Happy Friday Families!

It is so hard to believe that this will be our final blog for the year. It has been an amazing year with your children. Our final countdown days will continue into next week! Tuesday will be cap/hat day, Wednesday is Red/white/blue day, Thursday is Tie-dye day and on Friday please have your student wear his/her 5th grade t-shirt! Thank you for all you have done to make it such a success. Here is what's happening the last few days of school:

Twin Groves Transition Day

The students really enjoyed our time at Twin Groves last week. They were able to hear all about next year and everything Twin Groves has to offer. They were given quite an informative presentation by Twin's principal, assistant principal, and teachers. They were also given a tour of the building by former Ivy Hall Students. Our students left Twin Groves with a lot of excitement for next year!

Literacy And Writing

We wrapped up our final CFA and PBA of the school year!  Over the last few weeks, we read various paired fiction texts to find a common theme, then compared and contrasted how the authors of each approached the shared theme within each story. We also finished our "How To" analytical essay and worked hard to make the writing process move faster and more seamlessly as our students transition to middle school.

Over the summer, our students are required to complete the Summer reading project given by the Twin Groves language arts teachers. We will be discussing this in class next week and I will an overview of the process in class. Please click on the link below to find out more information:

Summer Reading Project

Math

We wrapped up Unit 7 this week which focused on division and decimals. Throughout the unit, we worked with powers of ten and then moved into the multiplication and division of decimals. We also learned multiple strategies of division in order for our students to solve complex problems and to solve real-world word problems with remainders.  

Social Studies

As we wind down our Social Studies unit, our focus has shifted to understanding the Bill of Rights and how the Amendments apply to everyday citizens and to their own lives.  Our end goal with understanding the Amendments is how our students can strengthen our democracy and how they can be agents of change.

Important Dates:

*Monday, May 28th: No School (Memorial Day)

*Friday, June 2nd: Last Day of School (HALF DAY - Dismissal at 11:45)

Final Reminders:

*Please bring a second bag next week so we start to send cubby materials home.

 

Thank you for your partnership this school year and have a wonderful summer!