April 29-May 3

Visitation Choir from Minnesota came to entertain the 5th graders today!

They were very good!

Dates to remember:

Tues., April 30-MAPS testing

Thurs., May 2-MAPS testing

Fri., May 17th-Early Dismissal

Wed., June 5th-Last Day of School-1 Hour

Spelling:Lesson 28
Monday-Pretest
Thursday-Assigned homework due
Friday-Test

English: Adjectives

We will be starting adjectives next.
We will be:
*reviewing what an adjective is
*articles and demonstratives
*compare adjectives
*compare with good and bad
*proper adjectives
*applying it to our writing

Reading: Informational Text:Novel Study

 Night of the Twister is starting to get excited.  Ask you child to give you a summary of what they've read.  We will review all of our reading strategies while reading this book.

Social Studies: Chapter 10 
Coming up next week!

Science: Chapter 11-Weather

We will learn:

Lesson 1
What Causes Weather?
Lesson 2
What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?
Lesson 3
How can Patterns in Weather Be Observed?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 12-Fractions

In Chapter 13:
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions!!!