It is Dr. Suess week!  Please see the previous blog for our spirit days!

Thank you so much for the Clorox wipes that were sent in!  We will definitely put them to good use!  🙂

MATH

We will continue with triangles and angles this weeks.  The students will be doing lots of measuring with protractors.  We will be finding missing angles as well as the area of triangles.  We have also been exploring patterns this week.  Ask your student to show the awesome pattern we worked on in class.  It is so cool!  🙂  There will be a test on this information on Monday, March 11th.  Your student has lots of notes and a study guide in their math notebook.  Please encourage them to use the math page of this blog as well as complete homework in a focused manner in order to prepare for this test.  Weekly Math (yellow puzzle) is due Thursday, March 7th.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ask your student about our book tasting on Friday.  It was amazing!  The students “tasted” six different books.  I am going to be putting them in groups based on their comments about each book.  Next, they will develop a novel study with their group as they read the book.  Each student will write a summary about each chapter independently.  They will work with their group to create vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and culminating projects for their book.  We are calling the time that they are working together “Book Club”.  The students are going to be using so many skills while working on this project!  I can’t wait to see what they produce!  In small groups, the students will work with author’s purpose, poetry writing, quotation marks, editing and revising, and context clues.  They will also finish their context clue poster with their partner group this week.

SCIENCE

This week we will explore physical and chemical changes.  The students will also complete a set of stations that we started last week.  In these stations, they have been using clay to model chemical formulas, discovering and creating a new element for the periodic table, and completing fun activities with a partner to help prepare for the test on this unit.  The test will be given on Tuesday, March 12th.  The students will complete a Matter Breakout with a partner and we will do several review Kahoots also this week to help prepare.  Please encourage your student to begin preparing for this test now.  Completing homework accurately and staying engaged in class will certainly help.  We have had lots of discussion lately regarding taking ownership of our learning and making sure that the time in class is focused in order to get the most out of it.   Listening carefully and participating fully will help tremendously when taking quizzes and tests in all subjects.  Thanks so much for reiterating this at home for me.  🙂

SOCIAL STUDIES

The students will start their postcards this week.  We did not get to it last week.  We will also start practicing for the end of the year States and Capitals Competition!  This is such a fun way to show that we have learned all 50 states and capitals!  There are lots of games on the Social Studies page of this blog to help with speed and accuracy.  🙂

IMPORTANT DATES

3/11 – Triangles, Angles, and Patterns Test

3/12 – Matter Test

3/19 – Fifth Grade Performance

4/1 – Spring Break