Spring pictures are scheduled for Monday, March 27. All students will have individual and class pictures taken. Look for an order form coming home with your child on Monday.
Looking for a fun way to review math, science or reading content? Students have enjoyed using SOL Pass in class and they can access it at home too! Our school password is GAESCUBS.
Music Mondays: We are so excited to continue with our Music Mondays in March! We will be showcasing Cub Talent in the foyer as students arrive from 7:10 – 7:40. If you or your child plays an instrument and want to share your talents with our Cubs as they arrive please sign up below. Music Monday Sign Up Form We will email you a Sign Up genius to select specific dates once we gather Cubs’ interests.
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Yearbook Pictures: If you have pictures you’d like to share for the yearbook please download the free Herff Jones App, ESHARE. Or go to HJESHARE.COM Enter our school’s code: GAESCUBS We would love any pictures from field trips, spirit days, students wearing their house shirts or anything you’d like to share with us! Catch-A-Star Program and Award: Falling under the auspices of Arts-in-Education, Catch-a-Star encourages students to visit cultural festivals, museums, live performances, and galleries. Each time they do, they can visit our Catch-a-Star Form and leave a response with their impressions of the visit. We tally up the comments and all participants are recognized at the end of the school year—with special prizes for the top “star-catchers”! For more information, please contact Whitney Harpold at harpolme@gmail.com.
3/20-3/24 Local Writing Assessment for 5th Grade
3/21 Science Test – Energy
3/23 Math Test – Triangles
3/24 Vocabulary Quizzes List #7
3/27 Spring Pictures – Class and Individual
3/28 Student Holiday – Special Election (this is a new change to the calendar)
3/29 Social Studies Test – Midwest Region
3/31 Half Day
4/3 – 4/7 – Spring Break!
Math: We will continue with geometry this week with a focus on Triangles. Students are learning how to classify triangles by their angles (acute, obtuse, and right), as well as their sides (isosceles, scalene, and equilateral). A test on Triangles is scheduled for Thursday, March 23. We will then continue with geometry as we learn about circles.
Reading/English: This week we will complete our local writing assessment. Students will receive a prompt and then spend the week completing the writing process where they will plan, draft, edit, revise, and then publish the final draft of their essay.
Our weekly Vocab. List 7 focuses on “excellent emotion.” words. Exposure and utilization of great adjectives will be beneficial to the writing process.We will continue with our small group novels, as well as our whole group read aloud of Restart.
Social Studies: The Midwest continues to be our focus this week. We will go over some new vocabulary and wrap up our study of the region by identifying the landmarks, and natural resources. Students will receive a Midwest Region Study Guide on Thursday to complete in preparation for the test scheduled for Wednesday, March 29. Completion of study guide is part of the social studies homework grade and it is due on the day of the test.
Science: We had a blast learning about electricity through a variety of fun, hands-on activities! We will wrap up this unit with a test on Tuesday, March 21. We will then begin learning about the layers of the earth and plate tectonics.