June 5, 2017

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful time enjoying skating and a STEM activity at United Skates! Thank you to Ann Whitehurst who was instrumental in helping us plan and organize this trip. Huge thank you to our fabulous parents who chaperoned and fared the RAIN with us on the way home! Such an adventure. We were so proud of the students behavior, positive attitude through the entire trip and especially through the rain.

We have more activities this week! Please read closely below so you are aware of all details for your child. Thank you so much for a fantastic year. It has been an honor and privilege to work with each of your children this year. We wish everyone a safe, restful, exciting, and fun summer full of great memories.

Leah, Annah, Sonja, Koren and Ann-Marie (and our fantastic subs!)

Below is a recap of a the reminder email you should have received last night regarding our end of year events:

Wednesday: Crew Day! Do not order your child a lunch, they need a packed lunch this day.

Leah & Ann-Marie’s Crews: Mordecai House tours and historic downtown trolley tour! Lunch on the grounds of Mordecai House. Followed by a donut from Krispy Kreme!

Students need to bring:

A backpack with a lunch, snack and water bottle.

Trip time: 9:30-2pm.

There’s still room for a one parent: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-mordecai

Sonja’s Crew: Buffalo Road Pool! Get ready to swim.

Students need to bring a bag with the following:

– lunch

-water bottle

– towel

– change of clothes including underwear

– plastic bag for wet stuff

– goggles (optional)

– pool shoes (optional)

To school students should wear:

-swimsuit

-good walking/recess shoes

Annah’s Crew: NC State walking tour. We will leave school around 9:30 and be back at school around 1:30-2:00. I went to NCSU and there are several things on campus I would like to them to see and do! Please bring your lunch if you are planning to join! The students will also be getting ice cream/sorbet from the Howling Cow.

Thursday: Students may come to school with their year books. They will have a chance to get signatures from classmates and teachers outside at recess.

Send your child to school with an extra bag – all supplies are coming home!

Friday: 5th graders are having their traditional bubble walk from the k-1 students after Community Circle and early release.

Leah and Ann-Marie’s Crews will be having a fun and friendly game of kickball Friday morning and all of ⅘ will enjoy a picnic lunch with our K/1 friends.

Please see the link for THIS Google doc. to keep track of important dates and volunteer needs.

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday C	Tuesday D	Wednesday A	Thursday B
Leah	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Ann-Marie	Art	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom
Annah	Walking Classroom	Art	Music	Movement
Sonja	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art	Music

Lenny Care- Sonja/Annah’s Crews Only Lenny is currently looking for cool summer travel plans! Please sign-up to host him for a week or two this summer! He is an adventurous guinea pig and would love to come see your house this summer. Currently there is no one signed up to take care of Lenny this summer.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D4FA4AD22A13-lenny3

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only Koda will be living with the Lietz’ for the rest of the month of June. She needs a home for July and August! You may share this time, sign up for a week or two or for the month. Thank you!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Classroom Books:

Please help your child check their backpack, under the seats of the car, in their closet, and under their beds for books that belong to the school. An easy way to tell is to check if the book has a circle sticker in the upper right or left hand corner of the cover with a number on it. If it has one of these stickers, please return the book to school. Also, if your family has outgrown books or your bookshelves, please consider donating books to the classroom. We like to keep our classroom libraries fresh and updated and donated books are much appreciated!

Summer Reading!

Your child will have information glued into their reading notebook about summer reading recommendations. Please look for it when all supplies come home on Thursday.

Summer Math!

Students Dreambox accounts will be active until July 25th. We recommend students do some Dreambox over the summer, suggestion of 45 minutes over the course of a week.

Parents of students in EC – your feedback is being requested! Please see the below survey:

https://docs.google.com/a/exploris.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0zmPRzTw7uH0nnmnCOkXgfoK57dBw6FtC6_0FqT2Fly6xlw/viewform

Newsletter 5/30/2017

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a great long weekend. Welcome back!

Thank you to all the grown up who were able to attend the DFC portfolio share on Friday. We sure are proud of our students and we hope you enjoyed hearing them.

