We had another great week!  Pi Day was super fun!  Please don’t forget to set your clocks forward an hour tonight as we spring forward!

BookHub pickup is each Wednesday from 10:30-11:30 for virtual students.  Those who need both can make one trip and those families who only need the book can pick up before the lunch line starts at 11:30.  Special arrangements can be made on other days as necessary.

Please continue to remind your child to shut down and charge the Chromebook each evening. Also, for the virtual students it’s imperative that they are logged onto the Team’s meeting on time each morning as our instructional day begins promptly at 8:00.

Please make sure your child is shutting down their Chromebook correctly so updates can load: Chromebooks start/shutdown

Chromebook issues? Start here: https://sites.google.com/henrico.k12.va.us/other-apps/home

 

Dates to Remember:

3/15 – 3/19 – 5th Grade Writing Assessment

3/16 – Math Circles Quiz

3/18 – Science Sound Quiz

3/19 – Word Trek Lesson 22 Quizzes

3/30 – Angles and Triangles Test

3/31 – Midwest Region Test

4/2 – End of Quarter 3

4/2 – Miss America, Camille Schrier visit

4/2 – Half-day for students

4/5 – 4/9 – Spring Break

MATH

We will wrap up our unit on circles this week.  Students should know how to measure and recognize the circumference, diameter, radius, and chord of a circle for our test on Tuesday, March 16th.  Please refer to the notes in the student resources folder and on the portaportal site to review and prepare for this test.  Your student should also have notes in their notebooks.  Our study of measurement will continue this week as we move into recognizing and measuring different types of angles and triangles.  Students will recognize and measure right, obtuse, acute and straight angles.

LANGUAGE ARTS

We will continue with our novel study.  The students will be describing character traits, recognizing author’s purpose, identifying cause and effect as skills this week.  We will also do the Henrico County writing assessment.  The students will be given a prompt to respond to.  This will take place over the course of several days.

SCIENCE

Frequency and pitch will be the focus this week in our sound unit.  Students will develop an understanding of how sound interacts with different states of matter, ie. solid, liquid, and gas. We will have a graded classwork checkup on sound on Thursday, March 18th.  Be sure to utilize the notes in the student resources folder, as well as the portaportal site to review these concepts on sound.  Your student should also have notes in their notebook and a study guide in their drive.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We continue our study of the Midwest Region.  This week we will focus on the physical features and the climate of the region.  Students will read about America’s Heartland and the history of settling the Midwest as part of the asynchronous learning on Wednesday.