Pajama & Movie Day!

Tomorrow we are having pajama and movie day! 

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!!

Washington, D.C. Deposit

The next Washington, D.C. deposit is due on November 30th.  The deposit is $45.00.  There are two deposits remaining after this, one in January and one in February.

Information will go home soon about the Walk-a-Thon.  Any money raised during the Walk-a-Thon will go directly towards your child's field trip balance. 

Parent Power Night!

Please join Douglas Elementary on Wednesday, December 5th from 5:30-6:30 for a Parent Power Night!  There will be a 15-20 minute general discussion of how to help your child succeed.  Afterwards, there will be three "free flow" sessions that you can attend.  These include literacy, math, and technology.  These sessions are hands on "Make It-Take It", and will have useful handouts to take home.  Hope to see you there!

Weather Science Unit

Our next unit in science for the second quarter is Weather!  Here are some helpful links about weather:

Weather Wiz Kids

The Weather Channel for Kids

Weather Glogster

Study Jams

Scholastic Weather

Check out these links with your child!

Reading Log for the Next 6 Weeks

The fifth graders at Douglas are participating in a Carolina Hurricanes Reading Program to promote lifelong readers.  Students will read as many pages each day as they can, both at school and home, and then record these pages on a reading log.  There will be classroom winners, school winners, and overall winners in the program.  Prizes include tickets to a Hurricanes game and a Hurricanes jersey. 

Students will only receive ONE reading log.  If they lose their log, they will not receive another one.  Each week I will total the number of pages they read at school and home.  Students should continue to read books that are appropriate for their reading level.  The Hurricanes log will be their homework log for the next six weeks and is due every Friday.  I will not count the pages they read if they do not turn their log in on Fridays.