This week we wrap up EOG testing. Fifth graders take the science EOG on Wednesday (tomorrow!) and make up testing for absent students will take place on Thursday and Friday.

Although we view the EOG as one data point of many, we want students to take this seriously. Please chat with your student and help alleviate any nerves. The best, Best, BEST thing you can do for them is to make sure they get a good night’s sleep, have a healthy protein-packed breakfast, and get to school on time.

Students are not allowed to wear smartwatches, fitbits, or other exercise monitors during the test. Phones are also not allowed, nor fidgets. Please have your child keep those items at home when they are testing.

Please note we need chaperones for tomorrow (Wednesday) to the science museum and next Monday to United Skates of America. Details below. Please sign up if you are able.

Thank you for all of your support as we wrap up the school year. We know May & June are the busiest times of the year.

We appreciate you!

Sincerely,

The ⅘ Team

End of Year Events:

We have several end of year activities, field experiences, and more coming up. Please see the link for THIS Google doc. to keep track of important dates and volunteer needs. For the end of year events we will be collecting $12.00 for end of year trips and activities. Also, two sign ups for volunteers are included later in this newsletter.

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday	Tuesday D	Wednesday A	Thursday B
Leah	No School	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Ann-Marie	No School	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom
Annah	No School	Art	Music	Movement
Sonja	No School	Walking Classroom	Art	Music

4th Grade Field Trip to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences:

On Wednesday, May 31st our fourth grade students will participate in a Nature Journaling inspired field trip at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. (Fifth grade students will be taking the science EOG.) Students will be walking rain or shine. We will depart school shortly after 9:00am and return about 1:00. LUNCH should be packed from home. Anyone that orders My Hot Lunchbox will want to cancel their order for that day.

Fourth grade students must wear good walking shoes. Also, students must bring a poncho, nature journaling supplies, lunch, and a water bottle. A hat and sunscreen are optional, but recommended.

Students are not allowed to bring money or buy stuff!

Please join us! We could use some chaperones to help us manage this field trip. Chaperones will need to pack a lunch. Please sign up using this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0945AEA96-nature

United Skates of America STEM Field Trip:

On Monday, June 5th students will participate in a STEM Field Trip at the United Skates of America on Trawick Road. We will take city buses (free for students) to and from the field trip. We will depart school shortly after 9:00am and return about 2:00. LUNCH is included and consists of pizza and juice/water. Anyone that orders My Hot Lunchbox will want to cancel their order for that day. Students will spend the morning completing a roller skating inspired design challenge followed by lunch and free skate time.

Students must wear socks! Students should bring a water bottle.

Students are not allowed to bring money, play arcade games, or buy stuff! Also, outside food is not permitted.

Please join us! We could use some chaperones to help us manage a roller skating party for 85 students. Please sign up using this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0945AEA96-united

There is a cost for chaperones and you will pay as you go. You can expect $2.50 for bus fare, $6.00 for skate rental (optional!), and money to buy lunch from the concessions area. Chaperones will be stationed throughout the skating rink to help keep any shenanigans to a minimum.

Leah & Ann-Marie’s Crew Day Trip

On Wednesday, June 7th, Leah and Ann-Marie’s Crew will be having a final experiential morning all together! We will be spending the morning learning about the history of Mordecai House and its impact on our local history as well as receiving a historic trolley tour of downtown Raleigh! We will be leaving school at 9:30am to walk to Mordecai House and enjoying a packed lunch afterwards. Following this, we will walk to Krispy Kreme and enjoy a glazed donut before returning to school! We will return to school by 2pm in time for Global Arts.

Trip time: 9:30am-2pm.

What I need from you?

I will need 4 chaperoning adults to accompany us on the trip. Unfortunately, Mordecai can not accommodate more than that within the building. If more chaperones attend, they may need to wait outside.

All students need to pack a lunch and water bottle which they can carry in their backpack that morning. Students will carry their lunch, water bottle and a notebook and pencil for the trip inside their backpack. Do NOT order a lunch for your child on this day!

