~Friday, April 23rd - I am proud of Vishal and Karina for preforming in the 5th grade talent show! Vishal's talent = Bollywood Dancing & Karina's talent = singing!
~Dr. Tiede will be a guest reader in our classroom on Monday, April 26th!
~Project Challenge meets afterschool on Tuesday, April 27th!
~Don't forget about the P.T.O. fundraiser at Vesuvio's Italian restaurant which ends at the end of the month. You may get the flyer on our website which you present at dinner and they donate money back to the school! It's good food!
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Lesson 32 and word of the week
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ENGLISH: Unit 6 Pronouns - contractions, double subjects, using we & us correctly, and homophones. We will be testing next week!
We are also continuing to share our persuasive essays aloud. We have had many interesting conversations and debates over the various topics the students chose to write about!
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READING: We continue to emphasize and perfect the reading strategies and skills we have learned through out the year while reading literature books as part of a "book club".
The students are doing a great job with their summarizing, questioning, connecting, and predicting skills. They also are learning new vocabulary as they read and discuss their book.
Friday, April 23rd = Book Club meeting #1 (reading and discussion sheet)
Tuesday, April 27th = Book Club meeting #2 (reading and discussion sheet).
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SCOOPer Reading: The deadline is May 21st. We have had some excellent book shares!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 11 continued.....We will be discussing the Louisiana Purchase and learning about the expedition of Lewis and Clark.
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SCIENCE: Chapter 14 continued.......Chemical changes and reactions!
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MATH: Chapter 22 homework sheet on Monday, April 26th
Chapter 22 test review on Monday, April 26th
Chapter 22 test = Tuesday, April 27th
*measurement conversion sheet is allowed!
Next, we will begin Chapter 23 - Perimeter!
