Updates and announcements
Our students worked so hard on
the AZMerit Writing portion last Friday! I hope they all got some well-deserved
ice cream over the weekend.
We have 5th grade
promotion coming up on Wednesday, May 23rd. At the ceremony,
students will receive a free 5th grade promotion t-shirt. Please fill
out this form with your child’s name and size by Friday, April 13th so we can get them ordered in time.
Be on the lookout
for a letter coming home today about our upcoming Human Growth and Development
class. During this unit, we will discuss puberty with the boys and girls in
separate classrooms. This is an opt-out lesson. More specific information is in
the letter going home today.
Our week in learning
Next week, students will take the AZ
Merit English Language Arts and Mathematics tests. This week in language arts,
students will review figurative language, using context clues, finding the main
idea of a passage, and summarizing an event.
In literature, students will continue
reading Across Five Aprils.
Students will recite “Battle
Hymn of the Republic” this Wednesday.
This week in science, students will begin their study of the
endocrine system. We will discuss the major functions of the endocrine system
and its most important glands, such as the pineal, the hypothalamus, and the
adrenal gland.
This week in history, students will continue learning about the
Civil War. Students will be learning about the South after the war, the phases
of reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, and the racism against African Americans
after reconstruction. Please note that when students have a summary paragraph
for homework, that should serve as their notes for that chapter. Study guides
went home last Friday to give students extra time to work on them. Study guides
are due Monday, April 16th. Students will have their Civil War test on
Wednesday, April 18th. Because this is in the middle of our two AZMerit test
days, we are taking 2 ½ days to review for their test IN CLASS.
In math this week, we will continue a brief unit on Average and
Rate. There will be no unit test for this unit. We will continue daily AZMerit
practice until we take our tests on 4/17 and 4/19. You may see some practice
worksheets coming home to serve both as a review and a guide to see what kinds
of questions will be on the test. We will have math groups this week on
Wednesday 8:00-9:15.
