Happy Friday!

It is crazy to think we have already reached our last month of the school year! Students have worked hard this week and finished our last round of MAP tests for the year. We still have a lot of learning to do! Although we have many fun activities scheduled in the weeks ahead, academics will remain the primary focus!

Read below to see what we have been working on!

Literacy

We finished reading our shared text, Jess and Layla’s Astronomical Assignment. It is a science fiction book about two girls who get a homework assignment from their teacher and they end up going back in time to understand more about astronomy and famous astronomers. We started reading another story, Mayday on the Moon of Jupiter, another science fiction story. We then worked on comparing and contrasting how the authors of each approached the shared theme of compromise and finding common ground. We will continue working on comparing and contrasting themes in the days ahead. Today we read one of my favorite stories, The Name Jar and compared the theme with another story titled .

Writing

We wrapped up our Real Life Superhero speeches this week! Students have really enjoyed researching, working on their notecards, and sharing their hard work with their peers. They did a great job on their presentations as they practiced using good eye-contact, pace, and voice intonation. Today we did a cahoot during our class meeting based on the facts that students presented during their speeches! For our final writing assignment, students are going to be putting together a "How-To" essay, where they will have some choice over their topic and focus. We are working hard to make the writing process move faster and more seamlessly as we approach middle school

Math

We are in our last unit, Unit 7, already! This unit teaches us multiple strategies for dividing whole numbers and fractions. We will be learning more about how the powers of ten affect place value in numbers. Finally, we will be learning multiplication and division of decimals.

Social Studies

We have begun our final unit of study in social studies- Rights & Responsibilities. Students have learned about the different branches of government and the checks and balances that those branches use on each other. Next, we will be exploring how our country’s founders established a system of federalism within the United States.

Upcoming Events

Monday, May 8th--Deadline to register for the Spring Fling/5th Grade Party

Wednesday, May 10th- 5th Grade Music Show (students arrive at 6:15, show starts @ 6:30)

Friday, May 12th- 5th Grade Party right after school

Monday, May 15th- Twin Groves Middle School Visit

Tuesday, May 23rd- Early Release

Friday, May 26th- Half Day

Monday, May 29th- No School- Memorial Day

Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School- Half Day