Hello Parents,
With the year winding down, please help us to reinforce the expectations and rules for school. Students still have important tests as well as fun events to experience. Remind students to come to school prepared for the day, caught up on their HW/reading, and ready for the day with a positive attitude! We are so close, we can do it! Thank you for all your support through the year, especially these last few weeks! Important Dates Monday, April 29 – Science Fair Movie Tuesday, April 30 – Chorus performance Tuesday, April 30 – Book Logs Due Wednesday, May 1 – Spelling Quiz Wednesday, May 1 – Career Hour Friday, May 3 – Think First, Stay Safe Friday, May 3 – Spring Family Fun Night, Spirit Day Monday, May 6 – May 9 -- Book Fair, shopping hours 10:00 - 4:00pm http://www.scholastic.com/bf/dolvinelementaryschool Wednesday, May 8 – Book Fair Family Night 4:00 – 7:00pm Saturday, May 11 – Relay for Life at Webb Bridge Middle School 2:00-10:00pm --The 2018-19 school year is quickly coming to an end, and now it is time to celebrate the achievements of our 5th grade students. 5th grade fun week takes place the last week of school. The Dolvin staff has worked with the room parents to coordinate the activities for the last week of school. To make all of these activities possible, we are asking for a DONATION of $10 per student. An email will be sent to you with a link for volunteer sign-ups on Monday, April 29th at 7PM by your Homeroom Teacher. Volunteer sign-ups will be on a first come, first served basis. When signing up to volunteer, please select only one event per family to allow an opportunity for all parents. If additional slots become available your child’s teacher will contact you. The schedule of events will be coming home with your child today. iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Coach Digital- The Coach Digital Platform can be used for Milestones test Prep and review of all the standards. A letter went home with login information a few weeks ago. Coach Book lessons have been assigned to the students. They cannot complete those assignments digitally, (answering questions with a click of a button or typing on the PDF). They can print these assignments, or view them online and answer the questions on paper. I have assigned some practice assignments that they CAN complete online as well. You can also search the bookshelf tab, and many other resources will pop up. Various workbooks are available to pull up review assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Coach Digital. To access coach digital visit the website: coachdigital.com/org/02042377 and login with: username: lunch number password: 123456 Research: This week we will continue our unit on Research, which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum. For this unit, we’ll learn how to use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet) and then learn the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. Then the students will choose topics to research (based on their SS standards) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. Students may start bringing in their tri-fold boards and materials to create their visuals this week. The test will be next week. Grammar: We will continue to review all the grammar units from the year. This week we are focusing on verb tense and commas/quotes. During this unit, students will learn the various comma and quote rules for within a piece of writing. We will also review the types of verbs (action, helping, linking), the principal parts of verbs, and the 6 tenses. Students will have notes in their binders, their grammar notebooks, and on Google Classroom. We will have a culminating test next week. Reading: This week we are reviewing all the skills from the year. Students will be receiving their next novel study book at the end of this week. This book is a historical fiction based on WWII. The books are Number the Stars, or Behind the Bedroom Wall. We will continue with story elements related to the novel. Students need to stay caught up on their reading chapters. Tonight’s HW was to read chapter 9. Students have received their April book log. Students need to have read two, 150 page books, or one, 300+ page book (preapproved by me). The WWII book will not count for the April book log. Please remind your student to stay caught up on their reading. Book logs must be signed by parents. This will be due on April 30th. The novel test will be in about 2 weeks. Spelling: List 10-Research words was passed out last week. The quiz will be on Wednesday. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. Fine Arts Night is this Thursday, April 25th 5:30-7:30. Students will have art work displayed in the commons. Chorus will perform in the cafeteria! Come out and see all the creative work happening at Dolvin!
