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5th Grade Overview
April 19 - 25
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Friday, April 18 – Monday, April 21 - No School/Easter Holiday: He is risen indeed!
Wednesday, April 23 – Book Club: Students should have their book completely read by Wednesday, April 23. We encourage students to wait until after April 23rd’s Book Club meeting to take the AR test. Discussions will help their success, which will be recorded as a homework grade.
Sunday, May 4 - 7: TYBEE ISLAND!!!: We will meet at the bus barn at 1:00 PM on Sunday, May 4. Students should have eaten lunch before arriving; students should also bring a sack supper for the trip down. Students may bring a pillow and travel blanket for the bus.
Thursday, May 8: Regular classes resume for 5th graders.
Friday, May 9: ½ Day of School - Teacher Appreciation
F&F: Students will continue in our new unit, Problem Solving. New vocabulary and process questions are in binders. Please be sure your child is studying throughout the unit. There will be reading homework on many nights. Always ask your child to check his/her homework agenda.
English: In ELA, we are finishing adverbs and introducing prepositions. In Writing, we are continuing our poetry unit.
Math: We will continue Unit 6 covering graphing ordered pairs, classifying polygons, and solving for volume. Homework will be due on Friday.
Science/Social Studies: The end of the year is quickly approaching as is the end of our unit on World War II!! We will have a test over The Great Depression and World War II on Wednesday, April 30th. In preparation for middle school, students will be given a review sheet for the test on Friday, April 25th, but this time we will not be filling it in
together - they are on their own!!
Spelling: Spelling list 15 is in binders. Test 15 will be on Friday, May 2.
END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES:
May 13 - Plaster mask making for 5th grade students in the AM. - Parent volunteers needed.
May 15 - CAT DAY - Information coming soon.
May 19 - AR Celebration - We will be going out to lunch and then go to McCallie for a swim party. - Drivers Needed!
May 20 - Final House Competition and Fine Arts!
May 21 - Summer birthday party. - We will be reaching out to those parents closer to the day.
May 22 - Student talent show. Sorry parents, for students only!
May 23 - 5th Grade Graduation at 10 AM in the BBS Sanctuary.