Week of 4/30/12 - 5/4/12

This week coming up is the week of tests... We have a social studies AND science test this week. We also have a math quiz AND test. I don't know how it happened, but we seemed to finish everything at the same time! Not only will we be testing in our curriculum, but Monday and Thursday will be our MAP testing days. We discussed ways to improve our winter RIT scores; please talk about this with your child. Easy things you can do are make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast/lunch!!

Don't forget our Book Angels book drive. The fifth graders are in the lead so if you are cleaning out your bookshelves, think of us.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 30: Pretest Monday, spelling practice HW due Tuesday, workbook pages due Thursday, final test on Friday.

English: We will be continuing the second half of the verbs unit with contractions, regular & irregular verbs, and verb phrases with have.

Reading: This week we will start our fantasy novel unit. We are using 2 novels, The Bridge to Terabithia and The Wish Giver. The class will be split in half for this unit but all the students will be participating in book clubs. All the skills covered from the beginning of fifth grade will be used as we enjoy these delightful novels. 

Social Studies: After a review on Monday and Tuesday, our chapter 11 test will be on Wednesday.

Science: Thursday will be the day for our chapter 12 test on oceans!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: We are finished with our measurement chapter. We have a quiz on lessons 4-8 on Tuesday, review for the entire chapter on Wednesday, and our chapter 22 test on Friday.

Important Dates:

May 18 -- Early Dismissal Dismissal 11:00

May 28 – Memorial Day (no school)

June 5 – Last day of school

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza