WEEK OF MAY 18

Let's Keep Up the Good Work...

As we approach the end of the school year, and as the weather becomes nicer and nicer, students sometimes give less focus and attention to their school work. Please "spot check" assignment books to make sure your child is still using this valuable tool, and perhaps review some of their homework to ensure they are completing it on time to the best of their ability. Thank you in advance for your help and support!

Subject Update:

ELA (English/Language Arts)

• Spelling - The Lesson 34 pretest will be given on Monday. (We are skipping Lesson 33). The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday. *Students can print 5 words "just in case" their cursive still needs work.
• English - Students will continue their unit on verbs. They will work with linking verbs before learning how to use the different verb tenses correctly. 
• Reading -We will continue with our theme, Hardships in History. Students will read various texts to help them answer our essential questions: How does the time period of the hardship impact future decisions and events? How are hardships in history similar and different?

Science - In the next lesson, students will learn about different physical characteristics and properties of matter. They will learn that matter changing from one state to another is a physical change because the substance's chemical makeup remains the same.

Social Studies - Ask your student to share some of the ideas they are choosing to include in their soldier letters. Are they pretending to be an officer working closely with George Washington, are they one of the soldiers who helped bring the cannons across the Delaware River, or are they a soldier who was in the front lines when attacking the Hessians by surprise? Once we finish our letters, students will learn how other nations like France helped the Americans win the Revolutionary War.

Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will continue Unit 7 about multiplying and dividing fractions. Students will apply the order of operations, evaluate algebraic expressions, and solve algebraic equations, all involving fractions and mixed numbers. The Unit 7 Homework Review #2 is planned for Friday, May 22!

Mark Your Calendar:

May 20 - 5th Graders Visit to Lakeview

May 20 - 5th Grade Parent Night at Lakeview (6:30 p.m.)

May 25 - Memorial Day (No School)