Hello Parents,
Tomorrow is the last day of Milestones Testing. Please help encourage your students to stay focused and calm during testing this week! They have got this! They have worked so hard this year, it is their time to shine! Continue to encourage them to do their best all the way to the end! I hope everyone had a nice holiday this weekend! Tomorrow is the last day of testing. :) The students have all been working so hard. --Coming home today is a letter about 5th grade fun week. This takes place the last week of school. The 2018-19 school year is quickly coming to an end, and now it is time to celebrate the achievements of our 5th grade students. The Dolvin staff has worked with the room parents to coordinate the activities for the last week of school. To make all of these activities possible, we are asking for a DONATION of $10 per student. An email will be sent to you with a link for volunteer sign-ups on Thursday, April 25th at 7PM by your Homeroom Teacher. Volunteer sign-ups will be on a first come, first served basis. When signing up to volunteer, please select only one event per family to allow an opportunity for all parents. If additional slots become available your child’s teacher will contact you. The schedule of events will be coming home with your child today. --Please join AMMS on Wednesday, April 24th at AMMS cafeteria for the rising 6th Grade Parent Night from 6-7pm. AMMS is looking forward to meeting you and providing an overview of what to expect in the 2019-20 year to come! We have no homework Monday and Tuesday this week. I encourage students to read, review if they wish, but get lots of rest each night! A good breakfast in the morning will feed our brains before testing each day! Testing starts promptly at 8:00 am. Please have your students here to allow for time to unpack and get settled before testing begins. Testing will go for approximately 90-120 minutes each day. We will still be switching to PM block each day. Important Dates Monday, April 22-April 26 – Coins for Cancer Fundraiser Monday, April 22 – Science Tuesday, April 23 – Social Studies Wednesday, April 24 – AMMS Parent Meeting at 6:00 pm AMMS Cafeteria Thursday, April 25 – 5th grade Health Talk (Please return permission slips) Thursday, April 25—Fine Arts Night Tuesday, April 30 – Book Logs Due May – Think First, Stay Safe (Please return permission slips) iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Coach Digital- The Coach Digital Platform can be used for Milestones test Prep and review of all the standards. A letter went home with login information a few weeks ago. Coach Book lessons have been assigned to the students. They cannot complete those assignments digitally, (answering questions with a click of a button or typing on the PDF). They can print these assignments, or view them online and answer the questions on paper. I have assigned some practice assignments that they CAN complete online as well. You can also search the bookshelf tab, and many other resources will pop up. Various workbooks are available to pull up review assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Coach Digital. To access coach digital visit the website: coachdigital.com/org/02042377 and login with: username: lunch number password: 123456 Research: This week we will continue our unit on Research, which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum (we’ll send parent times later as it nears). For this unit, we’ll learn how to use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet) and then learn the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. Then the students will choose topics to research (based on their SS standards) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. They will have a test at the end of the unit. Grammar: We will continue to review all the grammar units from the year. Conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, synonyms/antonyms, homophones/homographs, context clues, multiple meaning words, prefix/suffix, verb tense, commas/quotes. We will split this up into 3 units, with a classwork and quiz along the way. We will have a culminating test after milestones testing is completed. Our review units will continue this week will be commas/quotes and verb tense. During this unit, students will learn the various comma and quote rules for within a piece of writing. We will also review the types of verbs (action, helping, linking), the principal parts of verbs, and the 6 tenses. Students will have notes in their binders, their grammar notebooks, and on Google Classroom. Reading: This week we are reviewing all the skills from the year. Students will be receiving their next novel study book at the end of this week. This book is a historical fiction based on WWII. The books are Number the Stars, or Behind the Bedroom Wall. We will begin with story elements related to the novel. Students have received their April book log. Students need to have read two, 150 page books, or one, 300+ page book (preapproved by me). The WWII book will not count for the April book log. Please remind your student to stay caught up on their reading. Book logs must be signed by parents. This will be due on April 30th. Spelling: List 10-Research words was passed out last week. The quiz will be next week. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. MORE: Camp Invention® is returning to Fulton County School District! In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Ocee Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children work together to create solutions to real-world problems and build critical 21st-century skills while rotating through several high-energy, hands-on modules. The week begins on June 17, 2019 with Sarah Harkins serving as Director of the ALL-NEW 2019 program, Supercharged! Here are how young innovators will be spending their time: • Exploring the electrifying relationship between frequency, circuitry, motors and gears through reverse-engineering and rebuilding their very own remote-controlled robot. • Unearthing hidden fossils then building ships and innovative equipment to embark on a research expedition to uncover more exciting information about their discovery. • Coding and programming robot, Bot-ANN-E, to take on duties and help turn a polluted wasteland into a fruitful farm and successful business. • Collaborating with the Innovation Force®, a team of NIHF Inventors turned action-packed superheroes, to design superhero gadgets and disguises, explore the fields of engineering and fabrication and take on the sinister villain, the Plagiarizer. Activities give participants the opportunity to explore, discover and achieve while having fun! Local educators facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high-school students serve as Leadership Interns, ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children. Register using promo code INNOVATE25L to save $25 (expires 3/22) or PLAY15LISTING to save $15 (expires 5/10) OFF $245. Every registration includes a complimentary Camp Invention tshirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.invent.org/camp or call 800-968-4332 to secure your child’s spot today. Hello Parents,