Sign-Up:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-mordecai

Annah’s Crew Day Field Trip

We will be going to NCSU on Wednesday, June 7th. We will leave school around 9:30 and be back at school around 1:30-2:00. I went to NCSU and there are several things on campus I would like to them to see and do! Please bring your lunch if you are planning to join! The students will also be getting ice cream/sorbet from the Howling Cow (part of the $12.00 you have already paid for end of year trips). I am very excited to share this part of my life with my crew.

Lenny Care- Sonja/Annah’s Crews Only Lenny is currently looking for cool summer travel plans! Please sign-up to host him for a week or two this summer! He is an adventurous guinea pig and would love to come see your house this summer. Currently there is no one signed up to take care of Lenny this summer.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D4FA4AD22A13-lenny3

Scholastic Books:
To order books online, sign in or register at www.scholastic.com/readingclub . For first time orders, enter the class activation code HNMM7 under Sonja McKay. We earn class books whenever you order!

**The last order for this school year is due by Wed., May 31st, so books can arrive before the last day of school!

And speaking of books… Please help your child check their backpack, under the seats of the car, in their closet, and under their beds for books that belong to the school. An easy way to tell is to check if the book has a circle sticker in the upper right hand corner of the cover with a number on it. If it has one of these stickers, please return the book to school.

Also, if your family has outgrown books or your bookshelves, please consider donating books to the classroom. We like to keep our classroom libraries fresh and updated and donated books are much appreciated!

Explorations – Cornelius and Eugene will run field day during the Explorations time on June 2nd. It will be similar to last year’s where each crew rotated through stations in 15-minute increments.

More information will be given closer to the date, but we will definitely need two types of volunteers: parents to stay with crews the whole time and assist at each station, and parents to create and run stations.

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Newsletter 5/22/2017

Dear Parents,

It’s EOG time! Although we view the EOG as one data point of many, we want students to take this seriously. Please chat with your student and help alleviate any nerves. The best, Best, BEST thing you can do for them is to make sure they get a good night’s sleep, have a healthy protein-packed breakfast, and get to school on time.

The dates for the EOG’s are as follows:

Tues., 5/23 – 4th and 5th grade Reading

Wed., 5/24 – 4th and 5th grade Math

Wed., 5/31 – 5th grade Science

Friday, May 26 – Design For Change Portfolio Share!

We are greatly looking forward to seeing you all on Friday for the student’s DFC share. Students are preparing and prepping in class this week. Please be here for a 12:30-1:30 share with your child. After the share you are free to leave with your child at 1:30pm. Also, if you are unable to attend please let your student’s crew teacher know. We will work to find an adult for every student to present to.

End of Year Events:

Thanks ⅘ Team

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday D	Tuesday A	Wednesday B	Thursday C
Leah	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art	Music
Ann-Marie	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Annah	Art	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom
Sonja	Walking Classroom	Art	Music	Movement

ELA: This week we are spending some time having some fun Jeopardy review of concepts we have learned. Students are also working on submitting any final reading responses for the 40 Book Challenge! Please ask them if they have any responses which need written! Ann-Marie will be collecting her crew’s reading notebooks on Wednesday, May 24th!!! (She can’t wait to read their final achievements in the comfort of her home!)

5th Grade Science: We will have target time two afternoons this week, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon during our normal expedition block. There is also an optional tutoring session on Thursday, May 25th afternoon. Pick-up is promptly at 4:30 for this optional after-school study session.

4th & 5th Grade Math: This week we have given the students the week “off” for Dreambox. We are encouraging them to get good rest and eat a good breakfast. We will be playing math games on Tuesday afternoon. Our Math EOG is being taken on Wednesday, May 24th. Thanks for your support! After the EOG’s we will have 3-4 more class sessions where we hope to give students opportunity for re-testing standards that will appear on their achievement reports.

