Paul Watson

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Have a great summer everyone!!!

Tennis

We have been asked to share the following information with you:

There is a new tennis group in the area that is looking for players in Middle School. The tennis league will have three teams available to the McClure community. It will include players of all levels, from beginners to advanced. There are no cuts from this league. Sign up has to be done by August.

 

There is a wonderful website at  www.atakthenet.com that gives you all of the information needed. There is also a parent coordinator that can help with any questions about the group. Her name is Kim Barfield and she has a student in the sixth grade at McClure. She can be reached at 770-560-8089 or

 kimbarfield@comcast.net 

Reminders...

5^th Grade Activites

 

5/5      Field Day and Cookout

 5/7  Forensics Day     9:30

5/12  McClure to Bullard

5/15   Shadow Day

5/19  Luau and Dance      1:30-4

5/21  5^th Grade Ceremonies    8:15 in cafeteria

5/22  Walk at     1:45

  

5^th Grade Spirit Day

 

5/6     Crazy Sock Day    “ Sock it to Sixth Grade”

5/13    Favorite Sports

Jersey

    “Three Cheers for Middle School”

 5/20   Crazy Hair     “Celebrate Heading to McClure”

Next Couple of Weeks...

Tomorrow we will have our High Touch High Tech in-school field trip.  Our time is scheduled for 10:00.  This Friday will be our fifth grade Panoramic Picture at 9:30. 

Next Tuesday, April 21st, marks the beginning ofthe CRCT.  Testing starts each day promptly at 8:00.  If a student is tardy they will not be allowed down to the classroom until testing is complete in order to maintain a controlled testing environment.  Therefore, PLEASE make sure your child comes to school on time and has had a good healthy breakfast each day during testing.  Parent volunteers will also be sending in a snack, juice, and mints each day during testing.  There will be no homework or spelling test during the week of testing.  The testing schedule will go as follows: Tues.-Reading, Wed..-LA, Thurs.-Math, Fri.-Science, Mon.-Social Studies.  Of course, the math and reading sections are super important for fifth grade.  This is an awesome class and I am anxious to see how great they do!!!    

Upcoming Dates/Events

This Wednesday is our class field trip to the Breman Museum.  We will leave by 9:15 and be back by 1:45.  Please make sure your child wears their class t-shirt.  Spring Break is the week of April 6th.  Also, our in school High Touch/High Tech field trip is April 15th at 10:00.  The CRCT testing window begins on April 21st.  Here are some more dates that are a little while down the road but will be here before you know it: 

Tuesday, May 5th               Field Day and Cook Out

Wednesday, May 6th           Crazy Sock Day  "Sock it to Sixth Grade

Thursday, May 7th              Forensics Day  (9:30)

Tuesday, May 12th             McClure to Bullard in Cafeteria  (9:15-10)

Wednesday, May 13th         Favorite Sports Jersey " Three Cheers for Middle School"

Friday, May 15th                5th Grader Shadows at McClure

Tuesday, May 19th             Luau/Dance

Wednesday, May 20th        Crazy Hair "Celebrate Heading to McClure"

Thursday, May 21st            5th Grade Graduation

Friday, May 22nd               Last Day/5th Grade Walk at 1:45

*As always, all dates are subject to change.

Extra, Extra, read all about it...

Today was the last day for this nine week grading period.  We post-tested math and WWII this week.  We will be moving onto our 4th (and last) nine week standards tomorrow.  In math, we will begin learning about circles... beginning with our "pi day".  Thanks for all of you who have volunteered to send in pies today.  It should be fun for everyone.  We are also moving onto the "Cold War" years in Social Studies.  Some topics we will be discussing are the rise of Communism, the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall, the Berlin Airlift, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.  The Anne Frank play this week was amazing.  The kids seemed to really enjoy it.  Our field trip to the Breman Museum is still scheduled for March 25th.  We sent home donation letters today about end of the year 5th grade festivities.  Please send those in as soon as you can so we are able to plan accordingly.  We want to make the end of the year special for this group of amazing students.  Also, MARK YOUR CALENDARS... On Tuesday, April 28th McClure will be having their parent and student informational meeting.  Normally, this is reserved for only parents because the students have a field trip to McClure.  However, this year McClure, in lieu of having elementary schools come on field trips due to budget constraints, is combining both the parent and student meetings into one evening.  Bullard's scheduled time is from 5:30-7:00 that evening.  Then Due West and Lewis will have theirs from 7:30-9:00.  They have said if there is no possible way you can attend the 5:30 session, it is ok to attend the later one.  This is a very important evening for both parents and students.  Please plan on attending.  Have a great weekend!  paul.watson@cobbk12.org

News

Next week will be a fairly routine week in our class (i.e.-No early release days, writing assessments, etc.).  We will be starting a novel study on The Mouse and the Motorcycle.  If you have this book at home in your library I would like to encourage you to let your child use their copy in class.  On Tuesday, we will be watching the Anne Frank play.  We will also have a couple of unit tests this week.  We will have a WWII test and a 9 week math test.  Your child has study guides for each.  The Social Studies test will be Tuesday and the math test is Wednesday.  Of course, all dates are subject to change if I feel the class overall is not ready.  However, everyone seems to be ready.  Friday the 13th, we will be celebrating "pi" day (which is actually the next day 3.14).  Mrs. Soudlelier is busy scheduling volunteers to help us celebrated by sending in pies.  A special thanks to her!  Have a great weekend!

Class News

Next week is a busy week in our class.  Monday we will be observing our school's "Read All Day".  We will have some fun and educational activities planned.  Tuesday is a Cobb County Early Release Day.  Please make sure you have made appropriate transportation arrangements for your child.  Wednesday is the Fifth Grade Writing Assessment.  We will start promptly at 8:00 and will go until roughly 10:30, so PLEASE make sure your child arrives to school on time.  The following week on March 10th at 8:15, we will watch the play And Then They Came for Me.  I still have not received all the permission slips to attend this as well as the later field trips.  If your child does not have permission, then they cannot attend, even if it is an in-school field trip.  A special thanks to Mrs. Tucci and Ms. Long.  They have been presenting Junior Achievement lessons to the class on Wednesday and Friday afternoons this week.  The students are really enjoying it!!  Here is a website the class looked at this week to learn about WWII from a British perspective

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/teachers_and_parents/online.shtml

Have a great weekend... stay dry!

Today's News

We are currently working on a little bit of "pre-algebra" in math.  We are working with missing variables.    We will be working on intensive writing prep next week in preparation for the 5th Grade Writing Assessment on March 4th.  March 3rd will be another Cobb County Early Release Day.  Our in school field trip to see the Anne Frank play And Then They Came for Meis March 10th.  I have still not received MANY permission slips for this and all of our end of the year field trips.  Please send those in as soon as possible if you have not done so already.  Congrats to Kendall, she is our classroom Writing Fair winner!  Have a great weekend!  paul.watson@cobbk12.org

News

No school on Monday due to Cobb County Teacher Inservices.  If your child is interested in entering the school writing fair, their entry is due on Tuesday.  We had a class discussion about this last week and it is a voluntary assignment.  A special thanks to all of you who sent in treats, gifts, and cards this week for Teacher Appreciation Week.  I continue to be overwhelmed by your generosity.  Have a great weekend!