Testing started today. Please help encourage your students to stay focused and calm during testing this week! They have got this! They have worked so hard this year, it is their time to shine! Continue to encourage them to do their best all the way to the end! We have no homework this week. I encourage them to read, review if they wish, but get lots of rest each night! A good breakfast in the morning will feed our brains before testing each day! Testing starts promptly at 8:00 am. Please have your students here to allow for time to unpack and get settled before testing begins. Testing will go for approximately 90-120 minutes each day. We will still be switching to PM block each day. Important Dates Monday, April 15 – Milestones ELA Section 1 Tuesday, April 16 – Milestones ELA Section 2 Wednesday, April 17 – ELA Section 3 Thursday, April 18 – Math Section 1 Friday, April 19 – Math Section 2 Monday, April 22 – Science Tuesday, April 23 – Social Studies Thursday, April 25 – 5th grade Health Talk (Please return permission slips) Thursday, April 25—Fine Arts Night Tuesday, April 30 – Book Logs Due May – Think First, Stay Safe (Please return permission slips) iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Coach Digital- The Coach Digital Platform can be used for Milestones test Prep and review of all the standards. A letter went home with login information a few weeks ago. Coach Book lessons have been assigned to the students. They cannot complete those assignments digitally, (answering questions with a click of a button or typing on the PDF). They can print these assignments, or view them online and answer the questions on paper. I have assigned some practice assignments that they CAN complete online as well. You can also search the bookshelf tab, and many other resources will pop up. Various workbooks are available to pull up review assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Coach Digital. To access coach digital visit the website: coachdigital.com/org/02042377 and login with: username: lunch number password: 123456 Research: This week we will continue our unit on Research, which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum (we’ll send parent times later as it nears). For this unit, we’ll learn how to use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet) and then learn the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. Then the students will choose topics to research (based on their SS standards) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. They will have a test at the end of the unit. Grammar: We will continue to review all the grammar units from the year. Conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, synonyms/antonyms, homophones/homographs, context clues, multiple meaning words, prefix/suffix, verb tense, commas/quotes. We will split this up into 3 units, with a classwork and quiz along the way. We will have a culminating test after milestones testing is completed. Our review units will continue this week will be commas/quotes and verb tense. During this unit, students will learn the various comma and quote rules for within a piece of writing. We will also review the types of verbs (action, helping, linking), the principal parts of verbs, and the 6 tenses. Students will have notes in their binders, their grammar notebooks, and on Google Classroom. Writing: We have finished learning about the three genres needed for 5th grade (narrative, informational, and opinion). We are continuing to review all genres this week. Reading: This week we are reviewing all the skills from the year. Students will be receiving their next novel study book at the end of this week. This book is a historical fiction based on WWII. The books are Number the Stars, or Behind the Bedroom Wall. We will begin with story elements related to the novel. Students have received their April book log. Students need to have read two, 150 page books, or one, 300+ page book (preapproved by me). The WWII book will not count for the April book log. Please remind your student to stay caught up on their reading. Book logs must be signed by parents. This will be due on April 30th. Spelling: List 10-Research words was passed out last week. The quiz will be after Milestones testing is completed. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. MORE: Camp Invention® is returning to Fulton County School District! In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Ocee Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children work together to create solutions to real-world problems and build critical 21st-century skills while rotating through several high-energy, hands-on modules. The week begins on June 17, 2019 with Sarah Harkins serving as Director of the ALL-NEW 2019 program, Supercharged! Here are how young innovators will be spending their time: • Exploring the electrifying relationship between frequency, circuitry, motors and gears through reverse-engineering and rebuilding their very own remote-controlled robot. • Unearthing hidden fossils then building ships and innovative equipment to embark on a research expedition to uncover more exciting information about their discovery. • Coding and programming robot, Bot-ANN-E, to take on duties and help turn a polluted wasteland into a fruitful farm and successful business. • Collaborating with the Innovation Force®, a team of NIHF Inventors turned action-packed superheroes, to design superhero gadgets and disguises, explore the fields of engineering and fabrication and take on the sinister villain, the Plagiarizer. Activities give participants the opportunity to explore, discover and achieve while having fun! Local educators facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high-school students serve as Leadership Interns, ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children. Register using promo code INNOVATE25L to save $25 (expires 3/22) or PLAY15LISTING to save $15 (expires 5/10) OFF $245. Every registration includes a complimentary Camp Invention tshirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.invent.org/camp or call 800-968-4332 to secure your child’s spot today. Dear Dolvin Parents, We are so excited to host Relay for Life Team Dolvin’s Kids' Night Out on Friday, April 12th, from 3:30-7:30 pm. There will be pizza, movies, popcorn, crafts, games, and more! It is all run by your children’s teachers! The cost is $25 per child. The best part is that all the money raised goes to the American Cancer Society for Team Dolvin. Please remember space is limited. Please take the time to complete the paperwork as soon as you can. If you have questions please contact Ms. Pratt! [email protected] Team Dolvin
Hello Parents,
