INFO for April 13-17

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report/e-mail will be sent.

*Upcoming Events:
April Virtue is COMPASSION
Monday, April 13: Quarter 4 begins
Wednesday, May 6: 1/2 Day, Dismissal at 11:30
Thursday, May 7: Parade Day
Week of May 11: NWEA Spring Testing
 

MATH (April 13-17)
CH 7 objectives: Squares and Other Rectangles, Triangles and Circles, and Equal Shares. 
**Quarter 4 EB Groups are focusing on ALGEBRA/OPERATIONS .**

READING (April 13-17)
Amazing Words: nation, tourist, splinter, harbor, symbol, abandon, sunken, statue

**Spelling Words (April 13-17)
boat, road, snow, row, yellow, loaf, coat, soap, blow, pillow
 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details, Draw Conclusions - Trip to Washington D.C.

*Adjectives*

EBLI Lessons

Social Studies

 We will begin a new Social Studies unit after our Spring Break!

Our big reader is Riley!! Congrats!

Twin Day!

INFO: March 30-April 2

*Encouragement is our virtue for March.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. **THURSDAY THIS WEEK!**
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report/e-mail will be sent.
*Log your reading minutes for March Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month. There are also weekly March school-wide calendars. Feel free to log the same minutes on both. March is reading month. If you'd like to be a guest reader in the classroom, please let me know!

*Upcoming Events:
Friday, April 3-10: Spring Break, No School
Monday, April 13: Quarter 4 begins

MATH (March 30-April 2)
CH 7 objectives: Tell & Write Time to Hour and Half-Hours, Practice Reading and Writing Time
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (March 30-April 2)
Amazing Words: delightful, original, tangle, royal, imagination, carve, peer, sighed

**Spelling Words (March 30-April 2)
eat, team, treat, lean, sea, please, beach, each, dream, clean
 

 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details, Draw Conclusions - Cinderella

*Adjectives*

EBLI Lessons

Science

We will wrap up LIVING things and ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS this week.

Monday's music program

SPIRIT WEEK- March 23-27

Monday- Dress Up Day
Tuesday- Hat Day
Wednesday- Twin Day
Thursday- Hair Day
Friday- PJ Day

INFO: March 23-27

*Encouragement is our virtue for March.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report/e-mail will be sent.
*Log your reading minutes for March Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month. There are also weekly March school-wide calendars. Feel free to log the same minutes on both. March is reading month. If you'd like to be a guest reader in the classroom, please let me know!

*Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27: Reading Month- details to follow from Mrs. Pifer
Friday, April 3-10: Spring Break, No School

MATH (March 23-27)
CH 6 review on Monday and an Assessment on Tuesday.  Look for review sheets going home on Monday night!  The rest of the week will focus on the beginning of CH 7 objectives: Introduction to Time, Tell & Write Time in Hours, Time in Our Day.
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (March 23-27)
celebrate, grateful, rarest, genuine, cherish, delicate, loot

**Spelling Words (March 23-27)
way, day, gray, may, play, train, tail, mail, rain, afraid
 

 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details, Draw Conclusions - Mama's Birthday Present

*Adjectives*

EBLI Lessons

Science

We continue to focus on LIVING things and ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS.

5th Grade Reading Buddies are lots of fun!

INFO- March 16-20

*Encouragement is our virtue for March.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for March Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month. There are also weekly March school-wide calendars. Feel free to log the same minutes on both. March is reading month. If you'd like to be a guest reader in the classroom, please let me know!

*Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 16: Elementary Music Program in the evening
Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27: Reading Month- details to follow
Friday, April 3-10: Spring Break, No School

MATH (March 16-20)
CH 6 objectives this week: Introducing Comparison Bars, Comparison Bars & Comparing Language, Solving Compare Problems, Mathematical Practices  **We will have a data assessment coming up the following week.   
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (March 16-20)
Amazing Words: hibernate, temperature, freeze, weary, migrate, autumn, bitterly

**Spelling Words (March 16-20)
faster, fastest, taller, tallest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest, bigger, biggest
 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details, Draw Conclusions - Where Are My Animal Friends?

*Verbs* & Contractions with NOT

EBLI Lessons

Science

We continue to focus on LIVING things and ECOSYSTEMS

March 9-13 INFO

*Encouragement is our virtue for March.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for March Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.  There are also weekly March school-wide calendars.  Feel free to log the same minutes on both.  March is reading month.  If you'd like to be a guest reader in the classroom, please let me know! 

*Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 2- Friday, March 13: Swim Lessons at Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
Monday, March 16: Elementary Music Program in the evening
Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27: Reading Month- details to follow
Friday, April 3-10: Spring Break, No School

MATH (March 9-13)
CH 6 objectives this week: Organize Categorical Data, Use Stair Steps to Represent Data, Data Sets with Three Categories & Introduce Comparison Bars. 
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (March 9-13)
Amazing Words: cycle, insect, flurries, fragile, develop, rearrange, emerge, vessel

**Spelling Words (March 9-13)
her, first, bird, girl, burn, were, shirt, fur, hurt, sir
 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details, Fact/Opinion - I'm a Caterpillar

*Verbs*: am, is was, were, is

EBLI Lessons

Science

We continue to focus on LIVING things and ECOSYSTEMS.