Important Dates:


NEW: TUESDAY, 10 AM

*** NOTICE ***

To help the kids in Mrs. Porischs’ extended class keep in touch, Andy Wildenberg has created a “face book like” website. He has added lock and key security to ensure that others not added by the administrators can’t access the website.
For your child to have access to this website, we need parental consent. Please email Sherry Ross at,
sherry.ross@bresnan.net to allow your child access to this website. We need to use their first and last name as a user name and will also connect that user name to their school email which they will be using in 7^th grade.Currently Andy Wildenberg is the administrator on this website but in time, Sherry Ross will have administrator capabilities as well.
Email me with any questions.
Thanks
Sherry Ross

In preparation for the 6th grade end of the year event, the Poly Yearbook committee is putting together a slideshow.  If you have any other pictures from events from this year, please send them to me digitally in the next couple of days. 

Parents & family members of 6th graders are invited to the 6th grade graduation June 1st @ 9 AM in the Library.

*WED, May 30th: Our 6^th graders will be going to the Lewis & Clark Caverns. I will be with them on this day. They will have a sub. The Caverns called us about road delays due to construction. The students will need to be here at 7:15 for departure @ 7:30. This is a change from the note.

·      No lunches need to be sent, but a light snack would be good. Students will eat @ Wendys in Bozeman after touring the caverns.

·      Appropriate clothing:

o  no flip flops. Sturdy shoes (tennis shoe-type) need to be worn. The cavern floors can be slippery.

o  Dress in layers. Clothing appropriate to school is appropriate as representatives of Poly Drive.

·      $$ is not needed unless students want to purchase something in the gift store. Lunch is purchased with the $$ students brought/earned last fall.

Thursday, May 31^st: Last Auction

Thursday, May 31^st: 6^th grade to Rose Park for lunch. No $$ is necessary. Students have placed orders from Jimmy Johns.

Thursday, May 31^st: Mr. Bokum will be hosting his BBQ and has invited our 5^th graders to attend. They will need to bring: 1-drink, 1-salad/chip/Jello, etc, and 1-dessert.

June 1^st: 9 AM       6^th grade graduation in the library. Parents are invited!!!

June 1^st: Dismissal at noon.

READING—Presentations of projects for both grade levels

MATH           Puzzle challenges  

LWR—create your own new word from the roots

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Ch 19 The Civil War Test on Wednesday

SCIENCE—Creative Problem Solving; reading science articles; Myth Busters

Important Dates:

In preparation for the 6th grade end of the year event, the Poly Yearbook committee is putting together a slideshow.  If you have any other pictures from events from this year, please send them to me digitally in the next couple of days. 


Parents & family members of 6th graders are invited to the 6th grade graduation June 1st @ 9 AM in the Library.

*Thursday, May 24^th: We are walking to Rose Park for our last event with our buddies. We will be gone from 1:00-2:00.

Friday, May 25^th: Field Day!!

No School: Monday, May 28^th

Last Auction: Tuesday, May 29^th

*WED, May 30th: Our 6^th graders will be going to the Lewis & Clark Caverns. I will be with them on this day. They will have a sub. The Caverns called us about road delays due to construction. The students will need to be here at 7:15 for departure @ 7:30. This is a change from the note!!  I also need at least one parent volunteer to go with us. However, you cannot ride the bus. You would need to drive yourself (or ride with other Poly moms). Let me know if your interested, and I can help arrange “car pooling”. 

JThursday, May 31^st: Mr. Bokum will be hosting his BBQ and has invited our 5^th graders to attend. They will need to bring: 1-drink, 1-salad/chip/Jello, etc, and 1-dessert.

June 1^st: 9 AM       6^th grade graduation in the library.

June 1^st: Dismissal at noon.

READING—Finished books on the Holocaust. In class project due on Friday (?). We’ll see how the week goes.  J

5^th American Tall Tales  Students are writing their own Tall Tales. They are fabulous!! Due Date: Wed, May 23^rd.

MATH           Beluga fractal & the Mandelbrot Set

I think the kids are glad we're done with the book and algebra! I heard a little whining when we were exploring quadratic equations last week.  :-) 

LANG                       

LWR—Root   phobia

cardio                        heart

gyno              woman, femal

hydro                        water

kelpto                        to steal

mono             one

neo                 new, recent

phob               fear

xeno               foreign, strange

-ia                   condition

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Ch 19 The Civil War

SCIENCE—Creative Problem Solving; reading science articles; Myth Busters

Important Dates: 
(* indicates a permission slip is required)


Major Error in dates ON THE BLOG:  Wed, May 30th is the Lewis & Clark Caverns. Thursday, May 31st is the Rose Park Field trip. The permission forms are correct!!

