Headlines 4/10/17

We were very week last week and I was very proud of the hard work our students put forth on the writing portion of AZMerit. I have no doubt that their writing will be a wonderful example of the skills they have learned this year.

As a reminder there is no school on Friday or Monday so that your family can enjoy a relaxing Easter weekend. However we will be taking the Math and Reading portion of AZMerit on the Tuesday and Thursday of next week, so please be sure your child is at school and is well rested!

We are in the midst of planning our end of year celebration for our fifth graders for Friday, May 26th from 9:30-11:00. Be on the lookout for a sign-up for supplies and help coming soon.

Thank you so much for all the donations of pencils, glue, dry erase markers, and Kleenex, I am hoping we are stocked until the end of the year!

Also, as a reminder if you want your child to opt out of the Human Growth and Development lessons, the second page of the letter sent home last week needs to be signed and returned.

We have lots happening in the next few weeks, so please let me know if you have any questions!

ELA:

We will are enjoying reading  Across Five Aprils in Literature and will continue to read and discuss this week.

In grammar and writing we will be taking some time to review noun jobs as well as test-taking strategies. Our noun job quiz was moved to Wednesday of this week!

We will have a quiz over roots 84-85  on Wednesday and poetry recitation of, Barbara Frietchie will be on Wednesday as well.

Math:

This week we will be covering graphing line plots and will do a few short lessons covering volume. On Thursday we will be working in groups to review for AZMerit.

 

History:

This week, students will learn about Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, John Brown and the Election of 1860. The 50 states study guide is due 4/5. The test will be on Wednesday, 4/12. We will continue to discuss slavery.This may be sensitive content for some students, so please have a discussion at home if needed.

Math:

This week we will be covering graphing line plots and will do a few short lessons covering volume. On Thursday we will be working in groups to review for AZMerit.