Please come and support the El SegundoUnified School District
SKECHERS Fundraiser supporting the El Segundo Education Foundation
SKECHERSfor Beach City Schools Drive May 15th through June 14th.For every footwear purchase at any of the SKECHERS stores listed, 10% of thesale will benefit the ESEF. Just mention the ESEF at the time of purchase. PlazaEl Segundo, opening May 22nd at the former Linens NThings location, Downtown Manhattan Beach, ManhattanAvenue and Manhattan Beach Blvd., South Bay Galleria,first floor, and the Del Amo Mall, exterior Lifestyle Wing.
May 30th – 2nd Annual Benefit Car Show –10:00am – 3:00pm
AutomobileDriving Museum located at 610 Lairport, El Segundo invites you to join them fortheir 2nd Annual Benefit Car Show “Car People for Education” eventon Saturday May 30th 10am to 3pm. For more information or toregister a car visit http://www.elsegundofoundation.org/events.html
Ms. Stone nominated three 5thgrade boys to a leadership conference in Washington, DC. The boys are doing acanned food drive to earn tuition money. Your kids may bring cans toschool and the boys have people who have pledged to donate money for every cancollected. The boxes are near the office.
THE FOOD DRIVE WILL LAST UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. (Themore they collect = $$$ towards
dates and info
June 12- ScienceTest CharacterCounts Assembly 2-2:30
June15– TalentShow 10AM at ESHS
June 16- Field trip to Natural History Museum
June 17- Trip to Plunge and park, PJ day and Read-a-thon. Bring PJs and blankets for after wego swimming.
June 18- Last day of school *minimum day
Social Studies- summingit all up, test Wednesday
Science- Unit 7 Magnetism, finish up and do labs
Math – Unit 11 and End of the Year math test
Language Arts – Our last story of the year “Skylark”
HOMEWORK Week of June 8th
Bring all textbooks and math template
back to school!
MONDAY6/8
Read 20 minutes. Be sure torecord book title, pages, and get parent signature.
TUESDAY6/9
Read 20 minutes. Besure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature.
Spelling staircase
Math – STUDY!
Read WS 5-8 to help study for Wednesdays SS test
Science – lab reflection
WEDNESDAY6/10
Reread “Skylark”. Besure to record book title, pages, and get parent signature.
Complete spelling sentences using all 25 words
Math – Study for Unit 11 test tomorrow
Science – study for Friday’s test
THURSDAY6/11
Read 20 minutes. Be sure torecord book title, pages, and get parent signature.
Take a “Spelling Practice Test” on a separate sheet of paper.Rewrite any mistakes 3x correctly.
Math –
Science – STUDY
FRIDAY6/12
End of Year Math Test and last timed facts test of the year
Science – test today
SUMMER SLIDE
Experts agree that childrenwho read during the summer gain reading skills, while those who do not oftenslide backward. According to the authors of a November 2002 report from Johns Hopkins Center for Summer Learning: "A conservative estimate of lostinstructional time is approximately two months or roughly 22 percent of theschool year...." http://www.rif.org/parents/articles/summerslide.mspx
According to research, by thetime a struggling reader reaches middle school, summer reading loss has accumulatedto a two-year lag in reading achievement.
DON’T MISSOUT! TWO FUN WAYS RICHMOND SCHOOL IS ENCOURAGING SUMMER READING AT HOME:
TheEl Segundo Library hosts a free eight week reading program. Registrationbegins on June 18th and the program ends on August 8th. Grab bags of prizes are given for every ten books read. Some of the donatedcoupons and tickets are from Legoland, L.A. Dodgers, Carls Jr., Mattel Toys,L.A. Zoo, Johnny Rockets, Whole Foods, and a bunch others. The kick-off programfeaturing the amazing magician Allen Oshira is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. onTuesday, June 23, at the El Segundo Women's Club. For more information, call(310) 524-2726. If you participate and turn in your reading log toschool by September 11th, your child will earn a special prize andrecognition.
Log on to www.bookadventure.org for free. Have your child read books, take quizzes, and earnpoints for prizes. If you turn in proof of at least 1,000 points bySeptember 11th, your child will earn a special prize andrecognition.
LOOKING FOROTHER WAYS TO PROMOTE LEARNING?
Plug IntoSummer Learning:
Log on to our “Plug IntoSummer Learning” site for other fabulous ways to support learning over the summerin the areas of reading, writing, and math. The links are recommendationsfrom several of our teachers. The site is found under “links”on ourschool’s homepage, or bookmark this link now:
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