You're Invited...

To our Fifth Grade Recognition Program!

Please join us to celebrate the success of our fifth grade students and wish them well on their way to Southwest Middle School!

What:  Fifth Grade Recognition Program

When:  Tuesday, May 29^th at 1:30pm

Where:  Hawthorne Gym

Parents and families of fifth grade students:

Please join us in the little auditorium after our program

 for a reception and refreshments.

Our Future is Bright

Hawthorne Media Center Updates

May 18-Friday           Last Book Checkout Day

May 22-Tuesday       All Books are Due

May 29-Tuesday       Summer Reading Razzle-Dazzle

May 30-Wednesday Summer Reading Razzle-Dazzle

Lulu has a new home!

Lulu's old cage broke, so she now has a new mansion! 

Enjoy it Lulu!!!



Patrol MOA Trip--Date Changed!

Please note that the date for the Mall of America trip for the kids on school patrol has changed.

We will be going to the Mall of America on

Wednesday, May 23rd!!!

Math Masters Competition

Good luck to our 5th Grade Hawthorne Math Masters Team as they head to Austin on Friday to compete against other surrounding schools and teams.  Good luck...you will be GREAT!!!

Hawthorne Hawks 5th Grade News Team

Our 5th grade students have been put in charge of filming a newscast for our school!  The student have been very busy creating and filming two news segments per week.  Each student has a role in a newscast:  reporter, anchor, editor, director, scriptwriter, etc.  The Hawthorne Hawks 5th Grade News Team reports on important information and events such as the weather, lunch menu, a day in history, character traits, and important events going on at our school. 

Check out our first newscast below!!!

Updated: End of Year Events Schedule

Our schedule of events has been updated...please mark the below changes on your calendars at home!

5^th Grade End of Year Events

***Updated 4-24-12

Friday, April 13^th:  MCA Math Test

Monday, April 16^th:  MCA Math Test

Tuesday, April 17^th:  Early Out at 12:05

Tuesday, April 24^th:  MCA Reading Test

Thursday, April 26^th:  MCA Reading Test

Friday, April 27^th: Math Masters Competition in Austin (math masters students)

Tuesday, May 1st:  NWEA Reading Test

Wednesday, May 2:  NWEA Math Test

Thursday, May 3^rd:  Discover History Day at the Freeborn County Historical Museum in AL

Friday, May 4^th:  5^th Grade Science Day

Thursday, May 10^th:  MCA Science Test

Monday, May 14^th-Tuesday, May 15^th:  MCA Math Test ***Round Two***

Wednesday, May 16^th:  Science Museum Trip (science fair participants)

Thursday, May 17^th:  Young Authors/Young Artists convention (selected students)

Friday, May 18^th:  Experiential Ed trip at Brookside school

Monday, May 21:  Pelican Breeze trip

Tuesday, May 22^nd:  Early Out at 12:05

Thursday, May 24^th:  MOA trip for patrol students

Tuesday, May 29^th:  5^th grade end-of-year ceremony

Wednesday, May 30^th:  last day of school J                                                 

Events to Be Scheduled:

--tour of Southwest

Native American Gallery Walk Slideshow ----------->>

On March 1st, our fifth grade students at Hawthorne demonstrated what they learned from researching their Native American tribe.  They constructed a quadrama to show four aspects of their tribe's life:  food, clothing, family life, and shelter.  Please check out the slideshow to the right to see great pictures of our gallery walk and our quadramas!

Reading Rocks!!!

On Wednesday, the fourth grade students lead our Reading Rocks Assembly teaching the school about the reading strategy of characterizing.  Ms. Boersma's class taught us to remember to pause and characterize your characters while reading!

We Have LOTS of events going on in April and May!

