Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Week of April 16, 2012

Dear Parents,
We are now halfway through our 3rd trimester of 5th grade. If your child has a grade lower than a C a progress report is being sent home. Please review your child's progress at this time using Parent Connect.
It was nice to see many of you at the TGFD (Too Good For Drugs) 5th grade graduation.
Matt did a fabulous job sharing his Promise Letter.
Congratulations to Meghan for winning 1st place in the Citizen's Bank essay contest and to Camille for receiving an honorable mention.
Thank you, Mrs. Peloso for bringing in a special treat for our China unit.

HERE's WHAT's HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:

SPELLING: Lesson 28

SCOOPer READING: Due date is May 14th!

READING: We will be looking at how figurative language is used in poetry. This week we will specifically be looking at poetry that uses similes, imagery, onomatopoeia, and personification.
We will also be writing a CINQUAIN and a PARODY to "Yankee Doodle" which correlates with social studies.

ENGLISH: finishing Unit 3 Verbs.....TEST on FRIDAY!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are finished with Chapter 9!
Monday = How to Study sheet and highlighting notes.
Tuesday and Wednesday = review
Thursday = CHAPTER 9 TEST!!!

SCIENCE: Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Plant Structures and Lesson 2 How Energy is Passed through an Ecosystem

MATH: Chapter 22 Measurement
Customary measurements of length, capacity, and weight.
Homework sheet and quiz = THURSDAY!