5/2/14

Happy May!

   Your kids have been great to endure and celebrate with me through the Colorado Avalanche season...29th last season in the league, this year 3rd!  

     In other news: we have been moving West in our Westward Expansion unit and now have moved onto the Civil War.  The kids had the opportunity today to participate with a Civil War presentation.  You will need to ask them about their letter home and their battle wounds.

     Permission slips for our upcoming field trip of the Bodyology Theatrical Production were due Wednesday, April 30th.  Please get the permission slips in not later than Monday,  May 5th.  

     For the field trip on May 7th, your kid will need a disposable lunch including a drink.  Students will be wearing dress code uniforms that day.  

      In Language Arts, the kids are working in Literature groups reading some fun literature and interacting with some great activities to help with comprehension and fluency.

Some other important dates to remember: 

May 5 Dominos Pizza Spirit Night
May 6 SAC Meeting 6:30
May 8 Band/Choir/Orchestra Program
May 9 Paid Dress of Choice Day
May 12-15 Book Fair BOGO 
May 12 GB Meeting 6-8

4/24/14

Hi all,

A few goings on this week:

We had some speakers in this week.  We had a history teacher from Denver Academy come and speak about Lewis and Clark to expound on our Westward Expansion unit.  What a treat!  It was a great presentation.  We also had a gentleman come from the U.S. Mint to reinforce what we learned through our Young AmeriTowne and American Revolution units.

Yesterday, field trip permission slips were sent home for our Field Trip on May 7th.  If you need another copy of the form, click on the link below:
Bodyology field trip form

Next week we will be taking our last MAPS testing for the year.  Wow!  April has flown by...

Don't forget no school tomorrow.

4/18/14

Hi all,
Wow!  What a great game last night!  Go AVS!!

The kids did great with CMAS testing.

We have a busy coming up next week:

We have a speaker coming from the U.S. Mint as well as a speaker to talk about Lewis and Clark.  We are in the middle of our Westward Expansion unit and looking a Core literature pieces in literature groups.  In math we are plugging along.
Tuesday 4/22 is group picture day (picture information is coming home in Friday folders)
Thursday 4/24 is a dress of choice day
Friday 4/25 is no school
Tuesday 4/29 is grandparents day.  Please let me know if you are having grandparents attending.  Also, if the attending grandparent could fill out the Grandparent Day Questionaire


On a personal note thank you to your wonderful kids.  They have been so caring this week to me. As they may have told you,  my family lost one of our dogs this Wednesday.

Enjoy your weekend!

4/8/14

Happy Tuesday!!

Some important dates to remember...

April 7 Dominos Pizza Night

April 7 Self Defense Class Starts

April 10-13 Art Show

April 10 Sewing Class Starts

April 11th:  Spirit Day; dress like an animated character day

April 14:  Reading testing day;  5th graders will need to be at school at the normal start time and will be released at 11:00 in the cafeteria.

April 16:  CMAS Science test;  5th graders will be taking this Colorado state assessment in 3 different sessions on this day. 

The testing sessions will be as follows:

                                 session 1:  8:30-10:00

                                 session 2:  10:15-11:45

                                 session 3:  1:00-2:15

April 14 Governing Board Meeting 6pm

April 15 Boulevard Pizza Spirit Night

April 18 Paid Dress of Choice Day

April 22:  Class picture day

April 24:  Free dress of choice day

April 25:  No school;  teacher in-service

April 29:  Grandparent's Day & Talent Show

A few other items to note. 

-The students will be finishing up Unit 4 in L.A. and will continue to work on novel studies.  You will not be seeing practice packets coming home, instead homework related to the novel.

- The students will be working on a small unit about nutrition and then will be "moving" onto our Westward Expansion unit.

-Currently your students are working on a narrative writing about their Perfect Day.

4/5/14

Hi all, 

Wow!  What a great week back from Break!!

Don't forget about tomorrow!

ACS Madness Spring Fling Fundraiser

April 5 from 11 am to 3 pm at Douglas County High School
Come and celebrate family fun with carnival style games, food, prizes, silent auction and a 3v3 basketball tournament.
Open to all ACS families and the Castle Rock Community.


Also, don't forget...
Important Dates:

Apr. 4 PTO Paid Dress of Choice Day
Apr. 5 ACS Madness Spring Fling
Apr. 7 Dominos Pizza Night
Apr. 10-13 Art Show
Apr. 11 Student Spirit Day
Apr. 14 Elementary Testing Day
Apr. 14 CMAS Testing
Apr. 14 Governing Board Meeting 6pm
Apr. 18 Paid Dress of Choice Day

Have a wonderful weekend.

Go Rockies!!!

3/17/14

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Wow, the week before Spring Break...busy, busy!  We will finish up our Endocrine System and Life Cycle units in science.  Wednesday from 1:00-2:30 Dr. Healy and Nurse Anderson will be speaking with the boys and girls.  You are more than welcome to attend. Thursday the students will be taking a science quiz.  
In Language Arts, we have started (last week) reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  We are looking at key vocabulary and reading strategies.  

If you will be leaving early for Spring Break, please let me know.  

Thank you!

Important Dates:
Mar. 10-21 Pennies for Patients
Mar. 14 PTO Paid Dress of Choice Day
Mar. 19 Character Assembly
Mar. 19 "The Talk" 1:00-2:30
Mar. 20 MS Showcase Performance
Mar. 21 Race to Read Assembly
Mar. 21 Dress of Choice Day
Mar. 24-28 Spring Break
Mar. 24 Race to Read Begins

2/5/14

Whew!  We are busy!

The students did an awesome job on the science fair last Friday!

The students have been assigned a (Poetry Report) in lieu of a book report.  Students will need to find a 20 line poem to do a report on and recite in class.  A copy of the poem is due Mon. Feb. 10th and the report will be due Thursday, Feb. 13th.  

On Friday, February 14th we will be celebrating Valentine's Day in the afternoon.  This is a PTO paid dress of choice day.  Bringing in Valentines in optional, as well as creating a Valentine box is optional.  Below I have included the names of students in the class.  The party will start at 2:30.  We will have treats and a movie.  Please look for an email with a food sign-up.  

Kym

Maddie

Matt

Dalton

A.J.

John

Thomas

Max

David

William

Emily

Dawson

Gracie

Nicole

Mary

Connor

Jonah

Rebecca

Abbey

Zane

Kasia