Sunday, May 27, 2018

Week of May 28th-June 1st

Our last week together!  

Schedule for the week:

Monday- No School: Memorial Day

Tuesday- Students will view the health video.  Students can bring in board games

Wednesday- Our promotional ceremony will take place beginning at 8:45 in the cafeteria.  Following the ceremony parents are invited to join the kids at the airnasium for pictures, cookies and punch.  A big thank you to PTA for supplying the cookies and punch.

Thursday- Our class party will take place today.  We will watch a movie, enjoy some chicken and snacks!  Students can bring in board games.

Friday-  Dismissal will begin at noon.  Students should bring a lunch or a snack for today.  The clap out will begin around 11:30.  The best places for parents to stand at the world wall or the car rider line.  Students will begin at the red hallway.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Week of May 21st-25th

Our chicks should arrive this week!!!

We have field day on Tuesday, May 22nd.  Please join us on the track between 10:20-11:30, and then again from 2-2:40 for Tug of War.

On Monday, our students will be going to lunch during the 1st grade lunch block due to Field Day.  The time block is between 11:05-11:50.  Check with your child's homeroom teacher to see what time they will be attending if you plan on joining for lunch.

Career Fair will take place on Thursday.  Thank you to our parents who volunteered their time to share about their profession.

Reminder of our Promotional Ceremony on Wednesday, May 30th at 8:45.  We hope all plan on attending.

Academics:
ELA:  We will be writing reflection essays this week! 1 essay from each homeroom will be chosen to read their reflection essay at the Promotional Ceremony.

Math:
We will construct Taco Trucks.

Science:  We will finish up our nutrition unit and take a test on Chapter 3.  Students will share their menu ideas.


Resources:
All- Tuesday- Field Day 10:20-11:30 & 2-2:40
Patrols and ENN will have their end of the year field trip on Friday.

Ray- None
Tiberio- Thursday- Music
Groeteke - Thursday Art

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Week of May 14th-18th

There will be a 3 day BOGO Book Fair this week. This will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The last SAC meeting of the year will take place on Tuesday in the Media Center at 6PM.  We hope to see some of you there.

Academics:
ELA: Achieve Testing on Monday!  Then we are officially finished with testing.  We will complete our travel brochures and begin presenting them to our classmates! Next week we will be writing reflection essays for the year. 

Math:

Science:  We will begin Chapter 3 in our health books which will cover nutrition, students will create menus this week focusing on a balanced diet.

Resources:
Ray:
Monday- P.E.
Wednesday- Music
Friday- Art

Tiberio:
Monday- Music
Thursday- Art

Groeteke:

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Week of May 7th-11th

i-Ready and Achieve testing will be taking place the next 2 weeks.  Ask your child for the testing days!

Our bowling field trip will take place on Friday.  Students will be provided with lunch.  Pizza and soda! :)

Good luck to our students performing in the Lion King this week!  We can't wait to see all their hard work.

Academics:

ELA:  We will have our I-ready testing on Wednesday and Thursday.  We have begun our Travel Brochure project and will be working on these all week and into next week.  This will count as an ELA grade as well as a Social Studies Grade.  Be sure to follow your points' Rubric in order to achieve your desired grade!  We continue to have weekly RAHs due each Thursday.
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Math: We will take the iReady end of year assessment Monday and Tuesday.  We will continue to work in Module 6 on Wednesday and Thursday.

Science: We will be working through our health curriculum.  We will talk about personal hygiene and how to best take care of ourselves.

Resources:
Ray-
Monday- P.E.
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- P.E.
Friday- Art

Tiberio-
Monday- Music
Wednesday- P.E.
Thursday- Art/ Media

Groeteke-
Mon: Art
Tue: Media
Thu: Music

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Week of April 30th-May 4th

Science testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday!  Students will also be completing resource testing this week.

Our end of FSA popcorn party will take place this Friday at 1:30 PM. Students who were in attendance each day for testing and showed great effort and strategies during testing will receive this reward!  Thank you for those of you who turned in box tops, that is how we pay for this incentive! :)

Progress reports will go home on Wednesday.  Please sign and return.