Design for Change

Design for Change Portfolio Share

YOU ARE INVITED! On Friday, May 26th please join us at The Exploris Elementary Site for our DFC Portfolio share. Our share will take place between 12:30pm -1:30pm. Since this is the beginning of a long Memorial Weekend students are free to leave with parents following the event. Please communicate with your child’s crew teacher ASAP if your student will not be present that day. We look forward to seeing all of you there!

United Skates of America STEM Field Trip:

Students must wear socks! Students should bring a water bottle.

Students are not allowed to bring money, play arcade games, or buy stuff! Also, outside food is not permitted.

Please join us! We could use some chaperones to help us manage a roller skating party for 85 students. Please sign up using this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0945AEA96-united

4th Grade Field Trip to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences:

Fourth grade students must wear good walking shoes. Also, students must bring a poncho, nature journaling supplies, lunch, and a water bottle. A hat and sunscreen are optional, but recommended.

Students are not allowed to bring money or buy stuff!

Please join us! We could use some chaperones to help us manage this field trip. Chaperones will need to pack a lunch. Please sign up using this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0945AEA96-nature

**The last order for this school year is due by Wed., May 31st, so books can arrive before the last day of school!

cornelius@exploris.org & ewheeler@exploris.org

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

5/15 Newsletter

Dear Parents,

Thank you for all of the wonderful gifts and treats last week for Teacher Appreciation. We felt very loved!

This week we will wrap up many of our DFC projects and work towards preparing for our parent share on May 26th. Two groups (Pollinators and Invasive Species) will be presenting on Friday, May 19th at Joslin Gardens (see info below). Another group, will be volunteering at the Longleaf Pine Festival on Saturday, May 20th (see info below).

We will also be offering a one-hour optional tutoring session on Thursday, May 18th for science review. This help session lasts until until 4:30 and is open to all 5th Grade students. Parents should arrive promptly for pick-up. If you would like your student to attend this Thursday please email Annah, ariedel@exploris.org to confirm your child’s attendance. We request that you confirm so Leah and I can have materials ready for that afternoon for the appropriate number!

One end of year milestone is the completion of our state testing. State testing in reading and mathematics takes place next week. We are confident in our students’ ability to show off all they have learned this year through the use of the strategies taught this year for deep reading and careful problems solving (For example: marking up the text when reading and drawing quick sketches and showing work on paper when solving math problems.) You can help by making sure your child comes to school well rested and well fed.

The 4/5 Team

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday “E” Day	Tuesday A	Wednesday B	Thursday C
Leah	Puppet show presentations	Walking Classroom	Art	Music
Ann-Marie	Puppet show presentations	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Annah	Puppet show presentations	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom
Sonja	Puppet show presentations	Art	Music	Movement

DONATIONS NEEDED:

Old Newspapers (Annah’s Longleaf Pine group)
Tissue Boxes (desperate need – we have no tissues!)
AAA Batteries – We need these to keep our walking classroom devices powered up!

ELA: We are analyzing poetry this week, and continue to work on informational reading with Scholastic Magazine. We’ll be looking at figurative language (idioms, metaphors, similes) more in-depth this week. We are also continuing word study (roots.)

5th Grade Science: Target Time will be held during our expedition block on Thursday afternoon (1:00-2:10) we will continue to study force and motion this week! Information in opening paragraph about an optional tutoring/review session on Thursday of this week!

4th Grade Math: We will wrap up our geometry unit this week and start our review the week of May 15th. The students do daily warm-up problems that are taken directly from past EOG tests. This will give us a good idea of which concepts need the most review. Please continue to practice math facts AND do meet weekly Dreambox goals.

5th Grade Math: This week we are practicing multiplying and dividing decimals using a variety of strategies. We are also reviewing key skills and problem solving strategies with word problems.

Please continue to help your student meet their weekly Dreambox goal of 75 minutes. Students have some “assigned” fractions lessons in DreamBox. With AssignFocus, lessons are automatically tailored for every student around an assigned topic. The assigned lessons will be marked with a special blue icon in the student’s Lesson Chooser. A student can have up to two distinct AssignFocus topics at any given time.