I hope everyone had an amazing Spring Break! I went home to California and spent time with family and friends. I had a blast dressing up as Rainbow Dash at my niece’s My Little Pony birthday party! I also loved visiting her Kindergarten class as the special visitor for the day. I hope you enjoyed your breaks too! We need to stay strong and focused this week! Please help reinforce the school expectations with your students. Please encourage them to do their best all the way to the end! Important Dates Friday, April 12— Kids’ Night Out to support Relay for Life Monday, April 15 – Milestones ELA Section 1 Tuesday, April 16 – Milestones ELA Section 2 Wednesday, April 17 – ELA Section 3 Thursday, April 18 – Math Section 1 Friday, April 19 – Math Section 2 Monday, April 22 – Science Tuesday, April 23 – Social Studies Thursday, April 25 – Fine Arts Night Tuesday, April 30 – Book Logs Due iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Coach Digital- The Coach Digital Platform can be used for Milestones test Prep and review of all the standards. A letter went home with login information a few weeks ago. Coach Book lessons have been assigned to the students. They cannot complete those assignments digitally, (answering questions with a click of a button or typing on the PDF). They can print these assignments, or view them online and answer the questions on paper. I have assigned some practice assignments that they CAN complete online as well. You can also search the bookshelf tab, and many other resources will pop up. Various workbooks are available to pull up review assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Coach Digital. To access coach digital visit the website: coachdigital.com/org/02042377 and login with: username: lunch number password: 123456 Research: This week we will continue our unit on Research, which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum (we’ll send parent time later as it nears). For this unit, we’ll learn how to use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet) and then learn the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. Then the students will choose topics to research (based on their SS standards) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. They will have a test at the end of the unit. Grammar: We will begin to review all the grammar units from the year. Conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, synonyms/antonyms, homophones/homographs, context clues, multiple meaning words, prefix/suffix, verb tense, commas/quotes. We will split this up into 3 units, with a classwork and quiz along the way. We will have a culminating test after milestones testing is completed. Our first review unit will continue this week will be conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions. During this unit, students will learn 3 types of conjunctions (coordinating, correlative, and subordinating), review the types of sentences (simple, compound, and complex), and apply the different conjunction to the appropriate uses within those sentences. We will also review coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) and correlative conjunctions (Bestie Pairs). We will also review how to identify and use prepositions within prepositional phrases (start with a preposition and end with an object). They will also need to be able to identify what questions prepositional phrases answer, as well as expand sentences by adding prepositional phrases. Students will have notes in their binders, their grammar notebooks, and on Google Classroom. Writing: We have finished learning about the three genres needed for 5th grade (narrative, informational, and opinion). We are continuing to review all genres this week before Milestones testing. Reading: This week we are reviewing all the skills from the year. Students will be receiving their next novel study book next week. This book is a historical fiction based on WWII. The books are Number the Stars, or Behind the Bedroom Wall. Students have received their April book log. Students need to have read two, 150 page books, or one, 300+ page book (preapproved by me). The WWII book not count for the April book log. Please remind your student to stay caught up on their reading. Book logs must be signed by parents. This will be due on April 30th. Spelling: List 10-Research words will be passed out this week. The quiz will be after Milestones testing is completed. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. On this quiz, we will begin including 5 review words from past lists. Students will have 15 words from the current pattern, and 5 review words from a previous pattern. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/pratta. MORE: Camp Invention® is returning to Fulton County School District! In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Ocee Elementary School is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. It’s an exciting, weeklong summer adventure with lessons that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children work together to create solutions to real-world problems and build critical 21st-century skills while rotating through several high-energy, hands-on modules. The week begins on June 17, 2019 with Sarah Harkins serving as Director of the ALL-NEW 2019 program, Supercharged! Here are how young innovators will be spending their time: • Exploring the electrifying relationship between frequency, circuitry, motors and gears through reverse-engineering and rebuilding their very own remote-controlled robot. • Unearthing hidden fossils then building ships and innovative equipment to embark on a research expedition to uncover more exciting information about their discovery. • Coding and programming robot, Bot-ANN-E, to take on duties and help turn a polluted wasteland into a fruitful farm and successful business. • Collaborating with the Innovation Force®, a team of NIHF Inventors turned action-packed superheroes, to design superhero gadgets and disguises, explore the fields of engineering and fabrication and take on the sinister villain, the Plagiarizer. Activities give participants the opportunity to explore, discover and achieve while having fun! Local educators facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high-school students serve as Leadership Interns, ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children. Register using promo code INNOVATE25L to save $25 (expires 3/22) or PLAY15LISTING to save $15 (expires 5/10) OFF $245. Every registration includes a complimentary Camp Invention tshirt. Availability is limited, so visit www.invent.org/camp or call 800-968-4332 to secure your child’s spot today. |
AuthorI am Ms. Pratt, a 5th grade teacher, in Johns Creek, Georgia. This is my 18th year teaching. I enjoy the beach, sports, photography, and laughing with my students! We are a Prattastic family that will grow, learn and have fun this year! Archives
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