Lowden/Mazza Weekly Update
Monday,
May 9th
Tuesday,
May 10th
Field Day
(Mrs. Lowden’s Class wears BLUE)
Wednesday,
May 11th
Mad Science Assembly
Thursday,
May 12th
5th Grade Diamante Kite Flying
Friday,
May 13th
Environment of Midwest Test
Weller Spirit Wear Day
Important Upcoming Dates
5/16 Science SOL (Lowden/Mazza)
5/19 Poetry Album Due
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5/25 Reading SOL (Lowden/Mazza)
5/26 Poetry Café
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5/30 Memorial Day Holiday—No School
6/2 Math SOL (Lowden/Mazza)
6/3 Fifth Grade Read-In
6/6 Field Trip to the middle schools
SHOEBOX GLIDER PROJECT…
We started our initial work on a Shoebox Glider project in
conjunction with NASA. This project involves using the
Engineering Design Process. Students are in groups and will
be researching the elements of flight as they complete their
challenge. In their groups, students will be constructing a
glider that includes a shoebox as the fuselage as well as
wings and a tail. As students work, they will identify other
materials the need to help create their glider. Those materials
will be up to the individual groups. We will videoconference
with NASA during the project to get feedback on our designs.
This is an exciting project full of collaboration, cooperation,
communication, and creativity!
Nursery Rhymes in Disguise…
UPCOMING EVENTS…
We have a lot of exciting upcoming events
for fifth graders as we get toward the end of
the school year. Please see the flyer that was
sent home for specific information. Even
though we have these fun events, please know
that instruction is still taking place and the
activities are privileges. If students are not
exhibiting appropriate behavior, they may not
be able to participate in one or more events.
Baby Pictures
For one of our end of the year
activities, we are asking for
parents to email or send in a
baby picture of your fifth
grader (preferably something
around a year old) for a
project. Email is preferable,
but if you can’t do that, please
send in a picture. We will
scan it and get it right back in
the same condition you sent it
in. THANKS!!
Use your vocabulary skills to decipher this rhyme. Cut your answer
out and bring it to class for a ticket. Who is the character?
Residential contractor whose carelessness with grain storage
precipitated a chain reaction
Name: _______________________________
Answer: ______________________________
Answer to last week’s rhyme: Discriminating farm fowl whose eggs were laid solely for the
upper class. (the Goose that laid the golden egg)
Reminders…
 April focuses on Poetry
Month. Students should be
reading, writing, and
sharing poems. Their
Poetry Album is due May
19. All the requirements
for the Poetry Album are on
page 4 of their packet and
are also on the back of this
Update.
CAN YOU SOLVE THIS CARD?