Saturday, December 9, 2017

Week of December 11th-15th

There is a SAC (School Advisory Counsel) meeting on Tuesday at 6:00pm in the media center.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

We will have early release on Wednesday.  There will only be 3 early release dates when we return from winter break.  January 31st, February 14th, and April 25th.

Music Ensemble will perform on Friday for the school.

Academics:

ELA:
We have completed Achieve 3000 and I-ready mid year testing.  We will have our District Scrimmage this week and next week.  The work jobs for the week are continued from last week.
No new Morphs until after the break.
We conducted our class spelling bees and the top 4 from each class will compete in the 5th grade spelling bee on Tuesday, the 19th.
We will finish Esperanza Rising on Monday and take an end of the unit test on Tuesday.  We will also write our point of view stories and complete yarn dolls!
We have really enjoyed this novel!

Secret phrases will resume after the break!

Math:
Last week we learned how to play a math fluency game, Make 10 or Bust.  All three classes enjoyed practicing decimal addition through this game.  Ask you student to teach you how to play.  All you need is a die to play.
A few students still need to continue the iReady mid year test.  Students will complete the test during math centers.  Test correction forms from last week's topic test are due Monday.
Lesson 3: Interpret a fraction as division. Homework Help
Lesson 5: Solve word problems involving the division of whole numbers with answers in the form of fractions or whole numbers. Homework Help
Lesson 6:Relate fractions as division to fraction of a set. Homework Help
Lesson 7:Multiply any whole number by a fraction using tape diagrams.  Homework Help

Science:We are moving into rocks and minerals.  Students will need to be able to identify different properties of minerals and know the difference between the following types of rocks: metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous.  We will complete a mineral detective lab this week.

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Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday: Art

Tiberio:
Monday: Art
Wednesday: Music
Thursday: Music

Groeteke:
Mon: Music
Tue: PE
Wed: Art & Media
Thu: Art

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