5th Grade End of Year Events

Friday, April 13^th:  MCA Math Test

Monday, April 16^th:  MCA Math Test

Tuesday, April 17^th:  Early Out at 12:05

Tuesday, April 24^th:  MCA Reading Test

Thursday, April 26^th:  MCA Reading Test

Friday, April 27^th: Math Masters Competition in Austin (math masters students)

Thursday, May 3^rd:  Discover History Day at the Freeborn County Historical Museum in AL

Week of May 7^th:  NWEA Reading Test

Thursday, May 10^th:  MCA Science Test

Week of May 14^th:  NWEA Math Test

Wednesday, May 16^th:  Science Museum Trip (science fair participants)

Thursday, May 17^th:  Young Authors/Young Artists convention (selected students)

Friday, May 18^th:  Experiential Ed trip at Brookside school

Tuesday, May 22^nd:  Early Out at 12:05

Thursday, May 24^th:  MOA trip for patrol students

Tuesday, May 29^th:  5^th grade end-of-year ceremony

Wednesday, May 30^th:  last day of school

Events to Be Scheduled:

--Pelican Breeze/picnic (dependent on availability)

--tour of Southwest

MCA Tests

The 5^th graders will have their

MCA Tests as follows:

Math (round 1):   Friday, April 13^th and

Monday, April 16^th

Reading:  Tuesday, April 24^th and

Thursday, April 26^th

Science:  Thursday, May 10^th

Please make sure your child is getting plenty of sleep and a great nutritional breakfast before these tests.  The PTO is supplying water bottles, fruit, granola bars, and trail mix for the testing mornings. 

Phones into the rooms will be turned off, but voicemail will be on, so you may leave a message if you need.

This year students will be given the opportunity to take the MCA Math Test two different times.  If a student does not meet or exceed test standards the first time, they will take the test again to improve their score. 

The MCA is the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment and all schools in the state take it during April and May.  You will be mailed your child’s results this summer/early fall.

Good Luck 5^th Grade Students!!!

Reminder!

There will be no school on the following days...enjoy your break, read lots, and play outside!

Thursday, April 5th

Friday, April 6th

Monday, April 9th

Band/Orchestra Informational Meeting

Mrs. Crissinger, the orchestra teacher, and Mr. Dawson, the band teacher have come to Hawthorne to inform our fifth graders about signing up to play an instument next year!  The informational/sign-up meeting will be held Tuesday, April 3rd from 4-7pm at Southwest Middle School.  If your child did not return a form for orchestra and band last week, but is still interested in signing up, they can attend this open house and sign up to play an instrument!

Pennies for Patients

Our Hawthorne Citizenship Committee lead a school-wide fundraiser the last two weeks called Pennies for Patients which raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  We had a penny war in 5th grade where Miss Boyd's class won by just $1.00!  They will receive an extra recess for their winning donations.

Hawthorne raised $771.29!  Great job Hawthorne!!!  Thank you to our Citizenship Committee members: Ian Ball, Aidan Moffitt, Brooke Talamantes, and Solia Birch, who helped raise money for this great cause :). 

I Love to Read Month Competition

Miss Boyd's class won the I Love to Read month competition for the month of February!  As a class, they read 59, 560 minutes!  We had a pizza party during lunch to celebrate...

In 5th grade at Hawthorne, we read over 90,000 minutes in the month of February!  Way to go 5th graders!

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

Friday, March 2nd was Dr. Seuss's birthday and we celebrated this fun event in many ways!

We had a read-in...

We had MN author/musician, Doug Wood, come to Hawthorne and teach us about reading and writing...

We had Cat in the Hat striped cupcakes...

Valentine's Day Party

On Valentine's Day, the fifth grade students at Hawthorne celebrated all of their hard work this winter by having a party!  The students chose to watch a movie or play board games and we had great treats, Valentine's, and lots of fun!

No School Monday, February 20th, 2012

Reminder….no school on Monday, February 20^th. 

See you on Tuesday, February 21^st.  Enjoy your long weekend!

100th Day!

Monday, February 13th was the 100th day of school!  The fifth grade students celebrated by doing a math activity.  Stuents were given a sheet with $100 and cut out ads of items they would like to have.  Then, students added these items up to $100.00!  This fun activity celebrated our hard work in the last 100 days of school and reviewed our 5th grade math standard of adding and subtracting with decimals.  Way to go!