Design for Change

Design for Change Portfolio Share

Longleaf Pine Design for Change Updates:

May 20th we have a festival at Harris Lake for the Longleaf Pine over 40 organizations will be present at this event. Please email Annah if your child can attend!
Separate email will be sent by Tuesday to all Longleaf parents with information about parking and needs the day of! Thanks for your patience!
Event is from 11 am-3 pm!

Pollinator and Invasive DFC Groups Updates:

Friday 12:30 – 2:00 – EVENT!

DRIVERS NEEDED!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-joslin

We need drivers! Right now only 7 of our 32 students have a ride! Please sign up if you can!!!

We will be participating in a public share at Joslin Gardens on May 19th from 12:30-2:30pm. We are teaming up with K-1 and sharing about pollinators and invasive species. Our students will lead activities for the public. Please join us! (Flooding and Longleaf DFC groups are continuing their DFC work at school!) Please sign up to drive students using this link:

Scholastic Books:

To order books online, sign in or register at www.scholastic.com/readingclub . For first time orders, enter the class activation code HNMM7 under Sonja McKay. We earn class books whenever you order!

Other:

Art Supplies Needed:

Paper towel rolls, cardboard egg cartons (not plastic or styrofoam).

Explorations – Cornelius and Eugene will run field day during the Explorations time on June 2nd. It will be similar to last year’s where each crew rotated through stations in 15-minute increments.

cornelius@exploris.org & ewheeler@exploris.org

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Room Cleaning Volunteer Need- Leah/Ann Marie’s Crews Only

Leah-Marie’s Crews need your help with cleaning (disinfecting) on Friday afternoons!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d44a8ae23a1f58-crew1

May 8, 2017

Dear Parents,

Also, we have several end of year activities, field experiences, and more coming up. Please see the link for THIS Google doc. to keep track of important dates and volunteer needs.

The 4/5 Team

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday A	Tuesday B	Wednesday C	Thursday D
Leah	Walking Classroom	Art	Music	Movement
Ann-Marie	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art	Music
Annah	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Sonja	Art	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom

DONATIONS NEEDED:
Please send in a box of sheet protectors if you are able. We need several hundred of these ASAP to assemble our Design for Change portfolios. Thank you!

MAP TESTING:
Spring MAP testing continues this week with the math portion of the test. Students will be pulled from class on a rotating basis until testing is completed. Please make sure they are at school on time and have healthy breakfasts!

5th Grade Science: Student’s weather assessments are coming home in their Tuesday folders tomorrow. This is so they can use them to study and assist them for end of grade preparation. Please do not send them back to school.

5th Grade Math: This week we are practicing multiplying and dividing decimals using a variety of strategies.

Design for Change

Design for Change Portfolio Share

Invasive Species Design for Change Updates:

We are going back to the Walnut Creek Wetland Center on WEDNESDAY to remove invasive species. Like last time, we are taking the bus.
Students will need to pack lunches & water bottles.
Students should wear closed toed shoes, LONG pants, and long sleeves.
Also, we need another PARENT CHAPERONE or two. Please email Sonja at smckay@exploris.org if you can join us.

Longleaf Pine Design for Change Updates:

Students will go to Harris Lake this Thursday, May 4th from 10 am -2 pm to plant longleaf pine trees. Please send your student with a bag lunch and email Annah if you are able to drive/volunteer! We only have 1 driver at this time!
May 20th we have a festival at Harris Lake for the Longleaf Pine over 40 organizations will be present at this event. Please email Annah if your child can attend!
A letter/volunteer permission forms for Harris Lake will come home in Tuesday folders, May 2nd!

Pollinator and Invasive DFC Groups Updates:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-joslin

Scholastic Books:
To order books online, sign in or register atwww.scholastic.com/readingclub . For first time orders, enter the class activation code HNMM7 under Sonja McKay. We earn class books whenever you order!

