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7 1/2 more weeks of 5th Grade!
21st Cent. Class: None due to PARCC Testing
Specials:
*Monday: STEAM
*Tuesday - Friday: Art
MISC:
*PARCC Testing from 1:15-3:05 Tuesday through Thursday
*Young AmeriTowne field trip all day Friday! - FIELD TRIP FORMS ARE DUE MONDAY!
Math (We will stay with our homeroom teacher for the rest of the year!):
*Math's Mate Term 4 Sheet 2 due Friday!
Chapter 10: Measurement
*Creating math norms for our classroom/Pretesting
*Converting Customary Units of Length
*Problem Solving: Using Logical Reasoning with Measurement
*Converting Customary Units of Weight
Read & React:
Vocabulary Unit 12 - Test is on April 5th!
*Practice activities are in their Flocabulary site
*Hands-on Vocabulary Games are within the classroom for your child's use if they'd like as well to support them with their study habits
*Ask your child to show you how "Heads up, Seven up - Vocabulary Style" works!
Read Aloud: The Littlest Bigfoot by: Jennifer Weiner
American Revolution Novel Studies
Sophia's War
*This novel group will be focusing on using socratic seminars to study the text closely in advance, listen actively, share ideas and questions in response to the ideas and questions of others, and search for evidence in the text to support their ideas.
Betsy Zane, the Rose of Fort Henry
*This novel group's focus will be on cultural diversity, courage, family, and gender roles during the late 1700s
The Fighting Ground
*This novel group's focus will be on summarizing and making connections
Creative Writing:
*NO GRAMMAR THIS WEEK DUE TO PARCC TESTING
*All writing will be integrated along with our novel studies
Exploration:
Young AmeriTowne
*Students will find out their jobs on Monday and begin working with their shop teammates to prepare for Friday
Exploration Unit
History: Analyze historical sources from multiple points of view to develop an understanding of historical context
History: The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes in North America from 1491 through the founding of the United States government
Geography: Causes and consequences of movement
