Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Weeks of May 24th, 2010 & May 31st

Dear Parents,
Believe it or not this will be our last full week of 5th grade!
Some reminders:
~Thursday, 5/27 = 5th grade end of the year celebration
and SCOOPer Reading Party!!!
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~Friday, 5/28 Bowling = may bring $ for snacks
BRING LUNCH FROM HOME - NO HOT LUNCH AVAILABLE!
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Monday, 5/31 = Memorial Day - No school
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Tuesday, 6/1 = School Picnic and special concert
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Wednesday, 6/2 = LAST DAY - 9:30 Dismissal
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Words of the Week L - Z = ABC book project due Friday and test Friday.
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READING: Anne of Green Gables..... We will be watching the movie and responding in a journal after each episode This is based on the best-selling novel and is a fictional portrayal of an orphan who is adopted by an elderly brother and sister to help with the farm work. They are expecting to adopt a boy, but Anne arrives instead. This is a humorous and endearing tale of the many experiences of an adolescent.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 12 Lesson 3 "A Struggle for Reformers"
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SCIENCE: Chapter 15 continued.....We will be learning about different forms of energy and changing forms of energy.
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MATH: We are not starting a new chapter but will be reviewing material, doing logic matrix puzzles, and doing math activities in the computer lab.