About the Week of March 16 and looking ahead...

About the Week of March 16 and looking ahead...

Friday March 27......EARLY COLONIES DAY - Dress like early colonists- we will help

PUBERTY/HIV/AIDS Lessons- These begin on March 23rd
 

CONFERENCES: March 30 and 31

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FUN NIGHT (DAY)

I have some pictures in the photos tab.

The kids had a great time! I didn't know we had so many 5th and 6th grade boys that were such fabulous dancers! :) Games, music, inflatibles, ice cream sundaes- a good time. I tried a couple races on the inflatibles -and lost, but had fun, too! 

HOMEWORK:  

1) Page 116 & 117 in the workbook- all.

For all:  Reading: Read every day.

For all:  March Book Project- Due March 30

March Book Project: Create a book jacket for your book.

  I went through the March assignment and handed out directions for this 3 weeks ago 

  I have the book jacket templates at school and students can get those whenever they are ready. We review these assignment once or twice every week for a reminder.

MATH:  
 There are tutorials for division and some practice in order of the concept to be taught. 
  We have been reviewing and are taking the test on Wednesday. We will do a couple test reviews on Monday and Tuesday. Our next unit is Algebra, Patterns, and Coordinate Graphs.

 READING:  

We began Book Club on Friday. Students are in groups reading, discussing and working on comprehension strategies. I sit in with 3 groups each day, listening in and joining the discussion.
They will choose a project to complete and have an assessment at the end of their book. This book club may require homework on occasion if students are unable to finish in class.

WRITING:

Students are making brochures for the superhero they created! Can't wait to have them share. We discussed what a superhero is, how kids can be everyday superheroes, and the values a hero has. Groups of students read an article about a real kid hero, summarized the article and shared it discussing the values these kids represented. Their superhero pamphlet must also describe the hero's values.

SCIENCE:  Students took the Objects in the Sky test on Monday. We went over these. If your child received a '1' on any section, he/she will retake those sections on Monday, March 23rd. If they received a '2' they had the option of doing so. I went over with each student what to study and where to find it as well as answered more questions if needed.

Spelling  Students took Spelling Test 23 on Friday.This week's skill will be possessive nouns