KSS will be here before we know it! Our class goes to KSS November 7-9. The deadline for all paperwork was today. Please be aware that it is critical that all pieces of information are completed. Today I am sending home (see Monday folder) the Adams 12 Medical Form. This form MUST be completed, regardless of whether or not your child takes medications. If your child does not need medications, you do not have to have a doctor's signature. Simply write "NO MEDS" across the top of the form, and sign and date it. Please review the list of items needed. A copy is posted under the 5/6 Team documents. Make sure clothing items fit. Also, if your student will not be attending KSS, he/she must complete the alternative assignment, also posted on the 5/6 team page. Students not attending KSS will not come to school at Stargate on the 7th-9th.

Thank you for all of your generous donations. We have collected more than 15 contributions for our "Think Pink" basket, and a few more for our Sports and Treats theme basket.  If you have something you would still like to contribute, please send it with your student by this Friday, November 2nd. The donations will be collected and assembled into beautiful baskets at that time.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  We are well underway with two writing projects. Students should be through about 2/3 of the way through their semester book at this time. We discussed the 5-paragraph essay on Thursday of last week. Students can begin writing as soon as they have completed their books. We are also working daily on the themed children's books (Fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving). These will be illustrated and shared with younger Stargate students later this month.

We have started to talk about 1st Trimester Projects. Most students have narrowed down their project topic at this point. They can select any topic related to colonial life, the Revolutionary War, inventions and inventors, or matter. Please note that a student/parent packet of detailed information including due dates will come home in the Monday folder on 10/22.

A set of Matter Science Experiments came home with your child on Wednesday. Please select two of the experiments (other than oobleck) and perform them at home. Please note that some experiments do require adult supervision and the use of a heat source. For each experiment, students need to write up:

1. hypothesis

2. observations before and during the experiment

3. conclusions reached after the experiment

This should be done in the Theme notebook and returned to school on Friday.

I am pleased to announce that Mrs. Tufford and Mr. Lineham will be chaperones on this year's KSS field trip. Please note that the actual permission slip is coming home in today's Monday folder on green copy paper. The cost for the trip is $185 per student. Please note that it all medical and permission slips are due at Stargate no later than Monday, October 29th. This only leaves you two weeks to get a doctor's appointment if your child will need medication of any kind administered during the trip.