THE POWHATAN FUN RUN
We’re raising funds for Playground Equipment & Student Chrome Books!!
This year’s MAIN FUNDRAISER is the Powhatan Fun Run! Hosting a Fun Run means there is no
selling or delivering products. Family and friends anywhere in the world can support our school by
giving pledges toward the number of laps your student will run on the day of the Fun Run on Friday,
Our Fun Run program will last from October 7th – October 16th. Students will experience an exciting Pep Rally, families will have time to get pledges, and on the last day, students will run in the Fun Run!
Every student, no matter financial participation, is invited to run in the Fun Run.
Also, our Fun Run comes with a world-class character theme. This year’s theme is BIG WORLD RECESS, a global fitness theme all about building character through sports. During the Fun Run program, students will travel our big world learning how to play with character from REAL kid-athletes in other cultures.
How Can You Support Powhatan Elementary School??
#1. Register your child on funrun.com.
#2. Reach out to sponsors—friends and family who could donate to help our school.
#3 Ask your child about the BIG WORLD RECESS Character Play of the day.
#4 Come cheer on your student at the Fun Run on October 16th. Parents invited!
More information will come home with your child prior to the event.
This is the major fund raising event for the year!
Thanks in advance for supporting
The Powhatan PTA.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
Mrs. Ellison's homeroom is at 75% for parents having joined the PTA. Please take the time to join if at all possible. If we reach 90% by the end of next week (Oct. 2) then we get a $50 gift card for classroom supplies. Here is the PTA membership form in case you need another form. The cost is $6.
Mon - Pictures (orders need to be paid for in advance)
Tues - Reading Logs due
Wed -
Thurs -
Fri - Figurative Language Quiz (see notes below), Science Quiz (study guide in the Science section on Ms. Curry's website), recite the Divisibility poem
The week of Oct. 5-9:
tentatively scheduled:
SS ch. 3 test on Oct. 6 - study guide
Unit 1 Investigations 2 Quiz - early in the week
Boosterthon Kickoff on Oct. 7
Students should be working on their novel activities. At this point, they should have the first 2-3 summarizers done (1 for every 5 chapters). They should also be making a list of 10 vocabulary words as they find unusual words in the text and making a note of what page it was found on. They can do their Vocabulary Stars once they have all 10 words or work on them as they go. Then tentative due date for all activities is Oct. 16. Students are given time in class to read and work on this but some are not using their time wisely and are way behind the other students in their groups.
Figurative Language Notes for the Quiz:
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match it to the definition.
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match examples given.
Students will need to be able to choose the correct meaning for examples of figurative language.
(The quiz will be online. All questions will be multiple choice.)
Alliteration - repeating the same beginning sound in 2 or more words
ex: Alligators always eat apples.
Hyperbole - extreme exaggeration
ex: I have a mountain of papers to grade.
Idiom - the actual meaning of the expression is not able to be predicted from the usual meaning of the words
ex: You are in hot water.
Metaphor - comparing unrelated items by saying one IS the other
ex: My brother is a monster.
Onomatopoeia - putting sounds into words
ex: The ghost went Whooooo! Boo!
Personification - giving human characteristics to non-human items or animals
ex: The tree reached out and tried to grab my shirt.
Simile - comparing 2 unrelated things using "like" or "as"
ex: The pumpkin is as round as a bowling ball.
Mon - Pictures (orders need to be paid for in advance)
Tues - Reading Logs due
Wed -
Thurs -
Fri - Figurative Language Quiz (see notes below), Science Quiz (study guide in the Science section on Ms. Curry's website), recite the Divisibility poem
The week of Oct. 5-9:
tentatively scheduled:
SS ch. 3 test on Oct. 6 - study guide
Unit 1 Investigations 2 Quiz - early in the week
Boosterthon Kickoff on Oct. 7
Students should be working on their novel activities. At this point, they should have the first 2-3 summarizers done (1 for every 5 chapters). They should also be making a list of 10 vocabulary words as they find unusual words in the text and making a note of what page it was found on. They can do their Vocabulary Stars once they have all 10 words or work on them as they go. Then tentative due date for all activities is Oct. 16. Students are given time in class to read and work on this but some are not using their time wisely and are way behind the other students in their groups.
Figurative Language Notes for the Quiz:
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match it to the definition.
Students will need to be able to identify the type of figurative language to match examples given.
Students will need to be able to choose the correct meaning for examples of figurative language.
(The quiz will be online. All questions will be multiple choice.)
Alliteration - repeating the same beginning sound in 2 or more words
ex: Alligators always eat apples.
Hyperbole - extreme exaggeration
ex: I have a mountain of papers to grade.
Idiom - the actual meaning of the expression is not able to be predicted from the usual meaning of the words
ex: You are in hot water.
Metaphor - comparing unrelated items by saying one IS the other
ex: My brother is a monster.
Onomatopoeia - putting sounds into words
ex: The ghost went Whooooo! Boo!
Personification - giving human characteristics to non-human items or animals
ex: The tree reached out and tried to grab my shirt.
Simile - comparing 2 unrelated things using "like" or "as"
ex: The pumpkin is as round as a bowling ball.
Friday, September 18, 2015
September 21-25
Monday -
Tuesday - Reading Log due, SS ch. 2 test (notes and study guide)
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday - Early Release
Monday Sept. 28 - Picture Day
Tuesday - Reading Log due, SS ch. 2 test (notes and study guide)
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday - Early Release
Monday Sept. 28 - Picture Day
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Tuesday - Sept. 15
Tuesday folders are coming home today. Please review you child's work and sign the folder saying you saw their grades. ALL STUDENT WORK MUST BE RETURNED IN THE FOLDER.
