Greetings Families!

Here are a few updates and invitations for our 5th grade familes:

1.  A group of Girl Scouts that are in our class have put together a fundraiser to benefit the patients at the UI Children's Hospital. They are asking Hoover families to donate gently used stuffed animals and books to the bin they decorated outside Room 12. 

2.  Canned food donations may also be donated in boxes outside each classroom at Hoover.

3.  Parent-Teacher conference sign up sheets are in the hallway to the east of the office.  I received a lot of positive feedback about the online sign up through signupgenius.com, so I am offering that to you as a way to sign up.  I will update your slot to the sheet in the hallway. If you would prefer to sign up in person, I will make sure that your slot is filled online for the same date/time, as soon as possible.   I'm looking forward to sharing the great ways your students have been learning.

If you did not receive an invitation by email to sign up for a conference time, please let me know and I'll send one your way or sign you up, personally.

4.  If you have questions about the homework for each day, please click the link on the homepage entitled, "Planner."  This link is located on the upper left corner and I will do my best to update it daily. 

5.  This upcoming Friday, I will have some special guests coming in to help teach a Spanish lesson.  Javier's mother, Zulma and his sister, Elizabeth will be with us to learn vocabulary around the theme of family. To help with this lesson, students will get the assignment this Wednesday (Jan. 23) to dress as the family member of their choice. This might include choosing props such as glasses, a tie, hair in a certain style, briefcase, goggles, a special book or bag. They will use these props to describe their family members and introduce each other, in Spanish.  They will also create a family tree and I am asking them to bring in photos or drawings of family members they feel comfortable sharing with the class, to supplement the lesson.


Have a wonderful week!  Go Hoover Hawks.

~Mrs. Ahlers