Field Day Postponed

Next Wednesday, May 29th, will be the make up day for Field Day.  Unfortunately, the weather the next 2 days calls for thunderstorms. So the decision was made to move it until next week.  There will be more information coming home regarding Field Day soon.  If you have other questions please call the office.  

All students need to bring in a Sack Lunch/Cold Lunch tomorrow as the kitchen will not be open.  On Thursday, the kitchen will reopen with 'cook's choice.'

Water Tolerance experiment

Students are learning about how water plays a vital role in the development of plants.  Together we created a water tolerance experiment.  The investigation surrounded the question: How does the amount of water affect plant growth?  Students wrote their hypothesis into their notebooks and then began figuring out an experiment that would answer the question.  Teams decided to plant 16 seeds (of 4 different varieties)  into 1 quart containers.  In each container they agreed on a certain amount of water (0 ml, 10 ml, 40 ml, and 80 ml).   They decided to let the plants grow for 14 days and then to check to see which plants in which container grew the best.  Students measured root length, stem length, number of leaves, and made a decision on which water amount yielded the best plants.  Take a look at the scientists in action.

Field Day Information

HELP!  We are still in need of volunteers to run events at our annual Field Day.   We will have to cancel some events, or even shorten the day for our students if we don’t get more help. 

Here is some information about the day:

IF IT IS RAINING ON FIELD DAY, SEND A LUNCH WITH YOUR CHILD.  FOOD SERVICE CANNOT PROVIDE LUNCHES ON SHORT NOTICE.

1.        Wear your new Field Day t-shirt.  These have been supplied by the PTA free of charge!

2.        Wear sunscreen, tennis shoes and bring a hat.

3.        Bring a towel to sit on during lunch.

4.       Bring a water bottle with your name on it.

5.       Volunteers for the morning will meet by the big oak tree on the playground at 10:10am.   Afternoon volunteers will meet there at 1:00pm.

6.       Healthy desserts may be brought to school before 10:30

Questions?????  Contact:

Mrs. Patty Wilson

Physical Education Teacher

Walled Lake Elementary

(248) 956-4300

Stand4change

Stand4Change Day 2013

Dear Parents,
Today your child’s school took part in Defeat the Label’s annual Stand4Change Day. The purpose of this day is to raise the national visibility of bullying and provide a call to action for schools and students to take a stand against bullying. In taking this stand, they stood in solidarity with over 2.7 million students around the world signifying that bullying behavior will not be tolerated.

As part of the activities today, your child took an anti bullying pledge in the classroom. We also encourage you to visit www.defeatthelabel.com with them to review and take the pledge together in addition to learning more about how your child can get involved in Defeat the Label’s programming in schools and communities.

Finding Volume

The learning target for math today: If I know two dimensions and the total volume, I can figure out the missing volume.  Students worked together to find the missing dimension by using manipulatives, drawing, and investigating different rectangular prisms.

Field Day 2013

Hi fifth grade parents!  Field day is May 22nd and we need parent volunteers.  If you'd like to participate, please sign up by clicking on the link below.  If you've never signed up for field day and you'd like to give it a try, sign up for the sponge relay.  It's my event and we have a lot of fun!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044AADAE238-field1