This week we have some fun events.  On Wednesday, April 1^st, the Discovery Science Center instructors are coming out and dissecting a pig's heart with the class.    This goes along with our Science unit on the Human Body which we will be starting after Spring Break.

         On Wednesday, the Career Day posters are due.  The students will present on Friday, April 3^rd for Career Day.  They should come dressed in something that relates to their Career choice and be ready to give a 1 minute speech about the highlights of their Career. 

We have some wonderful parents presenting first about their professions.  Thank you very much to Mrs. Sueki, Mrs. Phan, Mr. Owens, Mr. Macias, and Mr. Vu for sharing all about your professions!

  I just recently created a Donor’s Choose project called Financial Literacy via Travel Teams, Stock Market, and More.  Since we will not have access to the school computer lab and the school Chrome book cart for the next 6 to 8 weeks, because of testing, I am trying to get more Chrome books for just our class.  If parents donate to this Donor’s Choose project, each dollar will be matched for the next 7 days, until April 5^th.  For example, if  you donated 5 dollars, it would actually be 10 dollars.  Any amount, even 1 dollar, would be so helpful.  We are going to be doing 3 class projects which will help the students develop their Financial literacy skills.  These projects include following the Stock Market, Creating their own Country, and Travel Teams where they plan a trip across the United States while budgeting their pretend money for hotels, gas, car rentals, food, tourist attractions, and much more. 

We need access to technology for these great projects and having 5 more Chrome books in the class, from Donor’s Choose, would allow the students to do more research and financial preparation for these projects. 

If you are willing to donate, that would be great if you could do it in the next 7days, until April 5^th, so your money donation is matched.  Please use the promo code – SPARK  - during checkout to double your donations. Thank you so much!  Here is the link to go to the Donor’s Choose site.

DonorsChoose.org: Financial Literacy via Travel Teams, Stock Market, and More!

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/financial-literacy-via-travel-teams-sto/1534064/?rf=email-siteshare-2015-03-sendFriend-teacher_1647096&challengeid=268998

Spring Break is next week, from April 6^th through 10^th.  School will resume on April 13^th.   Have a wonderful week with your family and friends!!

                                          

Thank you for attending conferences.  I enjoyed our conversations about your wonderful children.  As we spoke there were many questions regarding the transition to Mesa View.  Here is what I learned:

• There is an Orientation Day in August (Do not worry you will get notification during the summer)
• Childcare is not available on campus
• There are bus routes available, just as there are for elementary schools. The routes are on the district website. (Click on routes or district website to take you to those links)
• You do not have to do anything else to prepare, just wait for information to arrive in the mail in August
• Open House for incoming GATE students is on April 16

We are  trying to raise money for a class set of books, Running Out of TIme, so Dr. Webb has posted  a new novel study on Donors Choose. For one more day, DonorsChoose will match ANY donation made to our classes.  If you have the time and the funds, we would really appreciate a donation. Even $1 will help (because really it will be $2 when DonorsChoose matches it). Please do not feel obligated to donate.

IMPORTANT: If you decide to donate within the next five days, enter the code SPARK.  DonorsChoose will only match dollar for dollar if the code SPARK is entered.

Thank you for reading, and thank you so much for donating if you are able to do so! 

 Even the smallest bit helps!  We only have $256 to go!

Thank you!

                                                                        

                                                                          Mix and Match day is on Friday

The Science Test has been changed to Monday since so many people were absent this week.  Here is a fun Song to watch about acids and bases.
   Acid and BASE song!!!! It's all about the BASE...

Conferences are next week - Please return your Conference forms ASAP. Thank you.  

5th Grade Dedications - The deadline is March 20th.  Email your dedication words and images to Cviewyearbook@gmail.com. The forms and payment information came home again in Take Home Thursday last week.


The Science test is this Friday, March 13th.  Make sure you use your books and study guides to study.

Here is a cool Science Site   CLICK HERE  that Suoi-Nguon found and shared.

There is also a Math Quiz on Geometry on Friday, March 13th

Here is a fun VOLUME VIDEO  you can watch for math

Newspaper FAME - Colonial Fair

Look who is in the Huntington Beach Wave!!!
 Here is the online Link for the paper.  Click Here

Happy March




Career Day - Please read the Career Day posted last week and on the Career Day tab.  The students will have some time to work on their Career day posters on the Chrome books and in Computer Lab, if they use their time wisely.  The Poster is due on April 1st.  It should include 6 detailed paragraphs with at least 10 or more sentences for each.  One Paragraph should include the main idea of their Career.  Another paragraph should include detailed information of the College education they need to do this Career.  Each paragraph should also be related to an Icon.  If any parents are willing to come and talk about their profession on Career Day which is April 3rd.  please email me at Jenfisler@verizon.net. 

There are additional Resources on the Career Day tab for the students to use when doing research on their Career.

On March 5th, the Orange County Register is posting some pictures of the amazing Colonial Fair.  The students did such an wonderful job with their Colonial Trades. It was exciting to see the great Colonial Store Fronts.