Other:

Art Supplies Needed:

Paper towel rolls, cardboard egg cartons (not plastic or styrofoam).

cornelius@exploris.org & ewheeler@exploris.org

Lenny Care- Sonja/Annah’s Crews Only
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D4FA4AD22A13-lenny3

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Room Cleaning Volunteer Need- Leah/Ann Marie’s Crews Only

Leah-Marie’s Crews need your help with cleaning (disinfecting) on Friday afternoons!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d44a8ae23a1f58-crew1

May 1, 2017

Dear Parents,

Thank you for all your help getting our baby shad released back to the river! We released 190 shad on Friday.

Your student may have noticed that Ann-Marie has been missing for a few days. She is on medical leave and has written a letter to parents which will be posted on the blog. The students will hear from her via letter by tomorrow.

Here’s hoping that all these recent showers do, in fact, bring us May flowers! Have a great week.

The 4/5 Team

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday A	Tuesday B	Wednesday C	Thursday D
Leah	Walking Classroom	Art	Music	Movement
Ann-Marie	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art	Music
Annah	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Sonja	Art	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom

DONATIONS NEEDED:
Please send in a box of sheet protectors if you are able. We need several hundred of these to assemble our Design for Change portfolios. Thank you!

MAP TESTING:
Spring MAP testing begins today. The reading comprehension test will take place this week and the math test will take place next week. Students will be pulled from class on a rotating basis until testing is completed. Please make sure they are at school on time and have healthy breakfasts!

5th Grade Science: Student’s weather assessments are coming home in their Tuesday folders tomorrow. This is so they can use them to study and assist them for end of grade preparation.

4th Grade Math: The student groups have switched places: those studying geometric figures will now be learning about angle measurement, and vice versa. We will wrap up this unit by May 12th so we can start our review the week of May 15th. The students do daily warm-up problems that are taken directly from past EOG tests. This will give us a good idea of which concepts need the most review.

5th Grade Math: This week we are practicing multiplying decimals using a variety of strategies.

Design for Change

Design for Change Portfolio Share

The Pollinator Design for Change group needs you! We could still use a couple plants. Thank you so much to everyone who has sent in supplies, the space will be lovely

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-exploris

Longleaf Pine Design for Change:

Students will go to Harris Lake this Thursday, May 4th from 10 am -2 pm to plant longleaf pine trees. Please send your student with a bag lunch and email Annah if you are able to drive/volunteer! We only have 1 driver at this time!
May 20th we have a festival at Harris Lake for the Longleaf Pine over 40 organizations will be present at this event. Please email Annah if your child can attend!
A letter/volunteer permission forms for Harris Lake will come home in Tuesday folders, May 2nd!

Scholastic Books:
To order books online, sign in or register atwww.scholastic.com/readingclub . For first time orders, enter the class activation code HNMM7 under Sonja McKay. We earn class books whenever you order! Next Order: Friday, May 5th

Other:

Art Supplies Needed:

Paper towel rolls, cardboard egg cartons (not plastic or styrofoam).

Lenny Care- Sonja/Annah’s Crews Only
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D4FA4AD22A13-lenny3

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Room Cleaning Volunteer Need- Leah/Ann Marie’s Crews Only

Leah-Marie’s Crews need your help with cleaning (disinfecting) on Friday afternoons!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d44a8ae23a1f58-crew1

Explorations – Volunteers
Can you volunteer Friday mornings from 9-11am to help make Explorations even more awesome? Contact Cornelius and Eugene: cornelius@exploris.org & ewheeler@exploris.org

April 25, 2017

Dear Parents,

SHAD in the Classroom is a program sponsored through the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. We feel lucky to be one of the many classrooms around the state to have this unique experience. This week our students are doing fish dissections, taking care of baby shad, and releasing them at Milburnie Dam this Friday! On a day to day basis we are finding time to have students monitor the water quality of tank, looking for eggs that have hatched, and unfortunately counting our dead eggs. We are asking students to bring layers as we have had to keep the temperature in our classroom down to help the baby shad maintain a temperature that promotes life.

Please help ensure that your student is getting good rest, bring water bottles as it is getting warmer, and bringing good healthy food to refuel!

