March Reading Month

• Georgetown is celebrating reading for the month of March. We continue our school-wide western theme of Saddle Up & Read this week! 
  • A Daily/Weekly Reading Goal calendar will be sent home with the students. As a parent you will sign the log agreeing that your child read for the 5th grade weekly goal. Goal for 5th grade is 30 minutes a day or 150 minutes per week. If they reach this goal their name will be put in a weekly drawing. Students are to turn in their reading logs on Monday.
  • We will have dress up days each Friday in March. Our next dress up day is Thursday, April 1. Our theme is Read and Feed. Wear PJ’s or comfy clothes for some comfy reading time.

Reproductive Health Video

• The videos will be shown on April 1 with a discussion following the 2:30 video showing. 
  • If you DO NOT want your child to view the video with the grade level gender group, please contact me via email.  Please arrange to pick your child up prior to the viewing time. 

Spring Break

• Friday, April 2 – Sunday April 11

M-STEP Reminder

• M-STEP testing dates for 5th grade:
  • April 20, 22, 27, 29th. Please avoid any outside appointments on those days in which your child will be gone from school.

Camp Update

• All fifth grade students in the district will have an extended day camp experience at CranHill Ranch.
• The date for Georgetown students will be Thursday, June 3.
• Students can take their normal mode of transportation to school in the morning.
• Estimated arrival back to school will be around 9:00 PM.
• Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not allowed to bring parent chaperones. 
• More information coming soon!

March Reading Month

• Georgetown is celebrating reading for the month of March. We continue our school-wide western theme of Saddle Up & Read this week! 
  • A Daily/Weekly Reading Goal calendar will be sent home with the students. As a parent you will sign the log agreeing that your child read for the 5th grade weekly goal. Goal for 5th grade is 30 minutes a day or 150 minutes per week. If they reach this goal their name will be put in a weekly drawing. Students are to turn in their reading logs on Monday.
  • We will have dress up days each Friday in March. Our next dress up day is Friday, March 26. Our theme is Hoedown! We welcome students to wear jeans, maybe even a belt buckle or boots.

Class Chromebooks

• Our chromebooks have arrived! If your child wants to bring in a pair of wired headphones, we encourage them to keep their headphones in a labeled ziplock bag.

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M-STEP Reminder

• M-STEP testing dates for 5th grade:
  • April 20, 22, 27, 29th. Please avoid any outside appointments on those days in which your child will be gone from school.

Camp Update

• All fifth grade students in the district will have an extended day camp experience at CranHill Ranch.
• The date for Georgetown students will be Thursday, June 3.
• Students can take their normal mode of transportation to school in the morning.
• Estimated arrival back to school will be around 9:00PM.
• Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not allowed to bring parent chaperones. 
• More information coming soon!

March Reading Month

• Georgetown is celebrating reading for the month of March. We continue our school-wide western theme of Saddle Up & Read this week! 
  • A Daily/Weekly Reading Goal calendar will be sent home with the students. As a parent you will sign the log agreeing that your child read for the 5th grade weekly goal. Goal for 5th grade is 30 minutes a day or 150 minutes per week. If they reach this goal their name will be put in a weekly drawing. Students are to turn in their reading logs on Monday.
  • We will have dress up days each Friday in March. Our next dress up day is Friday, March 19. We welcome students to wear a shirt with a word or saying on it. 

Class Chromebooks

• Our chromebooks have arrived! If your child wants to bring in a pair of wired headphones, we encourage them to keep their headphones in a labeled ziplock bag.

Math: 

• We will be assessing Unit 5: Division with Whole Numbers and Decimals early this week.

ELA:

• We are wrapping up our literary essay about the theme found in our book club books.
• Since we’re asking students to spend a few extra minutes reading to complete the reading month calendar, we will not have our normal weekly reading homework sheet for the month of March.

Social Studies:

• We are learning about the first events of the Revolutionary War.

Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences

• An email was sent to parents this week regarding virtual conferences which will be held on March 8th or March 10th. Please check your inbox for an email from your child’s classroom teacher and sign up for a time slot on the link provided if you haven’t already done so.

March Reading Month

• Georgetown will be celebrating reading for the month of March. We will have a school wide western theme of Saddle Up & Read!  (Tied to Book Fair’s “Wild West” theme.)
  • A Daily/Weekly Reading Goal calendar will be sent home with the students. As a parent you will sign the log agreeing that your child read for the 5th grade weekly goal. Goal for 5th grade is 30 minutes a day or 150 minutes per week. If they reach this goal their name will be put in a weekly drawing.
  • We will have dress up days each Friday in March. Our next dress up day is Friday, March 12. We welcome you to dress like a cowboy or cowgirl and wear flannel or plaid. 

Book Fair

• As in the Fall, there will be a book fair for the kids to shop in person or online during conference week. Our preview day is Monday, March 8 and our shopping day is Wednesday, March 10.

Class Chromebooks

Our chromebooks have arrived! If your child wants to bring in a pair of wired headphones, we encourage them to keep their headphones in a labeled ziplock bag.