Updates and announcements

Human Growth and Development lessons will take place this Tuesday and Wednesday.

Friday is the Prep tour from 11am-1pm. Students will be touring the school, will have lunch with Prep students, and will have a short presentation from Mrs. Gillingham. Students may bring their lunch as normal, and if your child buys a lunch it will be brought to them. They are also welcome to bring a few dollars to buy additional snacks or drinks.

Our week in learning

We will continue reading Across Five Aprils this week, and should be finished with the novel by next week.

In Writing this week we will be learning about how to write business letters and we will be doing a grammar review activity on Thursday.

Our new poem is “I like to see it lap the miles,” by Emily DIckinson. We will introduce te poem this week and recitations will be Wednesday, May 10th.

We will have a quiz over roots on Wednesday!

We will be studying the Endocrine system this week with a special focus on Human Growth and Development.

This week, students will learn about the Emancipation Proclamation, General Grant, General Lee, Stonewall Jackson, the draft, and women in the war effort. We will continue to discuss slavery. This may be sensitive content for some students, so please have a discussion at home if needed.

We will continue our study of ratio this week. Due to music rehearsal our math groups on Wednesday will be moved to 9-10 am. We would love your help, please let me know if you are able to make it.

Update and announcements

The last leg of AZMerit is here! This week there will be little homework due to the testing on Tuesday and Thursday. Be sure students are well rested and have a good breakfast this week.

The Human Growth and Development lessons are next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Students will get to go on a tour of the Prep next Friday, April 28^th.

Our week in learning

The students are really enjoying Across Five Aprils in Literature as they are able to make connections as they study The Civil War in History.

Most of the students did very well on their Grammar quiz last week. Tuesday through Thursday we will be taking a break from due to AZMerit testing, however, Friday we will be learning about friendly letters.

We will have a quiz over roots on Wednesday!

This week we are finishing the skeletal and muscular systems, and beginning the endocrine system. We scheduled a test on Tuesday, but it is now moved to Thursday.

This week, students will learn about the beginning of the Civil War, advantages and disadvantages of the North and South, why the Civil War was called a “Brother’s War”, the North and South’s war strategies, the battle at Antietam, and General McClellan. We will continue to discuss slavery. This may be sensitive content for some students, so please have a discussion at home if needed.

Tuesday and Thursday we will be testing in Math and on Wednesday we will be doing review.  Because of our assembly and music rehearsal we will not have formal math groups. Friday we will introduce our new unit covering ratio.

Updates and announcements

What beautiful weather we have! It is apparent that the students are eager to get out and play in it! We will be having our April Break over our 4 day weekend this week.

The virtue of the month is perseverance, for good cause. As we get closer to the end of the year, students are starting to get tired. Our virtue of the month helps remind us to always give our best and to keep trying when it is not easy to do so. I expect to see great things from our students as their elementary education comes to a close.

We have our last round of AZMerit testing right after April Break. Please note that students have Monday, April 17^th off of school and test on Tuesday, April 18^th. Be sure students are well rested and well fed that morning.

The human growth and development lesson letter went home last week in your students’ folders and in an email. If you have any questions, please reach out. The sheet only needs to be returned if you DO NOT want your child to participate.

Please check out the wish list for a few items that are needed.

Our week in learning

We will continue reading Across Five Aprils in Literature.  

In grammar and writing we will be taking some time to review noun job as well as test taking strategies. Our noun job quiz was moved to Wednesday of this week!

We will have a quiz over roots 84-85 on Wednesday and poetry recitation of, Barbara Frietchie will be on Wednesday as well.

This week we are finishing the skeletal and muscular systems, and beginning the endocrine system. We scheduled a test on Tuesday, but it is now moved to Thursday.

This week, students will learn about Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, John Brown and the Election of 1860. The 50 states study guide is due 4/5. The test will be on Wednesday, 4/12. We will continue to discuss slavery. This may be sensitive content for some students, so please have a discussion at home if needed.

This week we will be covering graphing line plots and will do a few short lessons covering volume. On Thursday, we will be working in groups to review for AZMerit. There will be no math groups on Wednesday 

Updates and announcements

I am so proud of our class for completing the first round of AZMerit testing. They persevered. Our next test will be Tuesday, April 18^th. Keep in mind that this is the day students come back after a 4-day weekend.

Thank you for the donations of glue sticks and tissues! We are still in need of more glue sticks as we are working on a foldable for history until the end of the quarter, which involves heavy gluing.

Our week in learning

We are enjoying our reading of Across Five Aprils in Literature. This week we will be looking at how the impact of the Civil War has affected our main character.

In writing and grammar, we will be reviewing all of the noun jobs and will prepare for the noun job quiz next Monday.

We will have a quiz over roots 80-83 on Wednesday. Students have been put in groups for the poem, Barbara Frietchie, which they will be reciting on Wednesday, April 12th.

We are studying the human body. There is a muscles quiz on Wednesday!

This week, students will learn about the life of a slave, Nat Turner, Brer Rabbit, the Missouri Compromise, the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, and the growing differences between the North and South. The 50 states study guide is due 4/5. The test will be on Wednesday, 4/12. We will continue to discuss slavery. This may be sensitive content for some students, so please have a discussion at home if needed.

We are continuing our study of data analysis this week. We will also be learning about how to use percentages and decimals in conjunction with pie graphs. If you are available for math groups on Thursday morning, 8:40-9:40, please let me know. Our unit test will be Friday.