Classroom Events
- NWEA testing concludes this week
- Popcorn Friday!
- Please login and check Parent Connect to keep up with your child’s grades. You can view all test and assignment grades, as well as, any incomplete or missing assignments your child may have.
Curriculum:
Math:
- 5th Grade – Students will analyze fraction data through line plots and interpret fractions as division.
- 4th Grade – Students will recognize and draw lines of symmetry for given two-dimensional figures, analyze and classify triangles and quadrilaterals, as well as, constructing triangle and quadrilaterals on square or triangular grid paper.
Reading :
- 5th Grade – Students will summarize literary texts.
- 4th Grade – Students will summarize literary texts.
*Ask your child to bring home their Ready Common Core Workbook to show you what they are working on!
Writing – Students are finishing up the MStep Field Test.
Social Studies:
- 4th Grade – We are wrapping up the movement of people in the United States by examining Pushes and Pulls.
- 5th Grade – Students will be joining Mr. DeSantis’ class for Social Studies this year.
Science:
- 4th Grade – Students continue studying “Waves of Sound”. This unit helps students develop the idea that sound is an actual thing, a wave of vibrations traveling through the air.
- 5th Grade – Students will be joining Ms. Sherlock’s class for Science this year. Their first unit of study will be the Structure and Properties of Matter.
Spelling:
All classroom spelling lists, activities, and tests will be online this year. Students will be given spelling words on Monday each week and tested on Friday. Please see this document to learn how to view your child’s grades. Students are expected to study their words at home each night. Here are some ideas on how to practice words with your child, Spelling Practice Ideas(please note, the directions on it do not apply).