Peek at the Week

May 2009
What’s happening in Room 205??

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 5 6 7 8
Day 6 – Music Day 1 – Spanish Day 2 – PE Day 3 – Music Day 4 - Spanish

D.A.R.E.
MAP TEST (Last lesson) SPELLING TEST
Reading
Friday Fun

FORMS, FORMS, FORMS!
Thank you for your patience
and understanding with all the
forms and permission slips
that have been sent home
recently. The end of the year
is really busy for our 5th
graders!
Important Dates
 05/06 – MAP Test (Reading)
 05/12 – Patrol Picnic
 05/13, 05/14, 05/15 – CAMP ST. CROIX!!
 05/19 – MAP Test (Math)
 05/20 – 5th Grade Track and Field Day
 06/02 – Valleyfair
 06/10 – MN Zoo
 06/10 – 5th Grade Graduation 6:30pm
GRADUATION
We are starting to prepare for
the 5th grade graduation
ceremony in June. If you are
interested in volunteering your
time to help plan and
organize this event, please
email or call me.

Please continue to check our school website for transition information and updates.
Stay up to date on the exciting changes taking place in our school in the upcoming years!
www.whitebear.k12.mn.us/pes/index.htm
 Ms. Wagoner’s Weekly Newsletter
May 4 – May 8, 2009
What have we been up to?
This week in math, we continued our unit
on algebra. Students investigated and created
different growing patterns and presented their
posters to the class. We also reviewed and
practiced working with input/output tables.
We started a new theme in reading,
Animal Encounters. We read a story this week
about Grizzly Bears and worked on making
generalizations. Grammar for this week focused on
prefixes and contractions.
Students also finished their reading group
book that we have been reading this month. They
will make a group presentation to the class, trying Michael and Jack on patrol duty Foley, Shaun, EB, and Tommy presenting
to encourage other classmates to read their book. on the playground their growing pattern to the class
They will have to complete a book report for their
book, which is due on Wednesday, May 6.
Contact Information
In Science this week, students learned DOING GOOD TOGETHER
about the parts of the plant and what functions Announces the adoption of Lakewood Hills Ms. Sarah Wagoner
they have. They learned that there are many Park (Behind the YMCA) (651) 653-2854
edible parts of a plant, too. sjwago@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us
Students were also introduced to an What: Spring park clean-up and potluck picnic
Animal Research Project. Students will be Date: Saturday May 23, 2009 Class Website:
researching an animal and creating a display to Time: 10 am – 12 pm - Park clean-up http://wagoner.weebly.com
present to the class. We will have class time to 12 pm - 2 pm - Picnic (bring a dish to pass)
research next week, and the project will be due
on Monday, May 11. It is expected that students
spend some time at home completing this project
Please mark your calendar for this great CAMP ST. CROIX FIELD TRIP
opportunity for community service and a fun Camp is quickly approaching… less
as well. day with other Parkview and Centerpoint
Students were excited to finish up with than two weeks away!! Please check
families!
MCA testing this week. They took the Science the packing list to make sure your
MCA on Wednesday and Thursday, on our new child has everything he/she needs.
To help us plan the event, please RSVP with the
computers in the lab. This is a challenging test and number of people helping with the park clean
Reminders will be sent home soon.
they did a great job. We have two more MAP tests up by contacting Heidi Christopherson at 651-
to take in May, and then we will be all done with 407-9370 or by emailing dgtwbl@gmail.com.
testing for the year! 