Week 30 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the final quarter of the current school year. We were off to a busy start with both our Easter Egg Hunt and our Parent-Teacher Conferences being held this week. Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend.  As promised, Heroes Month is here and the students are busily preparing their presentations for the end of the month. This busy week may be over, but we are also currently working on our Compare-Contrast essays in addition to learning more about plays so that we will be able to write our own in the coming weeks.  

What we learned This week

Maths: Topic 15 – Solving and Writing Equations and Inequalities

Literacy: A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite/Writing to Compare and Contrast

Science: Chapter 5 – The Water Cycle

Social Studies: Chapter 12 The Years After World War II

What we will learn Next Week

Maths: Topic 16 – Ratio and Percent

Literacy: A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite/Writing to Compare and Contrast

Science: Chapter 5 – The Water Cycle

Social Studies: Chapter 13 Decades of Change

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Isaac Oliver. Check out the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more.  

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all of the hard work this week. Please check the Dojo Masters page on the blog to see who our masters for this week are.

Reminders

1.     May 4^th – Field Trip

2.     May: IOWA Tests - May 14-18

3.     Mid-semester break – May 21

4.     Art Exhibition – May 29

5.     May 30 – Last Day of Clubs

6.     June 18 – Dragon Boat Holiday (No School)

7.     June 22 – No School – Half Day

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus