5th Grade Memory Book Deadline Approaching

Dear 5th Grade Parents,

5th Grade MEMORY BOOK DEADLINE APPROACHING!!!  
You must have your child’s baby picture, and any other photos 
that you may want to submit, uploaded to the Shutterfly 
Website by this Monday, May 18th!!   

No photos will be accepted after that date.

Please note: albums have been created for baby pictures 
and each grade level. Please be sure to upload your photos 
in the albums already set up in designated grade levels. 

If you haven't received an invitation to the Shutterfly site, please email
JenniferSouthBayTeam@gmail.com ASAP. 

Please CLICK HERE  print and turn in the authorization for 
your child’s photos to be used in the 5th Grade Memory Book.
More information regarding dedication pages also included 
on the form. 

Forms/checks can be turned into Mrs. Ellis or Ms. Elliott.

PARTY THEME AND TSHIRT DESIGN: 

We are leaving our title for our Memory Book and Party up to 
the 5th grade students. The theme for this year's 
festivities is "Games" (board games, etc). 

Tshirt designs/artwork will be decided by the students as well.
 You can have your child design artwork and suggest their 
favorite title on back of flyer (turn in printed version to 
teachers) above or email to
JenniferSouthBayTeam@gmail.com. The students will 
vote on the best design and title for the book/party/shirts. 
Deadline: May 18th.

Finally, mark your calendars: 

Promotion Ceremony Wednesday, June 3 at 9am (MPR)

Party Thursday, June 4 

Thank you for your support as we celebrate our Suns moving
 on to middle school!!

5th Grade Room Parents

5th Grade Update

Dear 5th Grade Parents and Students,
  We have a busy few months ahead of us. I am bracing myself.

Here is some information/reminders regarding a few of the upcoming events:

This week: Tuesday, March 3rd, the Science Fair Proposal sheets are due. The Science Fair is mandatory for all 5th graders. Mrs. Elliott has decided 5th grade will do a Life Science topic.

 Tuesday, March 3rd, we will have a Colonial Fair Parent Meeting after school at 3:00pm in the Monte Big Room. We will discuss the different stations and pass out the supply containers.

Tuesday, March 3rd, is the last day to turn in the In-N-Out and Good Stuff orders for Fun Run. Reminder: All food orders are PRE-ORDER only. You may not purchase In-N-Out or Good Stuff on the day of the Fun Run. See Fun Run Schedule below for more details.

Wednesday, March 4th, we have a one-day Book Fair in the MPR from 7:30 – 8:30am and 10:15-3:30pm. Parents and students may attend in the morning for Breakfast & Books. Students may attend during recess, lunch or after school. Raffle prizes are offered for bringing your own reusable bag.

 Friday, March 6th, we will take our class picture. A Lifetouch order form ($11) is going home today.


Next week:

Monday, March 9th, is Fun Run. Please turn in the Pledge Card as soon as possible. These forms went home last week.

Fun Run Schedule:  
10:00 on: Spirit wear available for sale, Silent Auction Open, Philly Phil Italian Ice for Sale
 10:30 Fun Run Begins for TK-2  
10:50 Fun Run Begins for 3-5
 11:00 In-N-Out available for pick up.
Fun Run end time will be staggered by grade to help avoid long lines  
12:45 Children return to class  
1:35 Philly Phil Italian Ice for Sale at Pick up

Wednesday, March 11th, Report Cards go home.

Thursday, March 12th, is a minimum day for parent conferences. (Only if needed)

Friday, March 13th, is Art at Your Fingertips. There will be a 5th grade party/memory book meeting after the art project at 2:30pm. Please attend if you are interested in helping with the end of the year party or the memory book.

 The following weeks:

Tuesday, March 17th, is the PV Performing Arts Performance at 7:30pm in the Soleado MPR. Please let your child’s teacher know if your child will not be attending the performance due to schedule conflicts.