Picture order info is in the Tuesday Folders. Picture day is Monday, Sept. 28.
Remember that tonight (Tuesday Sept. 15) is Powhatan's first Spirit Night for this year. It is at Firehouse Subs from 5-8 pm. You must show the flyer (in your child's Tuesday Folder) for Powhatan to get credit for your order.
Picture order info is in the Tuesday Folders. Picture day is Monday, Sept. 28.
Remember that tonight (Tuesday Sept. 15) is Powhatan's first Spirit Night for this year. It is at Firehouse Subs from 5-8 pm. You must show the flyer (in your child's Tuesday Folder) for Powhatan to get credit for your order.
Friday, September 11, 2015
PTA memberships still needed
Mrs. Ellison's homeroom is at 63% of parents joining the PTA. We need to reach 90% (about 7 more parents to join) in order for us to earn a $50 gift card for classroom supplies. If you haven't joined yet, please send in your $6 with your membership form. Thanks for the great start to the year!
September 14 - 17
Monday -
Tuesday - Reading Log due, Math Quiz (rescheduled from Friday of this week)
Wednesday - Earthquake Terror test (reading books were supposed to be brought home, questions and answers are here and on my website in the Reading section, we will re-read and review questions in class next week again)
Thursday -
Friday -
Tuesday (Sept. 22) - tentative SS ch. 2 test - study guide and notes are linked here and on my website in the SS section
iReady testing is complete for fifth grade (one or two students are still working since they were absent). Your child should be able to access this at home and begin working on lessons. We will be spending some time working on this in class just about every day. These lessons will help fill in any missing gaps your child may have with certain skills as well as enrich or move to the next level students who are working above grade level. I will be using these reports and teacher observations to help guide my small group instruction in Reading.
Tuesday - Reading Log due, Math Quiz (rescheduled from Friday of this week)
Wednesday - Earthquake Terror test (reading books were supposed to be brought home, questions and answers are here and on my website in the Reading section, we will re-read and review questions in class next week again)
Thursday -
Friday -
Tuesday (Sept. 22) - tentative SS ch. 2 test - study guide and notes are linked here and on my website in the SS section
iReady testing is complete for fifth grade (one or two students are still working since they were absent). Your child should be able to access this at home and begin working on lessons. We will be spending some time working on this in class just about every day. These lessons will help fill in any missing gaps your child may have with certain skills as well as enrich or move to the next level students who are working above grade level. I will be using these reports and teacher observations to help guide my small group instruction in Reading.
Friday, September 4, 2015
September 7-11
Monday - No School - enjoy your Labor Day
Tuesday - Reading Logs and agendas should be signed and ready to be checked
(Reading Logs are in the front of the agenda and students should be recording at least 80 minutes of independent reading each week - I expect to see what they are reading and how long - parents only need to sign it once for the week)
Wednesday -
Thursday - SS ch 1 Geography Test (study guide and notes are on my website) - students can access videos of me explaining the text and concepts in their Google Classroom accounts - I will also be showing them how we can share the one student online textbook account we have and practice with the online tutorial
Friday - Science Quiz (see their journals) AND Unit 1 Investigations Math Quiz (study SAB pgs 1-24)
Students will continue to complete weekly in class activities (LA4Today, Spelling Sort/Definitions, Reading Group assignments, Math4Today, etc). These are graded activities that we review in class. You can also go over them with your child at home (except for the LA4Today since it is in a class journal). Most students are doing well with the activities in my subjects as we establish our procedures and expectations. A few need to work on time management and quality of work rather than rushing to be finished. This is a skill we will continue to work on over the next several weeks (and the remainder of the school year).
We will soon be taking our Beginning of the Year iReady Assessment. iReady is replacing the MAP testing we've done in previous years. We are learning about this new program and will keep you informed of your child's results and how they can use iReady resources at home and at school to help them improve throughout the school year. Stay tuned for more about this topic!
Tuesday - Reading Logs and agendas should be signed and ready to be checked
(Reading Logs are in the front of the agenda and students should be recording at least 80 minutes of independent reading each week - I expect to see what they are reading and how long - parents only need to sign it once for the week)
Wednesday -
Thursday - SS ch 1 Geography Test (study guide and notes are on my website) - students can access videos of me explaining the text and concepts in their Google Classroom accounts - I will also be showing them how we can share the one student online textbook account we have and practice with the online tutorial
Friday - Science Quiz (see their journals) AND Unit 1 Investigations Math Quiz (study SAB pgs 1-24)
Students will continue to complete weekly in class activities (LA4Today, Spelling Sort/Definitions, Reading Group assignments, Math4Today, etc). These are graded activities that we review in class. You can also go over them with your child at home (except for the LA4Today since it is in a class journal). Most students are doing well with the activities in my subjects as we establish our procedures and expectations. A few need to work on time management and quality of work rather than rushing to be finished. This is a skill we will continue to work on over the next several weeks (and the remainder of the school year).
We will soon be taking our Beginning of the Year iReady Assessment. iReady is replacing the MAP testing we've done in previous years. We are learning about this new program and will keep you informed of your child's results and how they can use iReady resources at home and at school to help them improve throughout the school year. Stay tuned for more about this topic!
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