LOTS OF INFORMATION, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY FOR TEST DATES
https://msbhogan.weebly.com/ Parents- PLEASE make sure you are signing your child’s agenda daily. Homework along with teacher notes are here daily. Thank you for your support! Important Dates Monday, May 6-9 BOGO Book Fair (students will be going in their PM block) Monday, May 6-10 4th Grade Milestone Testing Thursday, May 16 – Living Museum in Commons (Am Parents Invited 8:15-8:45; PM Parents Invited -12:40-1:10) Friday, May 17 – STEM DAY Monday, May 20 –5th Grade Yearbook Signing/Pizza Lunch (kids only) Tuesday, May 21 – 5th Grade Dodgeball & Kona Ice (kids only) Wednesday, May 22 – 5th Grade Talent Show (kids only) & Class Parties Thursday, May 23 – 5th Grade Breakfast/Movie (students only) Thursday, May 23 – 5th Grade Ceremony & Final Walk ☹ (1:00-1:45 Ceremony; 2:00-2:2:10 Final Walk) Unleash the Lions (Fifth Grade Fun Week) Please see the above list of dates regarding 5th Grade Fun Week. For the Final Walk, we can only accept transportation changes given to us in writing that MORNING. We cannot do last minute transportation changes during the Final Walk or right after due to safety purposes. Thanks! iReady- Students should be completing at least 45 minutes of iReady-per subject each week. This can be a combination of at home and at school. If we assign it for homework, please help by encouraging your student to complete their iReady lessons. Grammar: We have finished our review of all the grammar units from the year. Students will have a grammar review test on Wednesday covering the following: verb tense and commas/quotes. Students have notes in their binders and/or their grammar notebooks. This test is scheduled for May 8. The 6th graders are finishing a unit on Pronouns. So far we’ve reviewed personal pronouns, possessive, antecedents, subject/object pronouns, demonstrative, indefinite, and interrogative. This week we’ll learn about reflexive/intensive, and relative pronouns. Their test will be Friday, May 10. Writing/Research: This week we’ll continue our Research unit which will conclude May 16 with the 5th Grade Living Museum. For this unit, we started by learning how to use different reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and online/internet), and then we learned the steps of the research process including how to write a proper bibliography. This week students will continue wrap up their notes on their chosen topic (see project sheet in their binders to sign) and follow the research steps in creating their Living Museum projects. All of their work for the Living Museum will be mostly done at school except getting their costume together, a little extra research if needed, and practicing their speech. They will have a test this week on Thursday, May 9. Reading: We are well into our novel study which correlates with their WWII standards. Students are really enjoying these books so far! They are reading either Number the Stars, Behind the Bedroom Wall, or Code Talkers. For this book, they will have reflection questions to answer for each chapter. These questions will be kept in their yellow novel folders and can be done for class work and then finished for homework (and studied for the test). For this book, we’ll review all of their literature standards (characterization, setting, conflict, resolution, tone, point of view, theme, comparison, and using direct quotes). Sixth graders will be reviewing symbolism and learning about the plot diagram. The test on this novel is tentatively scheduled for May 15. This book will count toward their May Log. For their May Book Logs, students will have to choose ONE 150-page books of their choice OR 1 300-page book, IF they are using their novel study book to count towards the second book. If your child has a question about a book of interest, please tell them to come see me. These will be due this Friday, May 17th with a parent signature. Students have this in their binder. Spelling: These lists will correlate to their WWII novel. The spelling quiz covering these words is on Friday, May 10. Their lists should stay in their binders through the school year. Remember to study both the spelling and the definitions. If you would like for your child to have extra practice with their spelling words, they may use Spelling City website: https://www.spellingcity.com/users/bfhogan5 |
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