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Anne E. Moncure Elementary School
75 Moncure Lane
Stafford, Virginia 22556
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Welcome to our Fifth Grade Class in Room 35 at Anne E. Moncure Elementary School. Moncure Elementary is a public school in the Stafford County Public School System located in Stafford, Virginia (see map).

Information provided on these pages is intended primarily for my students and their parents or guardians in order to keep everyone informed about the latest homework, projects, and activities that are taking place in our classroom throughout the school year.

We warmly welcome all visitors to our site and are happy to share our projects, assignments, activities and ideas found on our site. We have developed many teacher resources and interactive classroom activities that have been successfully used in my class since the development of our first class page in 1997. We thank all those who have linked to our site and gladly share our resources with all colleagues who may find our material beneficial for use in their classrooms.

 
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  • Please read the reminders each week until summer break. There are many activities occurring between now and the end of the school year.
  • At this time this is the schedule for SOL tests:

    Science May 20 -21
    Reading May 22nd and 28th
    Math May 29-30
    Social Studies     June 2-3

    I do not know what day our class is scheduled for the tests at this time.

  • Interims will be handed out on Wednesday, May 14th
  • Please return any school pictures or money
  • You can still sign your child up for after school SOL review with me.
  • Field trip to Pamplin Park is on Monday, 12 May. See attached information.
  • Pizza party for those who read for reading month is Wednesday, May 14th.
  • SOL Binder should be reviewed nightly.
 
  • Congratulations to Naima Kohas for being selected as our Student of the Week!

  • Our class has selected their own nom de plumes for this year! We use these in lieu of real names in order to protect the students privacy when recognizing their achievements and contributions throughout the year on our website. Each child having a nom de plume will also have their own student web page where their contributions and personal achievements will be posted.

  • Bear Minutes - Our class goal this school year is to reach 1000 hours of independent reading. This effort is in conjunction with the Book-It Program which ends in March. Our Bear Minute program continues through the end of the school year. Need an extra (booklog.pdf)? This file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download and install for free!.
 
Bear Minutes Program ... Read with your child!
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What is the "Median"

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http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ NASA launched MESSENGER on August 3, 2004 on a mission to become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. MESSENGER has been following a path through the inner solar system, including one flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus and eventually, three flybys of Mercury. The first flyby occurred on January 14th. The next flyby will occur October 6, 2008 and the third on September 29, 2009. MESSENGER will finally settle into orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011.
Visit NASA\'s Dawn web site NASA's Dawn spacecraft began a four-year, 1.8 billion-mile flight to become the world's first attempt to journey to a celestial body and orbit it, then travel to another and circle it as well. Dawn won't reach Vesta, its first stop, until 2011 and the dwarf planet Ceres, its second and last stop, until 2015.
Visit NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day web site Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Visit the SpaceWeather web site Scientists are constantly watching our sun for solar winds, X-Ray solar flares, coronal holes, sunspots and other such activities as they can have an effect on our planet. Visit SpaceWeather.com for the latest science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
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This website has been honored as
"Best School Web Site in Virginia for 1999-2000"
by the
Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE)

 
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