FIFTH GRADE STRINGS will present a concert tonight at 7:00 at White Pines Middle School Auditorium. String students should report to the middle school at 6:30 p.m.
OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY will be held at the Chittendens next Thursday, December 11, from 6:15 to 8:00 p.m. Students are to dress in their "Sunday best" and bring a dish to pass for the potluck event (A-J bring salad; K-P bring main dish; R-Z bring dessert). Students may also bring a donation for our Water Filter Project with International Aid. Directions to the Chittenden Home in Spring Lake will be sent home next week.
CALCULATORS are always a nice gift at Christmas. The Texas Instruments TI-34 II Plus is the calculator we use in fifth grade. It has a number of nice features that will be applicable to middle school math as well as Algebra I and II. It is available online and in many stores for less than $25.
THE FIFTH GRADE Girls' Basketball Team will be participating in the Play-offs at Grand Haven High School this Saturday, December 6. The team and their coaches are pictured below:
Jaslyn, Ana, Brooke, Lluvia, Jazmin, Alli, Tasha, Coach Mike, Coach Ken.
REPORT CARDS are now scheduled to go home on Friday, December 5. Fifth graders will receive letter grades (A,B,C, or N) in English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. The number system which accompanies these grades is different this year with 1 meaning "outstanding" and 4 meaning "needs improvement."
THE VIDEO CONTEST from eInstruction announced the winners of the $25,000 Classroom Makeover Contest today. Take this LINK to view the winning video in the K-5 category. Thanks, again, to all those who supported our efforts. Our video can still be seen HERE.
OUR MATH STUDIES now take us into the world of division. We are becoming aquainted with the partial-quotients algorithm of division. Although this method may seem peculiar to those of us who learned long division, it is a significant improvement over the traditional approach to developing computational proficiency. Here is a LINK to a school district in Pennsylvania that includes several presentations to these alternative algorithms.
MICHAEL works in our Thursday morning art class. He is focused on creating an image of himself playing baseball before tackling his radial design snowflake project.
THE JINGLE BELL PARADE is this Saturday, December 6, at 6:00 p.m. in downtown Grand Haven. The Chamber of Commerce's parade will conclude in Central Park with the lighting of the Community Christmas tree and a carol sing with Santa and Mrs. Claus, led by The Salvation Army Band. This is a great family event!
LOOKING FOR A LAPTOP that won't break the bank? I just purchased the new Acer Netbook which is a great alternative to the laptop. It's smaller, utilizes Windows XP, comes with a 160gb hard drive, 1gb memory, built in web cam, wireless technology and more. If you comparison shop, be careful, because there are a number of these out there with far fewer features. Check out this PDF from CCS Technologies in Coopersville for more information on this "little guy" that packs a punch. 'Tis the season.
REPORT CARDS are now scheduled to go home on Friday, December 5. Fifth graders will receive letter grades (A,B,C, or N) in English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. The number system which accompanies these grades is different this year with 1 meaning "outstanding" and 4 meaning "needs improvement."
THE VIDEO CONTEST from eInstruction announced the winners of the $25,000 Classroom Makeover Contest today. Take this LINK to view the winning video in the K-5 category. Thanks, again, to all those who supported our efforts. Our video can still be seen HERE.
OUR MATH STUDIES now take us into the world of division. We are becoming aquainted with the partial-quotients algorithm of division. Although this method may seem peculiar to those of us who learned long division, it is a significant improvement over the traditional approach to developing computational proficiency. Here is a LINK to a school district in Pennsylvania that includes several presentations to these alternative algorithms.
MICHAEL works in our Thursday morning art class. He is focused on creating an image of himself playing baseball before tackling his radial design snowflake project.
THE JINGLE BELL PARADE is this Saturday, December 6, at 6:00 p.m. in downtown Grand Haven. The Chamber of Commerce's parade will conclude in Central Park with the lighting of the Community Christmas tree and a carol sing with Santa and Mrs. Claus, led by The Salvation Army Band. This is a great family event!
LOOKING FOR A LAPTOP that won't break the bank? I just purchased the new Acer Netbook which is a great alternative to the laptop. It's smaller, utilizes Windows XP, comes with a 160gb hard drive, 1gb memory, built in web cam, wireless technology and more. If you comparison shop, be careful, because there are a number of these out there with far fewer features. Check out this PDF from CCS Technologies in Coopersville for more information on this "little guy" that packs a punch. 'Tis the season.
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