News for May 16th - 20th

Literacy:
- Finish reading "Flying Solo" pgs. 95 - 138
- Finish "Flying Solo" packet: plot line, characters sketches (in detail), vocabulary, and comprehension questions - completed packet due Wednesday, May 18th!
- "Flying Solo" test will be Wednesday May 18th - use packet to study everything.
- We will be choosing "Flying Solo" projects to do in groups on thursday, friday, and the following Monday

Math:
- We will be focusing mostly on our novel project and our social studies projects.

Social Studies:

- Monday, May 16th: Finish up tri-folds (only about 1 hr of time will be given) - Oral presentations in class (graded). This means everything should be finished by 10:30!

- Tuesday, May 17th: 5th grade rotations - The students will take turns giving their presentation to students in 5A and 5B - stamp/sticker/design for individual passports due today!

- Wednesday, May 18th: AST World Tour: 10:30 - 12:30! We will be setting up our projects on the court around 10:10, changing into our tour guide/typical clothes, preparing our areas with typical food and/or props, and getting ready for people to come see our projects. Parents and family members are welcome to come see our projects at any time, but students will be required to stay at their desginated area during the whole tour.

* The 5th grade farewell and lunch sponsored by the Character Education department will be Thursday, May 19th from 11:30 - 12:30 (lunch will be provided).
** T-shirts for field day are being ordered, but we'd like each student to bring in a white handkerchief (panuelo) by Friday, May 20th so we can use them as well. These will not return in their original condition and we'd like stuents' initials/name to be written on them with permanent marker.