CelebratingOur History February Is Black History Month

Reminder: Super Tuesday is February 5th, 2008. Every one who is 18 years or older should exercise his or her right to vote! It is one of the many things that make our country so wonderful. Parents and other bloggers: *The following information is in no way intended to endorse ANY candidate, but merely to encourage students who visit this blog to be informed about the Election 2008 candidates. *

Hi guys! We are back and ready to tackle the last half of the school year.

Curriculum Information:

Please click here for a letter to parents briefly describing upcoming topic in Mathematics!

Download fractions_and_geometry_letter.doc

For Science Information, please click the link below and refer to the strand "Life Science-S5L1 Classification of Organisms"

 

http://picasso.cobbk12.org/index.php?module=curriculum&type=standarddomain&func=display&sdid=393&unitid=

As part of  Black History month, we are reading "The Watsons Go to Birmingham"-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Click here for a review of the book:

Download review_of_the_watsons_go_to_birmingham_old_version.doc

Upcoming events:

PTA meeting AND Cosmic Bowling-7:00 PM.  Parents and students, please plan to attend.

Students: Please stay informed about the presidential candidates for the 2008 election. As fifth graders, you should at least be aware of who the candidates are! Ask your parents if you have questions. Keep in mind the ideals  of community responsibility and citizenship we have discussed as a class all year long!

Students:

Here are the candidates for the Democratic Party:

Hillary Clinton

Mike Gravel

Barack Obama

And here are the candidates for the Republican Party:

Mike Huckabee	Alan Keyes	John McCain
Ron Paul (Libertarian)	Mitt Romney