May 16, 2019
Dear Parents and Students,
Next Friday (5/24) is Field Day (half day). Please remember to turn in the field day permission slip.
Math:
Mr. Schreck
Chapter 11, Measurement
Monday: Lesson 5, Convert Customary Units of Weight
Tuesday: Review Lessons 1,2, & 5
Wednesday: Quiz, Lessons 1,2, & 5
Thursday: Lesson 7, Customary Units of Capacity
Mrs. Smith
Students have finished Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Renaming. They caught on pretty quickly to this difficult concept. This is the last lesson in Chapter 9. On Monday, we will review the chapter, then take the Chapter 9 test on Tuesday and Wednesday, as needed. I hope you received the letter I sent home regarding maintaining math skills over the summer. ALEKS will be available to students all summer and they will bring home their math books. To be prepared for 6th grade math, students should work a little every day on lessons in the remainder of the book. 20-30 minutes a day will really help!
Mrs. Heuer
Next week we will complete our study of 2D figures with our ch. 9 area test. Our final chapter will be working with 3D figures, finding the volume and surface area. Make sure that the students bring in a calculator each day to help with the calculations.
Religion: Students will wrap up Chapter 19, the Call to Serve, with a quiz next Thursday, May 23rd.
Science: Students are studying the properties of stars. They will also discover what constellations and galaxies are. Students will take a quiz on the sun and other stars next Wednesday, May 22nd. They have completed a study guide in class to help them prepare.
Family Life: Students are beginning the Family Life Program. In Lesson 1 students learn the qualities of a healthy and holy family.
Social Studies: Students are comparing arguments for and against Colonial independence in Chapter 11. For the rest of this week and next, students will do group research on an assigned Patriot or Loyalist and then they will do a live debate on the question of independence. More to come.
Language Arts: I so enjoyed getting to know the students better during our time at 5th grade camp! We have jumped right back into writing and they are completing a reflection essay about camp. This will be due on the 23rd, next Thursday. Students will complete this mainly in class, but if they do not complete it by the end of next Tuesday’s class it will be homework. Our next Spelling Quiz will be Lesson 18 on the 31st.
Reading: We have been using Reading class time this week for MAP testing. We will resume our Reading work next week.
Have a great weekend!