Friday, June 4 – Early Release + Last Day of School
STAR Reports
Our final STAR report for reading and math will be sent home on Friday, May 28. Please watch for a separate email from Mr. Waldie with more information!
Report Cards
Report cards will be sent home in the mail on Friday, June 11.
We are assessing our final unit which tackles metric and customary conversions, area and volume, and attributes of 2D shapes.
ELA
We are working through our unit: Argument and Advocacy which explores debatable issues and helps students understand various points of view surrounding an issue before choosing a position and using evidence to support an opinion.
SS
We are examining the formation of our Constitution after the events of the American Revolution.
Georgetown’s Got Talent!
Each class from 3rd-5th will be having a LIVE Talent Show Day during their music time. The hope is to have the stage set up, microphones, class MCs, and run it as close to a mini Talent Show as possible during their class time. During this live show, Mrs. Bretz will be videotaping each act. The “official” Georgetown’s GOT TALENT Talent Show will be VIRTUAL. Of the videotaped acts, Mrs. Bretz will select 20-25 acts from the in-class live performances to create the virtual show. This will be shared with the whole school to watch at their convenience during the last week of school. Look for students who are interested in performing to bring home information papers. One side is a parent letter, the other is their act information.
Cooley Music (Day 3)- Tuesday, May 25
Camp Update
On Tuesday, May 11 we sent home balance slips if you participated in the fundraiser.
The balance or full payment of $60 will be due on Monday, May 24th. Please make checks payable to Georgetown Elementary.
On Thursday, June 3, all fifth-grade students in the district will have an extended day camp experience at CranHill Ranch.
Students can take their normal mode of transportation to school in the morning.
The estimated arrival back to school will be around 9:00 PM.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not allowed to bring parent chaperones.
Georgetown Virtual Art Show- Congrats to Amelia, Keelan, Taleah, and Mia for their pieces that were included!
Reading Comes Full Circle
We got to listen as first-grade students read to us.
It was great to hear the progress they’ve made since the beginning of the year!
We read to this first-grade class at the beginning of the year and now they got to read to us!
Hot Topics in ELA
We’ve been working in groups uncovering “debatable issues” in order to understand two sides of a topic.
Students sifted through multiple resources and looking for evidence that either side used to support reasons.
There are a lot of resources and it’s meant diving deeply into the text!
Students had an opportunity to present their findings. This week, individuals will adopt a position and begin to write an opinion essay around it.
This week, each of our fifth-grade classes Zoom meetings with middle school staff.
An email was sent earlier detailing the process for information for scheduling middle school classes.
Deadline for scheduling classes in PowerSchool: May 12
Pink forms must be returned to your child’s teacher by May 12.
Camp Update
All fifth-grade students in the district will have an extended day camp experience at CranHill Ranch.
The date for Georgetown students will be Thursday, June 3.
Students can take their normal mode of transportation to school in the morning.
The estimated arrival back to school will be around 9:00 PM.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not allowed to bring parent chaperones.
More information coming soon!
Fundraiser
On Tuesday we will send home balance slips if you participated in the fundraiser.
The balance or full payment of $60 will be due on Monday, May 24th.
Please make checks payable to Georgetown Elementary.
What We’ve Been Up To…
Deputy VanDis has been coming in to share with us about drugs and alcohol and internet safety. We got to see his police car and hear lots of stories about his career!
We’ve been exploring the volume of rectangular prisms and the volume of solid composite figures. We explored this using legos!