 Tuesday, March 24th, is the Soleado Science Fair from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. More details to follow regarding the Walk Thru the American Revolution (April 7th) and Colonial Fair (April 8th). The Costume Closet will not allow students to reserve costumes for these events in advance. I also understand that Spring Break will be the week before these events. Eva and I have both spoken with Peggy at the Costume Closet and she has provided us with the following days to rent our costumes: Saturday March 21st 10:30am - 1:30pm
 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, March 25,26,27 10:30am - 4:30pm  
 Saturday, March 28th - 
Tuesday, April 7th COSTUME CLOSET IS CLOSED!!
 The costumes will be due back after school on April 8th or anytime April 9th. After the 9th a late fee will be charged. If someone absolutely can't get there until April 10th, they should call and let Peggy know. Thank you all for your continued support! We make an amazing team and the kids have lots of fun activities to look forward to.

Kind regards, Mrs. Ellis

5th Grade Update

Parents,

Just a friendly reminder of all the great events happening this week at Soleado…

1.       Sweetheart Dance this Friday night at Ridgecrest from 7-9pm.

a.       If you would like to order a photo wristband that gives your child unlimited access to the photo booth, please CLICK HERE to order. (the photo booth company has offered a huge discount on their packages and this is a great opportunity to raise a great deal of money for our Booster Club).

b.      RUBY’s has created a fundraising opportunity that evening for us as well. If you would like to eat dinner at Ruby’s before the event, they will donate 20% of the proceeds back to our school. Another great way to raise money for Soleado and enjoy dinner before the event!

2.       Macaroni and Cheese week begins on Friday!  The author of the book Macaroni and Cheese, Stacie Turk, will be working with the students on a reader’s/writer’s workshop in their classroom. You can purchase a signed copy of Macaroni and Cheese and she will hand deliver it to your child the day she visits their class. She is also donating a percentage of the sales back to Soleado. Our class will not be participating in the workshops but if you are interested in purchasing a book for a younger sibling or family member here is the info. 

a.       If you would like to purchase your child a signed copy of the book Macaroni and Cheese, please CLICK HERE 

3.       Java with Gina will be held this Wednesday, 2/4 at 9:00am in the science lab. I will have the author of Macaroni and Cheese talking about her workshop and her book. Also, I have invited the Behaviorists that are guiding and directing the Anti-Bullying program in second grade to introduce the program. I will be including a conversation about our Parent Math Night and discussing our districts next steps to insure fidelity in our math programs district wide.  
I hope that you all had a nice 3 day weekend. Our teachers worked diligently with 4 publishers to begin the process of selecting a new math program for next year. The day was a success!
Thank you in advance to all of the families that will have the chance to participate in our events this week. We are a great school because of our teachers, our students, and the wonderful support of our parents!

4.      Our classes have been working on an opinion paper about Kids participating in Extreme Sports. We would like to invite you to come listen to them read their papers. We call it an Author’s Celebration. It is beneficial for students to have an authentic audience and we would love your help with that!

When:  
Mrs. Ellis Class: Wednesday, February 4th Time: 2:00 pm

Ms. Elliott's Class:   Friday, February 6 at 2:00 PM.

Where: Monte.  Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Please let Mrs. Ellis/Elliott know if you plan to attend via email Ellisc@PVPUSD.net  or ElliottD@Pvpusd.net

5.  VALENTINE'S DAY INFO: You should have received the flyer for Valentine's day festivities. The students will be making mail bags for their Valentine's out of paper grocery bags.  Each student should start bringing in their grocery bags tomorrow.

Please be sure to check Edline for calendar updates and other information. :)

Jennifer Farrell & Catherine Lucas

Happy New Year

Hi Everyone - Happy New Year!

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to start our last semester at Soleado with our 5th Graders! Can you believe how much time has passed?

Below is a list of dates for the next 3 months to book in your calendars. You will get more information on all of it as the date approaches, but we know that the more notice we get on things, the sooner we can get it on the calendars, and make it.

Before we get to the dates, we do need parent help on a few things: 

1. Science Fair Judges Needed. (judge/organize entries, tally scores, plan Science Fair night)
2. HSA Nominating Committee (request school nominations, tally results, organize awards, plan lunch)
3. PTA Nominating Committee (help to determine next year's PTA Board)

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

The PTA will be doing another push soon to get everyone to join our PTA! The top 3 classrooms with 100% participation will receive a free assembly with a really fun magician!  Please CLICK HERE to join if you have not done so already.  

