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What’s Coming Up – Week of May 15

Miscellaneous:  

  • Important papers went home yesterday and will come home this today, Thursday:
    • Red note to come home regarding pick up arrangements for when we arrive at school after camp on Friday, May 19. Please fill out this sheet and return it by Tuesday, May 16.
    • Pink course selection sheet from the middle school. Please fill out and return it to your child’s teacher by Tuesday, May 16.
  • If you plan to visit while we are at fifth-grade camp, please notify your child’s teacher by Tuesday, May 16. Please include the time you plan to arrive (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
  • On Friday, May 26, the fifth-graders are off to Craig’s Cruisers to celebrate their time spent together at Georgetown Elementary.  We are in need of many chaperones for this fun trip. We would like to invite you to sign up to chaperone this fun trip we’ve arranged. Please click on the link below to sign up if you are able to help out.

5th Grade Celebration Sign Up

Goodies Factory Fundraiser

In keeping with a wonderful Hudsonville tradition, our fifth-grade students will have the opportunity to go on an overnight camping trip this spring. School camping is an experience of cooperative living that gives our children the opportunity to learn in an atmosphere unlike that of the classroom. Georgetown fifth graders will enjoy one night and two full days of activities at Camp Henry in Newaygo, Michigan. We will leave Georgetown on the morning of Thursday, May 18 and will return on the evening of Friday, May 19. We are also planning a celebration for all fifth-grade students near the end of the year.

The cost to participate in camp and other fifth grade activities will be $100 per student. We have one fundraising opportunity for students to raise money to offset some of the costs of these activities. Students have the opportunity to sell cookie dough, sandwiches, and a variety of other treats from The Goodies Factory to friends and family members. Forty percent of the sales for each student will be applied to his or her camp/activity costs.

Fifth Grade Fundraiser Dates to Remember:

  • Monday, Oct. 24 – Orders and payment must be turned in to your child’s teacher.
    • Please send one check payable to Georgetown Elementary.
    • Wednesday, Nov. 16 – Product will be delivered to Georgetown.
    • Due to the perishable nature of some of the products, products MUST be picked up at school between 3:00 and 5:00 PM on this day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up- Week of May 5

Miscellaneous:

  • 5th grade camp parent meeting on May 8 @ 6:00 in the Georgetown Multi-Purpose Room (cafeteria).

  • Important camp papers are going home on Monday and need to be returned by May 8.

  • We still need help with 5th Grade Celebration. If you are interested in volunteering and/or donating for this fun event, please sign up here: 5th Grade Celebration Sign UP

  • Please have your child study their Unit 5 Social Studies vocabulary words.  They will have a quiz over these words the week of May 4.

  • 5th Grade Important Upcoming Dates

Math: We are continuing in our unit on measurement and geometry.  Students are getting a good handle on how to convert metric and customary units or length, volume, and weight.
Social Studies: We have been learning about why the colonists had decided to declare independence. Please have students study their Unit 5 Social Studies vocabulary words because they have a quiz later this week. They can either study online or take their paper cards back and forth to school.  We will also be having a test later this week as well.
Science: We have just wrapped up our unit on Traits and Adaptations and are moving into our last unit: Force and Motion. The last 3 weeks will all be inquiry and experiment related in dealing with manipulatives.
ELA: Researching events leading up to the Revolutionary war has been our main area of study and will continue to be next week.  We are practicing taking notes from different types of primary and secondary media sources and then summarizing what we have learned.