Nutrition Lesson

On Monday, Amy Pleimling, the dietitian from Hy-Vee came to our classroom to present our second nutrition lesson for the year.  The students reviewed how many servings to eat/drink from all food groups daily.  The students also learned how much sugar they are consuming while drinking their favorite drinks and what too much sugar can do to their bodies.  Thank you Amy and great job fifth grade students!

Luau Book Fair

Monday, February 6th - Hawaiian shirt day

Tuesday, February 7th - Flip flop day (bring your favorite pair of flip flops to school in your bookbag and wear them inside during the day)

Wednesday, February 8th - Sunglasses day

Thursday, February 9th - Bring a beach towel and curl up with a favorite book

Book Fair Hours:

Thursday, February 9th from 3:00-7:00 pm

Friday, February 10th from 8:00-3:30 pm

Thursday, February 16th from 3:00-7:00 pm

February is 'I Love to Read' Month!

In 5^th grade, we are demonstrating how much we enjoy reading by celebrating with I Love to Read month!

Competition: 

Each evening, you will read a ‘good fit’ book at home.  Write down the amount of minutes that you read each night.  Your parent/guardian must initial your minutes each night.  On Thursday nights, please total your weekly minutes and have your parent initial that date.  Then bring this sheet back to school on Friday.  In our homeroom classes, we will chart our reading minutes for the month.  **Only reading minutes completed at HOME count for your reading log minutes.J 

Motivation:

--If you’ve totaled your weekly minutes and you have a parent initial, you will be a part of our end of the week drawing in your classroom. 

--The student from each classroom who reads the most minutes at the end of the month will win a book from a book order. 

--The 5^th grade class with the most minutes at the end of the month will win a pizza party!!

GOOD LUCK! 

--Ms. Busch, Mr. Rassler, & Miss Boyd

***For the entire month of February, Hawthorne will be celebrating our love of reading with many fun activities, presentations, prizes, and more!

2nd/5th Grade Buddies

On Thursday, our 5th grade students collaborated with their 2nd grade buddies to make a poster for our contest next week.  February is I Love to Read month and they designed posters to promote reading...check some of them out below!

Reading Rocks!!! Visualizing

On Wednesday, some of our 5th graders presented with Mrs. Peterson at our Hawthorne Reading Rocks assembly!  These students did a great job of teaching Hawthorne students about the reading skill of visualizing.  Please help your child to make a 'mental movie' when they are reading their favorite books at home!

Weekly Newsletter 1-20-2012

Conferences

We will see you soon for conferences!   We look forward  to updating you on your student’s progress.   Please come with any questions or concerns you have as well.  It is a great time to make sure we are all on the right track for the rest of the year. 

         

Science Fair

Some of our fifth grade students have decided to participate in this years Science Fair.  The Science Fair will be on March 3^rd at the North Bridge mall. 

Upcoming Dates

Jan 31th  - Hotsteppers perform @ BB game

Feb 1^st - Reading Rocks Presentation

Feb 9,10, 16- Parent Teacher Conferences

Feb 9^th - Popcorn Party for February Birthday

Feb 17^th - We Love HW Celebration

Feb 20^th- NO SCHOOL

5th Grade Spelling Bee

On Monday, January 9th, we had the 5th grade Spelling Bee at Hawthorne.  We had eleven students participating:  Dylan Scherff, Chris Abrego, Riley Portner, Elliott Flatten, Erik Thompson, Griffin Gonzalez, Parth Patel, Nayeli Preciado-Hernandez, Eli Schroeder, Jace Johnson, and Aidan Moffitt.  All of the students did an EXCELLENT job with spelling very challenging words.  In the end, Elliott Flatten was our winner and went on to the District Spelling Bee at Southwest on Tuesday, January 24th.  Congratulations, Elliott!

Celebrate Learning

On Thursday, January 19th Hawthorne students and staff came together to celebrate all of our students' learning so far.  Hawthorne students had evidence of their learning by decorating the halls in our building.  As a grade we toured each grades' accomplishments.  As a fifth grade we showed our understanding of higher level questioning while reading.  At the end of the assembly Mr. D lead the school in the Cupid Shuffle!!!!!  YEA HAWTHORNE SCHOOL!!!  It is all about learning!