We hope you enjoyed the parade celebration, if you were able to come. We were so excited to see so many of you, and we expect you to be successful in middle school. You are always welcome to come back to Powers Ferry to visit, and inspire our next group of 5th graders. It was a privilege to be your teacher. Be safe and healthy always. Love, Mrs. Alwardt Online Summer Learning Activities: Cobb County School District has posted summer learning practice that will be given out daily, for the month of June. You can sign up with e-mail or text to your phone through the button below. Lunches Available: The weekly lunch distribution will continue for the whole month of June: Mondays--June 1, 8, 15, 22 29, from 11:00am-1:00pm, at East Cobb Middle School. All children must be present in the car to receive the lunch bags. We can't wait to celebrate 5th grade graduation in our car parade tomorrow, May 21st, at 12:00pm! Please come to get your graduation certificates and medals! Where: Powers Ferry Elementary 403 POWERS FERRY ROAD MARIETTA, GA More information: Parents and students will stay in cars to follow the parade route. Parade route will begin on: *Sherwood Dr. SE from Powers Ferry Road. *Then, turn on right on the first street--right onto Mossy Creek Dr. *Then, turn right onto Freywood Dr. and drive through the bus port to receive your 5th grade certificate. **Please see the map below. **Decorate your car or make a sign with your name on it so we can celebrate with you!** Hello, 5th graders! It was so great to see so many of you and your families today. Here is information for the last two days: Wednesday, May 20th: Teachers will be in the Cafeteria at Powers Ferry. Students may come to Powers Ferry to pick up personal items from classrooms, pre-ordered yearbooks, pre-ordered Spring pictures, and personal medication from school clinic. If you have library books or Safety Patrol sashes, you may leave them in the Cafeteria. This is the last day to collect any of the items listed above. All items will be discarded after 12:00pm. They will not be available during the parade on Thursday. Please come by last name: A-K: 9:00-10:00am L-S: 10:00-11:00am T-Z: 11:00am-12:00pm Thursday, May 21: Celebrating our amazing 5th graders! 5th Grade Acknowledgement Car Parade around Powers Ferry at 12:00pm! All 5th graders will receive their 5th grade graduation certificate and medal at the bus port! Here are two new fliers for you to review: one is for the 20-minute reading challenge this summer; the other is for East Cobb Middle School camp on July 23.
Thank you to all of the 5th graders and Powers Ferry teachers and administrators who signed on to our last video chat of the 2019-2020 school year today! :( We hope you enjoyed the math Jeopardy! game, the 5th grade Kahoot! review, and the picture video from our time at Powers Ferry this school year. Thank you to everyone who submitted Virtual Talent Show videos; you are brave, and definitely talented! We are all so proud of all of the 5th graders, and we will miss you so much next school year. You are officially moving on to 6th grade! We can't wait to celebrate you this Thursday, May 21st, at 12:00pm, at Powers Ferry. If you need access to ParentVUE for your report card (no report cards will be printed), please see Dr. Jones' message on the Powers Ferry website (ParentVUE information is at the bottom): https://www.smore.com/z0xcv Here is information for the last three days: Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20: Teachers will be at Powers Ferry. Students may come to Powers Ferry to pick up personal items from classrooms; pre-ordered yearbooks; pre-ordered Spring pictures; personal medication from school clinic. If you have library books or Safety Patrol sashes, you may leave them in the Cafeteria. No materials will be available during the parade on May 21st (except certificates). Please come by last name: A-K: 9:00-10:00am L-S: 10:00-11:00am T-Z: 11:00am-12:00pm Thursday, May 21: Celebrating our amazing 5th graders! 5th Grade Acknowledgement Car Parade around Powers Ferry (see the map in the post from 5/11 or on the Powers Ferry website), at 12:00pm! All 5th graders will receive their 5th grade graduation certificate at the bus port! 5TH GRADE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARPARADE PARADE DETAILS When THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 12-1:30PM Where 403 POWERS FERRY ROAD MARIETTA, GA More information Parents and students will stay in cars to follow the parade route. Parade route will begin on: *Sherwood Dr. SE from Powers Ferry Road. *Then, turn on right on the first street--right onto Mossy Creek Dr. *Then, turn right onto Freywood Dr. and drive through the bus port to receive your 5th grade certificate. **Please see the map below. Hello, 5th graders! We had a review of the involvement of the United States in WWI and WWII, and why the presidents did not want to join either war at first. We played a Kahoot review game. We also continued to practice determining volume of 3-D figures with and without cubes, with Ms. Alston. You really remembered a lot--wow! Way to go! Here are the dates for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year: Friday, May 15: optional video for Virtual Talent Show due by 5:00pm (see link and flyer below). Monday, May 18: online virtual review games from 9:00-10:30/Virtual Talent Show video, and viewing pictures from field trips and recess. This is the last day online. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20: Teachers will be at Powers Ferry. Students may come to Powers Ferry to pick up personal items from classrooms; pre-ordered yearbooks; pre-ordered Spring pictures; personal medication from school clinic. Please come by last name: A-K: 9:00-10:00am L-S: 10:00-11:00am T-Z: 11:00am-12:00pm Thursday, May 21: Celebrating our amazing 5th graders! 5th Grade Acknowledgement Car Parade around Powers Ferry (see the map in the post from 5/11 or on the Powers Ferry website), at 12:00pm! All 5th graders will receive their 5th grade graduation certificate at the bus port! Here is the black button below to Flipgrid to make your video for the Virtual Talent Show on Monday, May 18th. Videos are due by 5:00pm tomorrow, Friday, May 15th. You can also go to Ms. Alston's blog to get the video link button: https://matman01.weebly.com/ See you online on Monday, May 18th! -Mrs. Alwardt Hello, 5th graders!
