Welcome 2nd Week of school 2016

August 8, 2016

Hello 5/6 Families!

Welcome to the 2016-2015 school year.  It has been a pleasure to meet you, your children, and to get the school year off to a GREAT start.  A BIGGS Thank you, Thank you for your generous donations!  It helps to have the supplies we need to work on projects, clean up our rooms, and to complete our daily classroom activities. 

Thursday, August 11 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm will be our Curriculum Night.  We will be meeting in the 5/6 Quad.  It would be great if at least one parent could attend this curriculum night. Each teacher will give an overview of what we will be covering in our classrooms this year.

Science Supplies:
2 composition notebooks. 
1 green folder
index cards
Ziploc Bags - sandwich size, quart size, gallon size
Foil
Saran Wrap
Clorox Wipes
Kleenex
small clear cups

40 Book Challenge
We have challenged ALL Students to read 40+ books this year.  Students foundation teachers will help each student keep track of the books they are reading.  We will be keeping track of the books read and the book genre. 

6th graders
6th graders will be participating in the garden this year.  On the days we garden students can wear a hat to the garden and bring a water bottle.  We will go the first hour of the day, and this will be listed on the curriculum/planbook page on my Weebly.

Athletics

Athletics Meeting

Kick off meeting for all prospective student athletes: Tuesday, Aug. 9th at 6 p.m.

Cedar Hall - ASU Prep Poly HS

http://asuprepathletics.weebly.com/

Fall Tryouts
August 15-18
HS and JH Swimming & Cross Country 6 - 7 a.m. at SDFC
HS Soccer 3:45 - 5 p.m. at SDFC Fields
JH Flag Football 3:45 - 5 p.m. at the Track Field
JH Volleyball (August 15 & 16 only) 3:45-5:45 p.m. at SDFC
HS Volleyball (August 15 & 16 only) 3:45 - 5:45 p.m. at SDFC

I hope you had a great first week!  Please email me or one of the other teachers if you have any questions or concerns.  I'm so happy to be back into the school year.  I LOVE teaching. It is an honor and privilege to come spend the day sharing science with your children. 

Thank you again for your support and help.

Yours in science,

Mrs. Biggs