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BRR! We have a chilly week! We have had indoor recess every day this week. If anyone has any extra games laying around that they would like to bring in to use for recess we will happily return them when the warm weather arrives for good! 🙂

This week in reading fourth grade focused on CAUSE AND EFFECT! It really is awesome to see students apply these skills to any text as we read a wide range this week– from oil spills to Nat Turner’s Rebellion. In English, we wrapped up some cause and effect writing with fire safety brochures. We continued our study of the civil war by wrapping up the causes and learning about important leaders. Don’t forget about VS7 homework each night. Extra copies can be found on the board.

Fifth grade continued our study of figurative language. We focused on personification, onomatopoeia, and idioms. We continued working on our figurative language comics and are wrapping up our summative google slide presentations where students will show what they know by explaining each type of figurative language and giving five examples! We made sure to pay special attention to figurative language during our read aloud, Restart! They were so surprised by how often figurative language was included. In social studies we wrapped up our unit on the northeast and introduced the Midwest. Project directions came home on Thursday. PROJECTS DUE MARCH 26!!


NEXT WEEK:
FOURTH-
Reading: Cause and Effect
English: opinion writing
VA Studies: leaders and battles of the civil war. Look for a study guide to come home next week!

FIFTH-
Reading: Figurative Language
English: editing and revising
SS: Midwest

NEWS/DATES/REMINDERS

  • Tuesday March 26– 5th Grade SS projects due
  • Wednesday March 27th (8am-10am) CAREER DAY!
  • Wednesday March 27th (10 am – 5 pm) James River Watershed Experience Field Trip: Permission Slip and Money ($23) due by 3/15
  • 3rd Quarter Paw Achievement Party – Thursday, March 28th
  • Friday, March 29th– 3rd Quarter Ends – Student Half Day: Release at 11:00 AM
  • Spring Break – Saturday, March 30th to Sunday, April 7th (Students return to school on Monday, April 8th)
  • Click here for more information at MSiC Camp Innovation!
  • MobyMax March Madness: All Trevvett students are challenged to focus on math fact fluency in the month of March!  Fifth graders are tasked with mastering multiplication and division facts through 12 by the end of March. Students that earn 100% mastery in MobyMax OR practice for 1 hour a week in MobyMax will get the chance to decorate a rock garden to beautify our school grounds! Click here to see the flyer sent home today.
  • Career Day: Ms. Bushey is seeking presenters for Career Day on March 27th. Click here for the flyer and contact Ms. Bushey if you are interested.

 

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