Pics!

Here are a few pics from our science project. The first day it was so windy and cold and we had to beg for a ray of sun! The second day our 3rd graders joined us!

Beautiful day...

...for some down time at the park!

Happy Spring!

I hope your families enjoy the week off and get some much needed down time amd rest!

Your children worked very hard this week.

We took 3 practice SBAC tests in math, reading and writing - while still holding steady to our science standards! We braved the cold wind every hour to get our measurements and then graphed our data Wednesday afternoon -- while teaching Mes. WindRiver ' s class what we were doing, all 20 of them!

Can I just tell you how amazing your kids are?! Everything I just listed was challenging and I needed them to be the most responsible, and they really stepped up for me, I appreciated them so much!

The two weeks after our break will be filled with reviewing the skills we have used all year.

In reading, we will begin reading the book, Crash by Jerry Spinelli which I think they will love! We will be talking about narrative elements throughout this book.

In writing for 4th and 5th grades, we will be practicing using 2 or 3 pieces of text to draw from. We have done this with 2 pieces throughout the year and they have improved a great deal. These are the same skills we use for researching during projects so they are fairly proficient already. Practice makes prepared!

In projects, we are moving back to social studies. We have some civics standards to begin covering which will include government, laws, responsibilities and democracy. It will be interesting and we have some fun activities planned and guest speakers lined up soon!

💙 I adore your children. They have given me an incredible year and I will continue to do my best to prepare them for middle school-- can you believe it?! Middle school!! 😲

Schedule change this week and homework

Here are the changes I talked about in my last post, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me! 

1.) This week your 5th graders will NOT have math class until Thursday. 

Mrs. Neal has assigned homework in the following format: As you saw at student led conferences, your children now know how to access their ixl reports. They will need to go through those reports and find the stands they have not yet mastered this year. They need to work on those strands for 20 minutes every night. This will take the place of any new ixl homework this week. 

2.) My class will be taking the practice English/Language Arts SBAC test -starting at 1:30 tomorrow, Tuesday the 22nd.

3.) My class will be taking the practice Math SBAC test on Wednesday the 23rd starting at 8:30. 

Schedule change

We are doing some SBAC testing practice this week so our schedules are very different! There will most likely be no math homework this week as well, although I will clarify that with Mrs. Neal today.

I will post my schedule here so you can see how it all folds out.

We also had all parents except for 2, come to student led conferences! Thank you so much. They work so hard and were really proud to show you their accomplishments.

We will be working very hard this week reviewing, writing, and gearing up for qtr 4! Still lots to accomplish and learn.

Engineers!

We have been designing parachutes for two weeks and yesterday we finally competed to see who's design fell to the ground the slowest, ask your child about theirs!

Parent conferences reminder!

I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Please come by at your convenience anytime between 7:30 and 4:00 with your 5th grade student to be impressed with their student led conference! They have worked very hard to prepare for this day and I know that they are very proud of their growth and achievements. Report cards will not be sent home without a visit from you so I hope to see you tomorrow!