We had a review of immigration to the USA in the 1880s-1920s, and talked about why people felt pushed or pulled to emigrate. We completed a cloze passage and played a Kahoot review game. We also continued to practice determining composite volume of 3-D figures with Ms. Alston. Great job! Here are the dates for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year: Thursday, May 14: online virtual lessons from 9:00-10:30am. Friday, May 15: optional video for Virtual Talent Show due by 5:00pm. Monday, May 18: online virtual lessons from 9:00-10:30/Virtual Talent Show video. This is the last day online. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20: Teachers will be at Powers Ferry. Students may come to Powers Ferry to pick up personal items from classrooms; pre-ordered yearbooks; pre-ordered Spring pictures; personal medication from school clinic. Please come by last name: A-K: 9:00-10:00am L-S: 10:00-11:00am T-Z: 11:00am-12:00pm Thursday, May 21: 5th Grade Acknowledgement Car Parade around Powers Ferry (see the map in the post from 5/11 or on the Powers Ferry website), at 12:00pm! All 5th graders will receive their 5th grade graduation certificate at the bus port! Here is the link below to Flipgrid to make your video for the Virtual Talent Show on Monday, May 18th. Videos are due by 5:00pm on Friday, May 15th: See you online tomorrow! -Mrs. Alwardt Hello, 5th graders! Wow! Everyone did really well with the volume of 3-D figures today. It was great to see you make connections during our review of transcontinental railroad and the Black Cowboys and cattle trails, in social studies.
No classwork for practice today; please go to Clever and practice your math facts on Dreambox--you can find information on Ms. Alston's blog: https://matman01.weebly.com/ There are some yearbooks available for purchase for $12 through mypaymentsplus.com. They can be picked up on Tuesday, 5/19 or Wednesday, 5/20 (see below). Here is information for the last few days: Wednesday, May 13: online virtual lessons from 9:00-10:30am. Thursday, May 14: online virtual lessons from 9:00-10:30am. Friday, May 15: optional video for Virtual Talent Show due by 5:00pm. Monday, May 18: online virtual lessons from 9:00-10:30/Virtual Talent Show video. This is the last day online. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20: Teachers will be at Powers Ferry. Students may come to Powers Ferry to pick up personal items from classrooms; pre-ordered yearbooks; pre-ordered Spring pictures; personal medication from school clinic. Please come by last name: A-K: 9:00-10:00am L-S: 10:00-11:00am T-Z: 11:00am-12:00pm Thursday, May 21: 5th Grade Acknowledgement Car Parade around Powers Ferry (see the map in the post from 5/11 or on the Powers Ferry website, at 12:00pm! All 5th graders will receive their 5th grade graduation certificate at the busport! Let us know if you have any questions! Hello, 5th Graders! Ms. Williams was talking about our 5th Grade Virtual Talent Show this morning. Here are the flyers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese for you to read. Please make sure you record your video on the Flipgrid located on the button below, if you wish to participate. Videos are due Friday, May 15th, by 5:00pm. We will watch the video on Monday, May 18th. 5th Grade Acknowledgement Parade on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 12:00pm, at Powers Ferry Elementary!5/11/2020
We are having a 5th Grade Acknowledgement Parade on Thursday, May 21st, at 12:00pm! Please see the details and map in Dr. Jones' letter to parents below. It is also posted on the Powers Ferry website: http://www.cobbk12.org/powersferry/, and on the Powers Ferry Elementary Facebook page. We will be giving out 5th grade certificates, too! Thank you so much for joining us on MicroSoft Teams video chat/lessons, 5th graders! We are reviewing this week, and we could tell you remembered a lot, based on your participation. Yay! I have posted the digital learning plan under the "More" tab, under "Digital Learning," as well as my post this morning below, 5.11.20. 1) I have posted a review question on the Constitution in Seesaw: app.seesaw.me 2) Ms. Alston has posted Flipgrid 13 on her blog: https://matman01.weebly.com/ I will post details for the 5th Grade Virtual Talent Show from Ms. Williams (May 18th) of you are interested in making a video. Girl Scouts, please send a picture of yourself wearing your uniform to Ms. Cristina Clinton by Wednesday, May 13th! See you online tomorrow! -Mrs. Alwardt |
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