News for March 18th - April 1st

Don't forget that Library projects are due on Monday, March 18th! Literacy: - Finish persuasive essays, due Tuesday, March 29th (follow the rubric to get all A+'s and turn it in with your essay) - April is Poetry Month so we are going to begin our unit on poetry. Here are some of the types we will be working on this week: couplet, triplet, quatrain, cinquain, acrostic, alliteration, diamonte, and concrete. Math: - Because of scheduling issues and needing more time we will be reviewing Math Ch. 14 on Monday and the test will be Tuesday, March 29th - Fun Math activity on Tuesday, bring a banana if you can! - Begin Chapter 15 on probability, lessons 1 and 2 *The team from AdvancED will be here at school observing our school Monday - Wednesday. ** No after school activities involving staff members will be held Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (musical, advanced Math club, etc...) ***The 3rd and final Bullying presentation will be Thursday, March 31st. ****Thursday afterschool the 5th grade girls will be measured for their costumes!

Changes for the week

Because of scheduling issues, the Chapter 14 Math Test will be moved to next Tuesday, March 29th along with the due date for the published persuasive essay. Students received the rubric yesterday.

Remember that tomorrow is a early dismissal at 11:00am and parent teacher conferences are until 3:30, if you haven't signed up for a time to meet with me there are still many slots available. If one of those times doesn't work, please email me when you are available.

Tomorrow there will be a Scholastic book fair as well as the items in the lost in found on display. Check them both out!

News for March 21st - 25th

Be sure to check daily for homework and updates/changes to our AST Community News section!

Literacy:
- Persuasive writing process, choose arguement and prewrite (research), draft, revise and proofread, and finally publish
- Published copy of Persuasive writing due next Monday, March 28th
- Working on conventions - spelling/grammar/punctuation
- Review and assess word wall words - Dictated word wall test (10 sentences) Friday, March 25th

Math:
- Finish Chapter 14, lessons 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8
- We will be doing hands on activities and review, don't forget about the MacMillian Math site to review any chapter 14 lesson that you struggled with!
- Chapter 14 Test will be Friday, March 25th (we will review in the morning and take the test after recess before early dismissal)

*2nd Bullying Presentation by counseling department will be Tuesday at 11:10 -11:50
** Colors' Day 5 lps - March 24th - Moto Minutas will be here!
*** Friday, March 25th early dismissal at 11:00am
**** Parent Teacher Conferences, Friday March 25th times start at 11:40 and go until 3:10 - please stop by 5C sometime this week to sign up for a time slot.

News for March 14th - 18th

*4th quarter begins Monday, March 14th!

Literacy:
- Finish discussion on Self - Discipline; reflection
- Continue types of Expository writing - Persuasive writing
- Father's Day projects

Math:
- Review Ch. 13 - Monday 3/14
- Test over Chapter 13 will be Tuesday, March 15th - use your vocabulary cards to study
- Begin Chapter 14: lessons 1, 2, and 3

*We will be dedicating extra time this quarter to Math because 5th grade math scores are low on the average!

**St. Patrick's Day is Thursday, March 17th - we will be having a small celebration at 1:15 after recess if anyone wishes to bring something green to share with the rest of the class!

***The Final Lap for Miles for Smiles will be held on Thursday, March 17th afterschool at 2:45. Students still have an opportunity to participate and ask for sponsorship but T-shirts have already been ordered. Sponsorship money should be returned to school in an envelope on Wednesday, March 16th!

****Father's Day Celebrations will be held in 5th grade on Friday, March 18th from 11:20 - 12:10 in each sections' classrooms. We hope that the special men in our students' lives can join us for the literacy based celebration!

News for March 7th - 11th

*No school Friday, March 11th for Spring Break! Friday is the last day of the 3rd quarter, so let's finish strong!

Literacy:
- finishing Black History Month Biographies (most students are finished typing)
- work on creative way to present biography - Biographies are due and presentations will be given Wednesday, March 9th and Thursday, March 10th (days and time slots will be drawn on Tuesday)
- Value of the month: Discipline and self-discipline

Math:
- review Ch. 6 graphing ordered pairs and the coordinate plane
- Continue Ch. 13 lessons 6, 7, 8 and 9
- Reading Log for Friday, March 11th - read Math pgs. 594-595 and do the questions in Math notebook

Social Studies:
- We will be writing bill proposals as the 5th grade Congress to present to the "President" (Mrs. Martinez) to approve. We will be working alongside 5A to come up with feasable ideas to present in writing.
- Review and the Three Branches of government Test (ch. 9 lessons 3 -4) will be Thursday, March 10th - study pictures on blog, notes, and book.