About the Week of May 4th and looking ahead...

About the Week of May 4th and looking ahead... 

UPCOMING DATES:

Tuesday, May 12th:   SRI Test

Thursday May 14th:  6th Grade Delta Test

Friday May 15th:  Dibels Test

Friday May 22nd: DUNES FIELD TRIP

Monday May 25th: NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day 

May 21st and 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: 

1) Math: I sent home Pg 70 for students. This reviews 6th grade Delta concepts

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

MATH:   

  Students completed the Algebra Test on Thursday and most of these went home Friday. The rest will be on Monday. I talk with each students about their test even if they only missed 1, so it takes some time. Some students will retake parts of the Division Test this coming Friday if they received a '1' or '2' on any sections. We have been reviewing these concepts daily.  It would be beneficial for students to watch the "Dividing Decimals -long division" video.
  Friday we began our last unit, Measurement and Geometry. Students have many graphic organizers to assist them and we will be practicing using containers for volume and capacity and using measuring tools.

 READING: 

Book Club is complete and students have taken their assessments. Students are putting all of their assignments together with their assessments and bringing them home later this week. Tuesday we begin The Fighting Ground, our last 5th grade genre unit. A letter was sent home this week by Mrs. Custer and myself about there being some language in this book that centers around a Revolutionary War battle. I make this particular section of the book one of the ones I read aloud to the kids and replace the word. It isn't something that is throughout the book, but in one section.

WRITING:

Students have begun writing their Biography drafts. Most students have their biographies and bibliographies completed. We will begin a Poetry unit this week. Our poetry unit will center around grammar and figurative language review and include 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. We will send a note and email reminder.



Science:
We have been reading about and looking at examples of animal adaptations and how these adaptations help animals survive. We also discussed what inherited traits are. Examples are eye color, hair color, right/left handed, etc. We reviewed classification and discussed animal observation techniques. Tuesday students will have a quiz over our first 6 lessons which cover classification and adaptations.

Spelling Students took Spelling Test 28 on Friday. This week's skill is using apostrophes. The Lesson 29 words are in the spelling tab. Your child should study these particularly if the proofreading has been difficult for them. The spelling tests typically get a little more difficult toward the end of the year now. I will give paper copies out to anyone who wants one.