Thank you to all the parents that continue to volunteer their time energy especially those who have already signed up for Milburnie this Friday afternoon! We couldn’t make awesome opportunities like this happen without you!

Friday, April 28th Shad Release

Depart from Exploris at 12pm
Arrive at Milburnie Dam at 12:20pm
Students will go through stations where they will clean up trash, nature journal, complete chemical tests on water, and RELEASE our baby shad!
Depart from Milburnie Dam at 2:30pm
Return to Exploris by 2:50pm

This Week’s Global Arts Schedule

CREW	Monday A	Tuesday B	Wednesday C	Thursday D
Leah	Walking Classroom	Art	Music	Movement
Ann-Marie	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art	Music
Annah	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom	Art
Sonja	Art	Music	Movement	Walking Classroom

ELA: We will continue our study of poetry this week – Figurative Language Abound! Our weekly studies of vocabulary (root word) work, Scholastic annotations, and read alouds continue.

5th Grade Science: Students will get their Weather assessments back and reflect on their grows and glows. We will then introduce our next unit: Force and Motion!

Students have in their Tuesday Folders there Weather assessment. Students should complete their reflection if it is not already complete, share it with their parents, and return it to school on Wednesday!

4th Grade Math: Students are continuing a study of geometry and angle measurement! We will be continuing this study for 2 more weeks and then begin end of the year review of all concepts learned!

4th graders are taking a geometry math assessment tomorrow, Wednesday, to assess what they have studied so far.

5th Grade Math: This week we are working on decimals, decimals, and more decimals. Students are wrapping up adding and subtracting decimals and we will begin multiplying decimals tomorrow.

Design for Change

The Pollinator Design for Change group needs you! Please see the sign-up link below to learn about the students final project and how they need your help!

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0E4BA9AC2DA1F49-exploris

Longleaf Pine Design for Change has some important upcoming opportunities. We have some important updates and reminders, Annah will send an email to those families later today! Thanks for your continued support!

MAP Testing: Students will begin to take their Spring MAP tests for Reading and Mathematics. Students rotate in and out as they are called for their test. Please make sure they are at school on time and have healthy breakfasts! Testing begins May 1st!

April Birthday Snacks

Students who have had an April birthday may bring in their healthy snacks to share on Thursday, April 27th.

Koda Care – Leah’s Crew Only

This weekend is open! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4ba9ac2da1f49-koda

Art Supplies Needed:

Paper towel rolls, cardboard egg cartons (not plastic or styrofoam).

Scholastic Books
To order books online, sign in or register atwww.scholastic.com/readingclub . For first time orders, enter the class activation code HNMM7 under Sonja McKay. We earn class books whenever you order! Next order: Friday, May 5th

In the Community:

Native Plant Sale and Festival
This weekend: April 29, 2017
3-7 p.m., NC Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC

A festival celebrating native plants and highlighting our display gardens and habitats. Featuring the sale of native plants from NCBG and local nurseries, as well as live music, food trucks, an appearance by UNC’s Ramses, and a book sale. Admission is free and all are invited. To learn more: http://ncbg.unc.edu/native-plant-sale/

Other:

Lenny Care- Sonja/Annah’s Crews Only
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090D4FA4AD22A13-lenny3

Room Cleaning Volunteer Need- Leah/Ann Marie’s Crews Only

Leah-Marie’s Crews need your help with cleaning (disinfecting) on Friday afternoons!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d44a8ae23a1f58-crew1

YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE!
Yearbooks are on sale for $35. Click here to order your yearbook! Also, upload pictures to be in the Exploris K-8 Yearbook using the ReplayIt app or website or EMAIL PHOTOS TO DEVON!

Explorations – Volunteers
Can you volunteer Friday mornings from 9-11am to help make Explorations even more awesome? Contact Cornelius and Eugene: cornelius@exploris.org & ewheeler@exploris.org

Native Plant Sale and Festival This weekend: April 29, 2017 3-7 p.m., NC Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC

Native Plant Sale and Festival
This weekend: April 29, 2017
3-7 p.m., NC Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC