATH-We will continue learning about Area and Perimeter of rectangles,
triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids.

F=Black f=white What trait is dominant?

This week we will be learning about Heredity

HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR BREAK!! REMEMBER TO READ!! Also, don't forget to work on your EXTRA CHALLENGE PACKET!!

Bring what you have finished to class when you return from break and receive a reward!!

When we come back from Spring Break we will learn: Science-Heredity Math-Area and Perimeter Writing-Finish typing president reports jjfarmerj@comcast.net if you need to contact me.

Last Week Before Spring Break

This week we will be finishing our President Reports.

Tuesday-Music performance 1:45 in the gym. Wear dark clothes! Parents are invited!!

Friday-MATH TEST

Please continue reading!! The following students are meeting or have met their reading goal of 21oo pages: Abi, Anthony, Hunter, Meghane, Adrian, Kelsey, Aurora, Sara , Srienoch, SaBen, Scott

Please encourage your child to read !!

Only 8 weeks left until we go to the Aquatic Center.

Have a Fun Spring Break!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED HONOR DAY!

CONGRATULATIONS!! We had a fun honor day today for those students who turned in all their assignments four weeks in a row. The students were rewarded for their hard work! The students who attended played WII games. WOW!! Some of you can really dance, and some of you can play the guitar!!
This week was the first week for our next honor day. If you turned in all your assignments this week, you just have three more weeks to go.

THIS WEEK:
We will be working on our President Reports.
You should have 4 sources by Monday
Here are some computer sources: (Go to the tab that says FAVORITE SITES then presidents 1 or 2 for a direct link)
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/visit/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

REMEMBER TO PLAY MATH GAMES ON IA SITE!! (Also on FAVORITE SITES/MATH HELP)
Remember to go the math tab then IA Site to review what we are learning in math.
The IA Site has many games that will reinforce what we are learning in class.
1. Go to the math tab then IA Site.
2. Go to fractions - simplify, add/subtract, find least common denominator, etc.
BONUS-If you tell me what games you played, you will receive a special prize!!