CLASSROOM NEWS
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! What gorgeous weather! This week will be a “normal” week at
school.
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| A visit from "Mr. Peace" before spring break! |
1. There is a
math test and a BA this week. Please see
below for more information.
2. Our field
trip to Lansing is scheduled for May 11th! Please have your child to school promptly at
8:30am with a completely disposable lunch.
3. M-STEP
testing began for 5th grade last Thursday. The 3rd grade window for testing is:
Thursday, May
4 -Math 1:00-3:00pm
Tuesday, May 9
-Math Performance Task 1:00-2:30pm
Wednesday, May
10 –ELA 1:00-3:00pm
READING
Here are a few photos from the March READ-IN before break: |
| Happy Birthday Mika and Dylan! |
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| TWINS! |
I finished reading Charlotte’s Web to the
class last Friday. It was so touching to
see the empathy and emotion from the students in reaction to the ending of this
classic story. I heard many heartfelt
responses throughout this entire book and we had some great class discussions. My plan is to show the movie version of this
book and have them compare the book to the movie.
The students are still reading non-fiction texts
and learning how to find explicit evidence to support their thinking. We’ve been practicing how to search articles
for specific proof/details (and highlight) that help support answers to
questions being asked across the curriculum.
The students are getting much better at this!
I’ll be pulling student all day for DRA testing Tuesday, April 18th. There will be a guest teacher in the
classroom that day.
WRITING
In writing, the students have been practicing
how to restate and have proper punctuation, spelling etc. We will be working
with informational writing but in the form of persuasive writing.
MATH
We completed
UNIT 6 and will be taking this unit test on Thursday, April 20th. A
review will be given in class to use as a study guide.
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| Order of Operations |
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| Multiplication Baseball |
Homework is given every Tuesday and Thursday. Each
home-link is a review of a concept the students have learned in class. We encourage parents to help with the
home-links as well as ask the students questions.
SCIENCE
Our final science unit for this year is all
about MATTER & ENERGY!
Coming
soon…
MI
STUDIES
Unit 3 on Michigan History is intense with a lot
of information. We have learned about
the first people in Michigan, the French and Indian War, how Michigan became a
state, as well as how Henry Ford’s “BIG IDEA” (the moving assembly line) help
pull people to Michigan to find jobs making cars. This, in turn, helped Michigan
to grow tremendously! The students have
a lot of material in their MI Studies pockets of their binders. Any time is a good time to review and go over
material again. A review was handed out
before spring break for your child to begin working on. The BA is scheduled for Friday, April 21st. We will review in class and play KAHOOT!
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| Timelines |
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