DATES/EVENTS

January- Character Trait- “Fairness”
1/12- RTI Testing 8:45-11:30
1/13-CIA ELA, PTA/Booster Meeting 9:00am MPR Special Guest Ms. Beall
1/14 3-6 p.m.  - Soleado Family Fun Night at Pump it Up!! - ! $15.00 pre order tickets, $17.00 at the door (60% goes back to our school). Pizza and snacks also available.
1/15- SSC (Site Council) #2   1:30
1/16- AAYF-4/5
1/19-Holiday No School
1/20-AAYF 3, ELAC meeting
1/20 Quest Parent Night: Internet Safety MPR Ridgecrest 7:00pm-8:00pm
1/21-AAYF 2^nd/TK, NO HOMEWORK DAY
1/22-AAYF 1st
1/23-AAYF Kinder, Spirit Day, Flag Ceremony, SNN
1/24- MATH FIELD DAY
1/26 Math Info Night for Parents - No Kids please - 6:00 pm

Teachers from 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th will be breaking parents up into small groups and showing us how math is being taught to our kids in the classrooms. Ms. Murdoch will be there from 3rd Grade.

1/30-Student Free Day-District

February-Character Trait- “Fairness”
2/3 Parent Education Night on Internet Safety- Silver Spur MPR 6:30pm-8:00pm
2/4 Java with Gina (don't miss this small group setting with our principal) 
2/6-9^th Macaroni and Cheese week-special author doing workshops in K-4
2/6-Parent Child Dance-Booster pm
2/9-11-Valentine Candy Grams
2/10- PTA/Booster Meeting (Special Guest: Ms. Dino and the Hair Angels to educate us on lice)
2/11-Lamp Post Pizza Family Social 
2/13-Holiday NO SCHOOL
2/14-Happy Valentine’s Day!
2/16- Holiday NO SCHOOL
2/20- AAYF 4/5
2/24-AAYF 3rd
2/25- AAYF 2^nd/TK
2/26 AAYF-1^st
2/27- AAYF Kinder, Spirit Day, Flag Ceremony (Science Fair Roll Out), SNN

March –Character Trait- “Caring”
3/2- Dr. Seuss Birthday, Kinder Round Up at 2:00pm
3/3- Community Read-In
3/4-One Day Book Fair
3/6- Cyber Safety assembly for 4^th and 5^th at 2:00
3/8-Daylight Savings
3/9-13- Red Ribbon Week
3/9- Fun Run
3/10- CIA Math, PTA/Booster Meeting (guest: Mrs. Carrie Ellis), Lomita Sheriff on Field with kids at lunch
3/11-Report Cards Home
3/12- Min. Day, Parent Conferences
3/13- Used Book Sale, AAYF 4/5
3/14 "PIE" Celebration in class 
3/16-NORRIS PERFORMANCE for 2^nd and 3^rd 
3/17-AAYF 3, CIA ELA, NORRIS PERFORMANCE 4/5 at night
3/18- AAYF 2^nd/TK, Family Social (pm), SSC (Site Council) meeting #3
3/19-AAYF 1^st
3/20-AAYF Kinder, SNN Broadcast
3/23- Science Fair Projects Due. Might Change this
3/25- Teacher Luncheon, Science Fair Judging.
3/26-Science Family Night.
3/27-Min. Day, Science Fair Walk-thru. Flag Ceremony
3/30-4/3-Spring Break

You can always go to EDLINE, read the Sunblast, read the marquee, etc for more information and to double-check dates and times. 

Thanks,

Jennifer Farrell & Catherine Lucas

5th grade update

Hi everyone, just a few reminders about the last two weeks of 2014:
 
CLICK HERE to sign up for Teacher Luncheon on Wed. 12/10. We really need your help in showing our teachers how much we appreciate them. The theme is "comfort food" and can be home made or store bought.

Pajama Day is this Friday 12/12 and Winter Gram sales start too.
 
Parent night out is Friday, 12/12. CLICK HERE for more information.

The all school holiday sing is Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 9 am.

Holiday music performance on Thursday 18th in the MPR.  9:00 - 10:00.

 There will also be a small class party on Friday the 19th - no parent help is required.
 

Minimum day on Friday the 19th... dismissal at 12:00. 

 

 

 Have a wonderful holiday break!!!

Thanksgiving Feast Information

Wednesday, the kids will enjoy their Thanksgiving stew. Below is more information about the fun the kids will enjoy as well as opportunities to help out. 

Please email JenniferSouthBayTeam@gmail.com if you are available to help with preparing. :) Have a wonderful holiday week!!

We do need help with chopping the veggies tomorrow after lunch.  We can set up the chopping tables at lunch and then be ready to chop when the kids get back.  I am hoping to show a movie during the chopping to help keep it calm.  :)


For Wednesday, we will set up and start putting the stew in the bowls during recess. (10:45)  That way they can cool off before we serve them.  We will also need help with clean-up 11:45-12:00 ish.

Approx. schedule for Pilgrim Stew

Pilgrim Stew

Day 1, Tuesday, November 25, 2014

After Lunch

PILGRIM STEW

Peel and cut 10 potatoes

Peel and cut 12 carrots into ½ inch pieces

Cut 2 onions in chunks

Cut 6 celery stalks into ½ inch pieces

Pour in the tomatoes

Pour in the tapioca

Add salt, pepper, and bay leaf

Mix – cook on high for 10 hours or low for 20 hours

Day 2, Wednesday, November 26, 2014

10:00

FRUIT SALAD

Cut bananas

Cut cantaloupe

Cut oranges

Put in grapes

10:50 -11:15 (Recess) Set up for feast

11:15 Serve and eat

11:45  Clean-up

12:00  Go home

Ingredients for Thanksgiving Feast

1.   3 bananas   - Sarah Schmainda

2.  3 bananas  - Do Kyun

3.  3 oranges  - Eahn

4.  3 oranges  - Tian

5.    1 cantaloupe cut into squares   - Claire

6.  1 cantaloupe cut into squares  - Lauren

7.  1 bunch of seedless grapes  - Mazen

8.   1 bunch of seedless grapes  -  Alex

9.  1 box of Capri Sun  - Kazuma

10.           1 box of Capri Sun  - Keenan

11.                 1 box of Capri Sun  - Sarah Son

12.                  1 loaf of sliced French Bread  - Maple

13.            1 loaf of sliced French Bread   - Sarah Gaydos

14.                  1 loaf of sliced French Bread  - Katelyn 

15.                 1 large tub of margarine  - Aidan

16.            2 sticks of butter   - ( not needed)

17.           5 medium potatoes  - Osame

18.           5 medium potatoes  - Owen

19.                 3 celery stalks  - Shunta

20.           3 celery stalks  - Kanon

21.                  2 large onions  - Justin

22.            2 (1lb 12oz can) tomatoes  - Osuke

23.                  1 cup quick cooking tapioca  - (Not needed)

24.            35 plastic plates  -  Taejun

25.            35 styrofoam bowls  - Jessica

26.                  35 plastic spoons  - Alec

27.           6 carrots  - Grace

28.                 6 carrots  - Nathanael

29.            1 16 oz (or more) container of beef stock  - Kiana

30.            1 16 oz (or more) container of beef stock  - Riley

31.  1 doz.  Corn Bread Muffins  - Phillip

32.  1 doz.  Corn Bread Muffins  - Minseo

33.  1 doz. Corn Bread Muffins  - Lana

34.  Pie/Whip Cream –Sarah G., Kiana, Jessica, Bella

35.  Rice  - Grace(already cooked), Justin (rice cooker/rice)

2 Crock Pots (Bella)/ 2 Potato Peelers(Claire/Jessica)/ 4 Knives 2 Cutting Boards (Mrs. Ellis)/ 2 Big Bowls for Fruit Salad (Kyle/Keenan)/Wooden Spoons (Sarah Schmainda)

                               

Black & White Masquerade Ball

Parents,
Our big event, the Black and White Masquerade Ball, is quickly approaching and we are seeking your support! This is a special event, as it is a time for us to get together and celebrate as a school community to support our magnificent school. The money raised for this event will fund the Palos Verdes Conservatory Arts Program coming to your Soleado children this Spring. Please reserve your seat for the evening of November 21st! If you are unable to attend, but would still like to support Soleado, please sponsor a teacher to attend the event and join in on the fun! If you would like to sponsor a teacher please let your room parent know and/or return your RSVP with the teacher's name you would like to sponsor. Go find your mask and LET'S HAVE A BALL!  See you at the Masquerade!Booster Club
Event Chairs