March 29th .................. Hawaiian Day theme This is the real date! :)
March 29th................... 4th/5th Grade Spring Fling event
Students will choose 5 events to participate in from 1:00-3:30
March 30th .................. Spring Break begins
Homework this weekend is math review and students should complete their biography reading and the information that goes along with it. This is due March 26th. We'll be typing their information into the Facebook template.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:
We completed our lessons this week. We also discussed proper hygiene as they are growing up and changing. I encourage you to find a time to talk with you child about the changes they will be going through. Of course you can find books at the library and bookstore to assist you.
Math:
Students have been taught all lessons and have reviewed concepts as we've introduced new ones. We will be reviewing and doing the study guide next week. The test is Thursday. Again, concepts have included, converting customary and metric units of length, perimeter, and area squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms.
Reading:
We finished reading The Fighting Ground and will continue some discussion and activities into next week. This has required them to make several inferences about character motives and feelings. I have been very proud of the students as they have been able to show that they can use quotes and text information to respond to questions more independently.
Writing:
Students completed their point of view/voice pieces based on the story "Dear Mrs. LaRue". They have been practicing their presentations and making their props for their mock talk shows, news reports, etc. next week for the class. They will videotape these and add to them to their web pages in Infotech.
Spelling:
This week's skill was adding suffixes to base words. Next week's skill will be possessive nouns.
Next week's word study list is below. Your child should study the word list if needed.
Science: We began our Systems unit with the body systems. We have had to do reproductive health during this time. next week students are working in groups to research a body system such as skeletal, respiratory, muscular, etc. and then are creating posters to present their information.
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March 17....................... Daddy/Daughter Dance will be from 6:30-8:30PM.
March 19th................... Reproductive Health lessons begin
March 23rd.................. Release time
March 23rd.................. Family Fun Night
March 23rd.................. Hawaiian Day theme
Homework this weekend is math review and students should continue reading their biography and working on the activity. This is due March 26th. We'll be typing their information into the Facebook template.
5th graders were excited to be able to go visit the middle school on Thursday. We will have more information for you about 6th grade later in the year. An FYI as I have had some questions about this Parents will get a notification about a 6th grade orientation for parents and students that will occur sometime in August.
Math:
Measurement is our current unit. We have been working with converting customary and metric units of length, perimeter and area.Students used technology, hands on activities and worked through problems on paper.
Reading:
We continue reading, discussing and writing responses to content from The Fighting Ground. We have been talking about characters and motives, historical fiction elements, vocabulary in context, and other reading comprehension strategies.
March Book Activity: Biographies - Students chose a person from history to read about this month. They may read at home and school. The class is supposed to fill out information about their person on the pages they were given. March 26th this is due. Each student will then complete a Facebook page template about their person from history! They will put these on their web pages.
Writing:
Students continue working on their point of view/voice pieces based on the story "Dear Mrs. LaRue". Students will perform their mock talk shows, news reports, etc. next week for the class. They will videotape these and add to them to their web pages in Infotech.
Spelling:
This week's skill was adding suffixes to base words. Next week's skill will be homographs.
Next week's word study list is below. Your child should study the word list if needed.
Science: We did the study guide last week, studied 3 days in class and played some review games. The test was Wednesday of this week and your child has already received their test to take home. Our next unit is "Systems". We will begin with the body systems. Students are working in groups to research a body system such as skeletal, respiratory, muscular, etc.
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March 9.........................NO SCHOOL
March 17....................... Daddy/Daughter Dance will be from 6:30-8:30PM.
March 23rd.................. Family Fun Night
Thank you for coming to conferences. It was good to see you all and talk about your child's progress!
Math:
We took the Geometry test Thursday. Students will get these returned on Monday. Our next unit is measurement.
Reading:
We continue reading and discussing and writing responses to content from The Fighting Ground.
March Book Activity: Biographies - Students chose a person from history to read about this month. They may read at home and school. The class is supposed to fill out information about their person on the pages they were given. March 26th this is due. Each student will then complete a Facebook page template about their person from history! They will put these on their web pages.
Writing:
We read Dear Mrs. LaRue and discussed various voices and points of view. Students are working in pairs to choose a character from the book and write from their perspectives. Students will write and perform mock talk shows, news reports, etc. They will videotape these and add to their web page.
Spelling:
This week's skill has been their/there/they're
Science:Students built roller coasters using there knowledge and skills from previous lessons. They were to be able to have a lift hill, a loop and two additional hills. Some groups were able to get their marble all the way through the run!
