MISS TREFONAS'S HOMEROOM:
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS.....
~Monday, May 18th = 5th grade gets a tour of Lakeview @ 1:10 !!
and it's 5th Grade Parent Night at Lakeview - 6:30
~Thursday, May 21st = 5th grade band and choir concert - 1:15 in our gym. Parents may attend!
~Friday, May 22nd = Ginger Zee meteorologist from NBC is a guest speaker for 5th grade!
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SOCIAL STUDIES = continuing chapter 12.....Lesson 2 which discusses the Industrial Revolution and Lesson 3 "A Struggle for Reformers".
The anticipated date for Chapter 12 test will be Thursday, March 28th.
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SCIENCE = The students have been working on a project...."This Place is a Zoo" which incorporates research on an animal and its habitat.
The students have been given class time this past week to work on their posters.
The last in class work day will be Thursday, May 14th.
THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS DUE MONDAY, MAY 18TH.
*The students have the rubric, grading sheet, to check that they have all the requirements etc.!
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MISS TREFONAS'S READING-SPELLING-LANGUAGE ARTS:
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SPELLING = Words of the Week..... J-R
ABC book for J-R is due Thursday and test is Friday
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ENGLISH = Unit 7 Prepositions
We will continue to share our narrative creative writing.
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READING = JACOB'S RESCUE..... The students have been having very meaningful and deep discussions in small book groups and as an entire class.
We will be doing an end of book activity which is a "Bio-Poem" (Bio = biographical).
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SCOOPer Reading = Books read and activities were due Friday, May 15th.
Unfortunately, some students did NOT meet their goals even with all the reminders given.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO DID MEET THEIR 3rd TRIMESTER GOAL!!
This counts as a grade! Also, their will be a classroom celebration the week of May 29th for everyone who met their goal!
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VOCAB CLUB = 10 May words due Friday, May 22nd.
Everyone who has met with me thus far has gotten 10 of their 10 words correct! YEAH!
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MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:
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Chapter 7 Multiplying Decimals
We started this unit this past Thursday.
It's a short unit and there will be a test on Tuesday, May 19th.
We will then do one lesson from C hapter 8 on dividing decimals.
Then, Chapter 15 - Multiplying Fractions.
