Phineas and Ferb

This week we plan to:

Do school work

Register for Summer Quest

Go to the Pool

Clean the house

Make Dr. Appointments

Go Bowling

Go to the Free Movies!

Driving to Williamsburg

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Cleaning the house: Being home everyday, there are projects that we dont get to do during the school year- like cleaning the basement. My kids will be/have been  doing chores in the morning right after breakfast

Doing School Work: That’s right! We have work to do to keep our brains fresh! Everyone has a reading list and we do SummerBridge workbooks to keep our brains fresh. At least 15minutes of work done in workbooks and at least 30 minutes of independent reading everyday. Parents can go to School and Office Annex, Borders or other bookstores to purchase or go online at:

summerbridgeactivities.com

Registering for summer quest/wild reads:

Now that you’re in sixth grade, you get to register for WILD READS! This is an online program where you can earn prizes for reading books including a laptop!

to register go to: http://host.evanced.info/pwc/sr/homepage.asp

to watch the informational video about wild reads, visit http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=040010

We will be visiting the Pools every day this week because weather.com says it will be in the 90′s everyday this week! My asthmatic friends, please be careful. Today it is code orange.

FREE BOWLING! To beat the heat we will be visiting the bow ling alley. AMC Dale City participates in FREE BOWLING! You only have to pay for the shoe rental.  Visit: kidsbowlfree.com so that you can get your free coupons. New this year: they have a kids meal for $2.50 . You can fan/ like them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/kidsbowlfree?ref=ts

Free Movies! I usually travel to Manassas either Tuesdays or Wednesdays to take part of the Free Family Film Festival at Regal Theaters. Below are the movies. The shows begin at 10:00 am, but I recommend getting there extra early because there is always a line, especially when there is a more popular movie playing:

Need to be closer to Woodbridge? AMC Potomac Mills has the Summer MovieCamp which costs $1 admission which you can purchase in advance. there is also a $4.00 Kids movie pack that you can purchase at a 30% discount.

below are the movies/titles:

June 15 Shrek The Third (PG)	June 22 Imagine That (PG)	June 29 Monsters vs. Aliens (PG)
July 6 Madagascar (PG)	July 13 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG)	July 20 Hotel for Dogs (PG)
July 27 Kung Fu Panda (PG)	August 3 The Spiderwick Chronicles (PG)	August 10 Surprise Mystery Title

Williamsburg! We will be having an official summer vacation by traveling to Williamsburg for the week Friday. We will be visiting Busch Gardens, Colonial Williamsburg, Water Country USA and more.

Have a great week and Summer!

Hello everyone!

Today is the first official day of summer! YAY! Have you been reading? Those of you who have been in my 39 Clues lunch bunch, make sure that you continue to either read the books or listen to the audiobooks. Be sure to get to the library and join both Summer Quest for teens- Wild Reads! and be sure to borrow 39 Clues from your local library as well as complete the summer reading that was in your packet.

My family is enjoying their summer. We have been traveling lately and we have taken audiobooks with us on our adventures.

You want to catch up with the original Todd Squad? Check out this blog and I will let you know what we’re up to this week!

Love you all!

~Mrs. Todd

We burned CDs for each student, however I know many of you may want to share this will friends and family so we are also posting a link for you to download the presentation.  It is 13MB in size, so many of you may not be able to email it to them; just have them come here and download it on their own.  At some point during the summer I will be removing this link, so please don’t wait too long to download it.   Thank you.

Right Mouse and Click Save As to get the file: Christ_Chapel_Academy_5th_Grade_2010

Busch Gardens!
UPDATES: There have been a few changes; however I think they will be for the better.

1. Since several parents missed the deadline to turn in money, I had to pay for our tickets and meals Wednesday afternoon out of my pocket. Thank you to everyone who swapped checks with me and we are now fully paid and I am fully reimbursed.
2. Additionally, missing the due date means that we will have to pick up the tickets at the park; I will distribute the tickets when we arrive to Busch Gardens.
3. Please arrive to school at 6:45 am on 6/2. We need to pray and get a head count.
4. If you are travelling directly to the park from your home, please contact me as soon as possible so we are NOT expecting you at the school; then we can leave on-time. Also, when you arrive, please wait for me at the guest relations building outside of the park.
5. If you do not have a parking pass, regular parking costs $13 dollars per car. I will be able to provide each driver with $3 to help off set some of cost.
6. Thankfully, we have 41 people attending, so we are fine for the buffet meal at the picnic pavilion!  (The students are very excited. They have told me that they will definitely eat all that they can eat!) Lunch is from 1:00-2:00pm. We will meet at Germany outside of the Festhaus at 12:45 pm. Be on-time, this is the only group meeting time that we have.
7. The menu has changed: I have made some substitutions without increasing our cost

