Thursday, April 26, 2012

April 30-May 4


Teacher's playing "Wheel of Wisdom" at our last assembly! The winning team below:
Mrs. S. and Mr. G.
(5th grade-Yah!)






Book Drive-
Please remember that our Bookworm Angels book drive begins Monday, April 23 and continues through May 4. Flyers were sent home with students. There will be book collection bins in each grade level area!
Thank you in advance for your support!


Important Dates:

Mon. April 30-NEW test date for SS test, Ch. 10!!!
Mon. April 30-MAPS Reading Test 8:05-9:05
Thurs. May 3-MAPS Math Test 10:30-11:30
Fri. May 4th-Jr. Achievement starts in our class
Fri., May 18th-All three sheets are due for the READING TIC-TAC-TOE


Next week in fifth grade we will: 

 

Math-Chapter 22-Measurement
Next week:
Metric Quiz Friday, April 27th!
April "Calendar Math" due on Tuesday, May 1st!

Next week we will have math on Tues, Wed. and Fri.  We will cover temperature (Celsius and Fahrenheit) and Elapsed Time!

The chapter 22 Test will be on Monday, May 7th!



Spelling:Lesson 30
Lesson 30 will be pretested on Monday. 
Only scores of 100% will be put into the challenge group for trimester 3!
Work due on Thursday!
Test will be on Friday!

 


English-Writing-Verbs in Unit 3

Unit 3-Verbs
L. 1-Action Verbs
L. 2-Direct Objects
L. 3-Main Verb and Helping Verbs
L. 4-Linking Verbs
L. 5-Present Tense
L. 6-Past Tense
L. 7-Future Tense

 
Science-Chapter 13-"Earth, Moon and Beyond!"

Lesson 1-How does Earth's Orbit Affect the Seasons?
Lesson 2-How do Earth and the Moon Compare?
Lesson 3-What Makes Up Our Solar System?




Social Studies-Chapter 10-Forming a New Government
Lesson 1-A Weak Government=Articles of Confederation, ratify, branches of government
Lesson 2-Debate in Philadelphia=Constitutional Convention, Virginia Plan, Preamble
Lesson 3-Ratifying the Constitution=Federalists, Antifederalists, amendment, Bill of Rights
TEST on chapter 10 will NOW be on Monday, April 30th!

(A majority of the students wanted the weekend to study and majority rules, right!!! :))
***Make sure your child can write the Preamble, list the three branches of government and tell two things that they are each responsible for!!!


Reading:  

We will begin our next novel study.  The theme will be FANTASY!!!
Next week, ask your child what novel they will be reading.


Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

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