Monday Play:


10:15 Cast: Ana, AS, HB, GR, LG, ND, EW, MW MJ, SR, SH, LG, EB


1:20 Cast: DH, ND, BK, SF, SR, HC, EW, EB, MJ, MA, CW, TS, LG

The new date is Monday, May 21^st @ 10:15 and 1:20. It will run about 25 min.

Thursday, May 17th  Skate Night   5 PM -8 PM


Friday, May 18^th: ALL library books are due!


*Friday, May 18th: Lewis & Clark Tour  12:45-1:45

Wednesday, May 23^rd:   5:30-7:00 Poly Drive BBQ. You need to pay in advance for this. Notices went home on Wed, May 9^th in the Wednesday Watch.

*Thursday, May 24^th: We are walking to Rose Park for our last event with our buddies. We will be gone from 1:00-2:00.

Friday, May 25^th: Field Day!!

*WED, May 30th: Our 6^th graders will be going to the Lewis & Clark Caverns. I will be with them on this day. They will have a sub. The Caverns called us about road delays due to construction. The students will need to be here at 7:15 for departure @ 7:30. This is a change from the note!!  I also need at least one parent volunteer to go with us. However, you cannot ride the bus. You would need to drive yourself (or ride with other Poly moms). Let me know if your interested, and I can help arrange “car pooling”. 


JThursday, May 31^st: Mr. Bokum will be hosting his BBQ and has invited our 5^th graders to attend. They will need to bring: 1-drink, 1-salad/chip/Jello, etc, and 1-dessert.

June 1^st: 6^th grade graduation in the library. I will get the time and post it later.

June 1^st: Dismissal at noon.

READING—Play—“Wait ‘til the Sun Shines, Nellie, or So Long Simon Snivelheart” by Craig Sodaro

6^th The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  by Boyne OR The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Continuing with readings.

5^th American Tall Tales  Students are writing their own Tall Tale

MATH           Finishing the year with algebra and fractal geometry

LANG                       

LWR—Root   micro

bio                  life

graph            write, written

cosm              universe, harmony

meter            measure

micro             small

scop                look, view

-ic                   like, related to

-ology            study of, science

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Ch 18 Causes of the Civil War

SCIENCE—Creative Problem Solving; reading science articles; Myth Busters

NO MORE SPELLING LESSONS!!

Important Dates:

Tour of Will James.............Wednesday, May 9 from 11:30-1:30 


Friday PM, May 11th      I will be gone to attend my daughter's graduation from college  :-)


Monday, May14th         Play in the gym     10:15 (Cast 2) & 1:20 (Cast 1)

READING—Play—“Wait ‘til the Sun Shines, Nellie, or So Long Simon Snivelheart” by Craig Sodaro

6^th The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  by Boyne OR The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Continuing with readings.

5^th American Tall Tales  Students are writing their own Tall Tale

MATH           Multiplying polynomials & measurement--continuing

LANG

Interactive Editing (paraphrasing and writing 1 sentence summaries)

LWR—Root   cardi

peri-               around

cardi/0         heart

graph                        write, written

path               feeling, disease

-ac                  related to, pertaining to

-al                   like, related to

-ology                        study of, science

-y                    state, quality, act

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Working on Dramatizations (in class) for Chapter 17  Finishing. Test on Wednesday

SCIENCE—Our last 2 weeks of school will be spent on a Creative Problem Solving activity (much like the Mousetronauts last year). We will get more details at the end of this week.

LWR – anti

  

Prefix

dia                  through, across

Root

log                  word, reason

meter                        measure

chron             time

derm              skin

therm                        heat

Suffix

-ic                   like, related to

-y                    state, quality, act

5th grade               U 35

More words from other languages

Dictation Sentences:

1.    My khaki pants are a light brown color.

2.   A person with brown hair is a brunette.

3.   That is a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Basic: ballet, cassette, coupon, portrait, barrette, depot, courtesy, petite, denim, buffet, gazette, crochet, essay, echo, safari, chorus, alphabet

Challenge: encore, collage, matinee, premiere, embarrass

Real Word Vocabulary:  Careers: Photography

digital, manipulate, print, crop, enlarge, focus, light meter, develop

6th grade               U 35

Words often confused

Dictation Sentences:

1.    I will emigrate from my country.

2.   My conscience will keep me honest.

3.   Al’s Diner was formerly Ed’s Diner.

Basic: desert, dessert, hardy, hearty, moral, morale, laying, lying, personal, personnel, formally, bizarre, bazaar, precede, proceed, conscious, immigrate

Challenge: sympathy, empathy, imminent, eminent

Real Word Vocabulary:  Careers: Office Jobs

maintenance, mailroom, corporate, bookkeeper, administrative, vice president, deliveries, extension