Fifth Grade News

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~May~

Proofs of Residency

If you have not turned in your 2 proofs of residency yet, please do so as soon as possible.

Listed below are acceptable proofs of residency:

· Lease or rental agreement

· Current utility bill with name and address

· Current telephone bill with name and address

· Ratified purchase contract

· Current car registration card

· Voter registration card

· County tax records

· Most recent car or property insurance bill

· Current pay check with address

· Property title record

· Court document with home address

· Recent social security check with address

If you have already turned in this information, thank you very much.

Your support to our school is greatly appreciated.

FIELD TRIP INFORMATION:

Thomas Stone’s House:

· Ms. Caporaletti & Miss Shea’s Homerooms: - Friday May 2, 2007

OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP INFORMATION:

· Miss Shea’s Class: NCEEC – May 6-7, 2008

· All monies for the trip will be transferred to the new trip date. Students do not need to pay for the trip again.

REMINDERS:

· Please check your child’s Thursday folder every week.

· Please make sure that you keep up with your child’s school supplies. Find out when they are low on pencils and paper so that these items can be replaced before they run out.

· If your child is in band or orchestra, please remind your child to take home his or her instrument and practice.

READING:

This month we will begin writing Auto-biographies: A memoir of our lives! This is a very demanding project and will take much of our reading time developing it through to the end of the year.

MATH:

§ Multiplication

§ Dividing Fractions

§ Reviewing skills for next year!

SOCIAL STUDIES:

We will be learning about the Branches of our Government system.

HEALTH:

The focus this month is “Water Safety.” We will have a special field trip for this theme on the days of May 19^th and 20^th. More information will come home as we draw closer to those dates.