• Hamburgers
• Fried Chicken
• Barbecue (YAY!!!) instead of hotdogs.
• Tossed Salad
• Watermelon (instead of Shamu pops. They pops may melt before we get to eat them.)
• Soft drinks, ice tea, rolls and cake

1. The park closes at 6:00 pm. We will meet at the clock in England at 6:00pm for a head count.
2. SAVE MONEY for Wendy’s; we are stopping at the Wendy’s/KFC outside of the park on the way back to school.  We should arrive at school between 9:00-9:30pm.

Families Driving:

Please consider carpooling. There is no need for all of us to driveJ.

Acheampong                               Burton                  Canada                 Dukes                   Shao

Graham                                          Harrell                  Johnson               Neal                      Sharp

Spivey                                            Thacker                                Todd

Danso, Simpson, Weissbach and Bataille: driving  with Mrs. Todd

The link below depicts an acclaimed artist who was commissioned to paint a scene of the resurrection of Jesus.  Mr. Simms emailed it to the staff and Ms. Amanda shared it with our class yesterday morning after Spanish. If you have time, be sure to check it out. It left a huge impression with our students!

http://www.cbn.com/media/player/index.aspx?s=/vod/MW131v2_WS

We are in the home stretch!

This is it students, do your best!

Medieval Feast: is Wednesday! If I don’t have your food choice,  please email me today!

Spring Break: Begins 3/26 at dismissal! Enjoy your break! I will too!

Extra Credit: is available for 4th quarter. Please send extra credit information to me no later than 3/26 stating what your child will be completing over break.  All work needs to be turned in to me no later than 4/9.

Speech meet participants:

Congratulations to:

Maritza, Micky, Jasmyn and Jackson who will be representing our class for the speech meet in Maryland on 4/23.  I am very excited for them!

Students will be quizzed on the states and capitals in class on Friday, February 26, but they also need to work on the locations of them.

The locations are not on the quiz on Friday, however we will be spending more time in class on map locations.

To help practice, below are online games that they can play that can help students practice the locations and states.

Have fun!

US Capitals

US States

Click and drag States

Valentines Day Party

On Friday February 19, 2010 , we will be having our Valentines Day party. We will be sharing the love of God to others in our class. Students may decorate a shoe box with their names to place their valentines into.  The following list is what each student is to bring.

Students do not need to bring lunch, as Mr. and Mrs. Burton have provided pizza for our lunch! Snack will be the healthy foods and our party will consist of the goodies

Please don’t forget!

Obed: Grapes      Micky: strawberries          Braelon: candy

Arica:  cookies     Keren: cupcakes   Elisha:  chips

Jackson carrots and dip  Emeri: brownies  Bryana: chips    

Dasjah:  cupcakes Taylor: crackers and cheese Alexis: cookies

Maritza:  cut apples       Arvin: pretzels     Savon: grapes  

Joshua: strawberries       Dylan: cut oranges   Olivia: candy

Mitchell: chips

Jasmyn: drinks

Danielle: pizza

09-10 Todd Squad

Obed Acheampong

Mic-Albert (Micky) Bataille

Danielle Burton

Braelon Canada

Arica Clark

Keren Danso

Elisha Dukes

Jackson Graham

Jasmyn Harrell

Emeri Johnson

Bryana Kaiser

Dasjah Neal

Taylor Nix

Alexis Pack

Maritza Sanchez

Arvin Shao

Savon Sharp

Joshua Simpson

Dylan Spivey

Olivia Thacker

Mitchell Weissbach

Christ Chapel is OPEN , Tuesday February 16th. We are on time!

I don’t know how your streets look, but mine at the end is impassable, which is where school buses turn in the cul-de-sac to go back the other way. This is one reason why the county schools will be closed.

Christ Chapel will be opened because we are plowed, salted and ready to work!

Be safe out there and I will see you in the morning.

Dear Parents: please check the snow day work page here on mrstodd.com so that your student can take advantage of the snow day so that we are not behind.  Students are expected to complete the work and be prepared to turn in all work when we return to school.  Continue to check headmaster and mrstodd.com for updates!

Blessings,

Mrs. Todd