About the Week of May 18th and looking ahead...

About the Week of May 18th and looking ahead... 

DUNE'S FIELD TRIP:  WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY! The weather cooperated, we had well-behaved students, and everyone had a lot of fun! Thank you to all who volunteered and and participating in the Penny War! Leftover snacks and water are being saved for another fun 5th/6th grade activity day the last week of school.


Pencils: Please send pencils with your child!

Lockers: We will be cleaning out lockers the last full week of school. You may want to send along something for them to bring items home in. 

Absence: If you know your child will miss school the last week, you should let me know as soon as possible. Tests will need to be completed before this or they will have to take a '1'.

UPCOMING DATES:

Monday May 25th: NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day 

May 28th I will be gone. The same sub they have had the other 2 times I was gone will be there.  (Mrs. VanHuis)

HOMEWORK: 

  There is no homework for Memorial Day weekend except to practice memorizing poems or if a student has finish-up work. These students talked with me and know.

        2) Reading: ALL: Reading daily is a homework expectation.       

MATH:   

   We continue in our measurement unit. We have been reviewing past concepts and added in line plots graphs, perimeter, area, and volume. Next week we will learn about compound volumes and continue reviewing all concepts. The test will be the last full week of school. I will let you know the date this coming week.

 READING: 

We are part way through The Fighting Ground, our last genre unit. We should be finishing that this weekend.We have been reading as a class so far, discussing vocabulary, character motive and reactions to events, visualizing scenes, and summarizing information. We are also reviewing how to write a summary, write a complete response, and quote accurately from text.

WRITING:

We continue with our Poetry unit this week. This centers around grammar and figurative language review and includes poems that focus on these skills, but are also fun! Mrs. Custer and I will have a "Poetry Cafe" that parents will be invited to where you may listen to your students read and act out their own poetry and the poetry of published authors.   Poetry Cafe will be May 27th in the morning. Mrs. Custer will have hers first, and then we will trade classrooms so we have a larger area for the Cafe' and so our parents who have twins are able to see both of their children. Our Poetry Cafe will be at 9:50 in Mrs. Custer's room.
 
Science:
We reviewed and discussed body systems. We will continue that discussion next week as well as complete and study the study guide. The test will be June 1st. Students are also working in groups to create their own animals including it's classification, habitat, behavioral and physical adaptations.

Spelling Students took proofreading part of Spelling Test 30 on Thursday. We will review and take the skill section which is synonyms and antonyms on Thursday. This will be the last spelling test!