Good morning everyone!

I hope everyone had a restful weekend! This week we are starting our M-STEP testing with all of the 5th graders across the state. We will start with the Math portion on Tuesday and Wednesday. If anyone would like to send in a healthy pre-portioned snack or juice box, we are accepting donations. We are hoping to give each student a snack and drink before each test. We will be in the lab for testing so we will not be able to use any snacks that need refrigeration or to be served/poured. Please make sure that students are well rested and had a good breakfast before coming to school each day. I look forward to seeing all of the progress the kids have made!

Our regular schedule will be different for the next few weeks. We will still have spelling but we are going to be rearranging everything else. Our spelling words follow the altered sound pattern of the -tial and -cial word chunks. Our words are essential, influential, confidential, judicial, crucial, algebraic, circumference, amendment, confederation and compromise.

Math-We are starting unit 9 which focuses on coordinate planes and ordered pairs of numbers.

Writing-Students are working on an animal adaptation research project which will continue for the next few weeks.

Science-Students will be finishing the animal adaptation unit this week and will be tested on Friday.

Reading-Students are continuing to work in their strategy groups and most will be getting a new book/strategy this week.

Have a great week!