Updates and announcements

Can you believe it is the last week of school! This year has absolutely flown by.

If you would like summer enrichment packets, please let me know. I am preparing those for students whose parents request them. Additionally, if you are interested in summer tutoring, please email me before the last day of school. I do not check my email regularly during the summer.

We are looking forward to honoring our fifth-grade scholars promotion to sixth grade at the Arete gym on Wednesday, May 22nd at 5:30 pm. Students should wear semi-formal clothes of their choice to this event. Boys should wear trousers, a collared shirt, and dress shoes, and girls may wear an outfit appropriate for a religious service or wedding, such as a nice dress. Students’ clothing should cover the same amount as their uniform polos and shorts. If ladies would like to wear a strapless or spaghetti strap dress, they should wear a cover as well. Students should arrive by 5:15 and will be directed to sit with their class.  We will have a ceremony for the students and the PSO will have refreshments to enjoy after it is over. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you know your child will not be able to attend. We are excited to celebrate with you!

Our week in learning

Students have learned all of the idioms in our curriculum! We may use this time to catch up on some that we missed.

The final roots test of the year will be on Wednesday, May 22nd.

In Literature, we will present all of the Across Five Aprils newspaper projects.

In Grammar, we will be working on reading segments from “A Wrinkle in Time”, followed by Touchstones-like discussions. This will not have any homework.

On Monday, students will be assessed on their knowledge of the nervous system. This will be a partially open study guide science test. Tuesday, we will play science Bingo to review topics from previous units.

This week in History, students will finish learning about the conflicts that arose between Native Americans and European settlers in North America. Students will learn that though promises of peace and comradery were made, they were broken, and tensions rose to the point of battles, massacres and war. They will learn that part of the mentality of those from European descent was to assimilate the Natives to their ideologies and customs.

In math, we will then move into a very short crash course in the basics of Algebra! There will be no math groups this week.

Updates and announcements

Thank you all for the wonderful gifts and notes of appreciation last week! I was so grateful and my heart is full.

We have an exciting two weeks coming up! Our Capitol field trip is on 5/15, the summer birthday celebration is on 5/17, the 5^th Grade Promotion Ceremony is on 5/22, and the last day of school is on 5/24!

Fifth Grade Promotion is coming up quickly! The event is on Wednesday, May 22^nd at 5:30 pm in the gym. Students should be in their seats by 5:20. Students should dress in nice clothes that one might wear to a wedding or church service. Uniform guidelines still apply for length of skirts, etc.

The tall tales turned out beautifully last week! I hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I did.

Our week in learning

Students have learned all of the idioms in our curriculum! We may use this time to catch up on some that we missed.

The roots study guide for #76-100 is due on Wednesday, May 15th. The test will be on Wednesday, May 22nd.

Students will recite the poem “A Bird Came Down the Walk” during the week of 5/13.

In Literature, we will give class time for students to work on their Across Five Aprils newspaper. Please refer to their packet with the calendar of due dates for more information.

In Grammar, we will be working on reading segments from “A Wrinkle in Time”, followed by Touchstones-like discussions. This will not have any homework.

This week in science, students will finish their brief study of the nervous system. We will continue our study of neurons, and then learn about the major parts of the brain as well as their function Students should expect to fill out a small portion of the study each night until Wednesday. On Thursday, we will review the study guide as a class in preparation for Friday’s test. Because this is such a quick unit, students will be allowed to use their study guide for the last 15 minutes of the test.

This week in History, students will begin their final unit for the year, on the Cultures and Conflicts of Native Americans from before settlers came to North America to the end of the 19^th century. The first half of this unit will be studied and taught this week by the students, in the form of a group project and presentation. The class will be split into groups of 7, and given three days to prepare a presentation on one of four chapters. Presentations will occur on Friday. All work should be able to be completed during class time.

In math, we will review on Monday, then take the annual Singapore assessment on Tuesday and Thursday. We will then move into a very short crash course in the basics of Algebra! There will be no math groups this week.

Updates and announcements

We are in the home stretch of the school year and looking towards our final assessments of the year! Students are enjoying more creative assignments. The goal is to keep the activities full of rigor and tap into their creative juices while curbing their excitement for the school year to be over. This is especially true in fifth grade because they are so excited to move on to middle school.

This week, I will be out on Wednesday for Paul’s Doctoral graduation!

The Prep Tour is this Friday. Students will eat their lunches with the prep students after their tour is over. School lunches will be delivered to the prep side.

Next week is the Capitol Field Trip!

Be on the lookout for Promotion night information. It will be on Wednesday, May 22^nd.

Our week in learning

Students have learned all of the idioms in our curriculum! We may use this time to catch up on some that we missed.

Students will learn about the roots orthos and dokein. There will be a routine roots quiz over these next week. The study guide for roots 76-100 will be passed out on Wednesday and due on 5/15.

Students will recite the poem “A Bird Came Down the Walk” during the week of 5/13.

In Literature, we will give class time for students to work on their Across Five Aprils newspaper. Please refer to their packet with the calendar of due dates for more information.

In Grammar, we will be working through the rest of the Tall Tales unit. Students will peer and self edit, create a dedication page, and write their final drafts with accompanying illustrations. We will have an Author’s Tea on Friday after the Prep Tour on Friday where students will read their Tall Tales to their peers while enjoying cookies and lemonade. Please note that only students who have completed the assignment will participate in this fun event.

We are nearing our end of our anatomy studies! Students will take their endocrine system test Monday, and begin their study of the nervous system on Tuesday. This will be a quick unit; study guides for the nervous system will be passed out Thursday, and will be due the 16th. The nervous system test will be the 17th.

This week in History, students will be tested on their knowledge of Unit 11: Westward Expansion After the Civil War. Study guides are due on Tuesday, when we will have a review day, and the test will be Wednesday. Students will work on advertisement projects on Monday, and present their projects on Thursday. This project will be given two days in class (last Friday included), and does not need to be taken though, though some students may opt to do this.

In math, we will continue a unit on angles. This week, students will be finding the unknown angles in parallelograms and trapezoids and taking their final test on Friday. ALL workbook homework assignments will be half of every type of problem. Students should complete all of the packets that are homework. Our LAST math groups will be at the normal time this week, Wednesday, 8:00-9:15.