Happy Friday!
The month of April is really flying by and students have been working hard to show what they know! This week we took several assessments. In math, we ended our geometry unit with an assessment to demonstrate all that we’ve learned throughout the unit. We also took the district CFA and writing assessment, which will be used to evaluate written expression skills for 6th grade placement. Next Wednesday, students will take their final 6th grade math placement test. No worries, though! Although we’ve been taking a number of assessments, we’ve had time for lots of fun and learning in between!
Literacy
Next week we will continue to focus on comparing fictional texts of similar content and/or topic. We will begin to read a science fiction story called Jess and Layla’s Astronomical Adventure. The two main characters of the story travel back in time and meet many of history’s famous philosophers and scientists! As we read, we will continue to practice literacy skills such as comparing and contrasting characters and settings, analyzing themes and using quoted evidence from a text to support responses. Eventually we will read another science fiction story of the same genre called Mayday on the Moon of Jupiter, so that we can compare and contrast how the two stories approach their respective themes.
Writing
Now that our analytical papers about tablets vs. books have been completed, we will be moving on to another genre within analytical writing. Students will have the opportunity to write an expository paper on how to best prepare for certain activities, such as traveling or adopting a pet. We know that the students will find the topic choices highly motivating!
Math
After finishing unit 6 earlier the week, we spent the last few days engaged in some fun review activities in order to solidify previous learning from earlier in the year. Next week we will start our final math unit of the year, which includes skills such as long division and decimal multiplication and division.
Science
This week we finished a series of lessons within our matter unit about how to know when new substances are created. We ended with an investigation where students mixed substances such as water, vinegar, baking soda and calcium chloride together in different combinations and observed whether new substances were formed!
Upcoming Events
**PLEASE NOTE: The PTO Book fair will be open throughout next week for students to purchase books
Tuesday, April 26 —Early Release @ 2:00
Wednesday, April 27—PTO Pizza Bingo Night 6-7:15
Monday, May 2 -- Reading MAP test
Tuesday, May 3-- Math MAP test
Tuesday, May 12—5th Graders visit Twin Groves for tours and transition presentation
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