Academics:

ELA: We will continue supporting Science this week with a Data Table Study!  We will also begin a travel brochure project.  Students will choose a country and use provided resources to create a travel brochure by writing an opinion paper following very specific guidelines.
We will also begin a study of natural disasters.

Math: We will continue working in Module 6.
Lesson 15: Construct perpendicular line segments on a rectangular grid.
Lesson 16: Contract perpendicular line segments and analyze relationships of the coordinate pairs.
Lesson 17: Draw symmetric figures using distance angle measure from the line of symmetry.

Science: State testing this week and our eggs arrive on Tuesday!!!!!!

Resources:
Ray:
Thursday: Art

Tiberio:
Tuesday- Art

Groeteke:
Tue: Music
Fri: PE


Upcoming events:
SSA Science- May 1st & 2nd
Eggs arrive for Chick hatching- May 1st/ Eggs will take 21 days to hatch! :)
Resource testing week of April 30th-May 4th
FSA Movie Incentive Party- Friday- May 4th 1:30PM
End of year Bowling Field Trip- Friday, May 11th: Bowl America
Thursday, May 24th- Career Fair
Monday, May 28th- No School: Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29th- 5th grade health video
Wednesday, May 30th- Promotional Ceremony 8:45 AM in cafeteria

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Week of April 23rd-27th

Math FSA testing on Tuesday, April 24th & Wednesday, April 25th!  Parents don't forget to send in your homework assignments for your child.

Our final Early Release of the year will take place on Wednesday.  Dismissal is at 1:40.

Academics:

ELA: HOORAY!  ELA testing is over!  I know everyone did a fantastic job and worked hard!
This week we will focus on non-fiction reading in the area of Science to boost our knowledge for the Science test next week!  Knowledge is Power!!!  We will be doing science writing, annotating test questions, working with data tables and studying non-renewable energy sources!  What fun!💙
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Math:

Science:  Review, Review, Review!  We will play various science review board games, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire reviews, and Jeopardy's to get some last minute prep in without the boring classwork! :)   We will also review Forms of Energy: Sound, electrical, mechanical, chemical, light, heat, etc...

Resources:
Ray:
Monday- Media
Friday- Music

Tiberio-
Monday- P.E.

Groeteke:

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Week of April 16th-20th

FSA testing will begin for our 5th graders this week.  They will complete the ELA test on Wednesday and Thursday.  Please ensure that your child has a good night of sleep and a nutritious breakfast those mornings.

Academics:

ELA: No vocabulary this week in preparation for our FSA reading test on  Wednesday.  You have worked so hard and are ready to shine!🌞😎🌞😎🌞😎
SS ticket is due Tuesday and we will be working on reading skills together all week.
We will create some "Knowledge Posters" to study for the FSA using our source books!
We will have DATA chats on Monday and Tuesday to remind you of your previous FSA scores and the goals we have made.
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Math: We will continue to review the fifth grade math standards.

Science:  We will review forms of electricity and rocks and minerals this week.  We will play a couple different jeopardy games as review of all science concepts.

Resources:
Ray:
Wednesday- Art
Friday- P.E.

Tiberio:
Monday- Art
Fiday- Music

Groeteke:
Mon- Music


Upcoming events:
FSA ELA 5th grade- April 18th & 19th
FSA Math 5th grade- April 24th & 25th
Early Release - April 25th (last one)
SSA Science- May 1st & 2nd
Eggs arrive for Chick hatching- May 1st/ Eggs will take 21 days to hatch! :)
Resource testing week of April 30th-May 4th
FSA Movie Incentive Party- Friday- May 4th 1:30PM
End of year Bowling Field Trip- Friday, May 11th: Bowl America
Thursday, May 24th- Career Fair
Monday, May 28th- No School: Memorial Day
Wednesday, May 30th- Promotional Ceremony 8:45 AM in cafeteria