May 31-June 3

"If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom." 
-  Audra Foveo

We have a fun week ahead of us!  We have our Lego Land field trip tomorrow.  Parents please be here by 8:35am if you plan on taking the bus with us.  It should be a fantastic experience!

We have our Wax Museum on Friday afternoon from 1-1:45.  Please help your child with appropriate clothes or props to represent his or her character.  

We only have seven lessons left in our math program.  Students will have a Home Link on Tuesday and Thursday night for homework. 

Have a wonderful week!  :)

May 23-27

"Among the changing months, May stands confest
The sweetest, and in fairest colors dressed."
-  James Thomson, On May

We began our day by attending the fifth grade band and chorus concert.  They did a wonderful job and we all enjoyed the performances!  We missed math this morning due to the concert so students will not have math homework tonight.  Tomorrow they will be given the last Homelink in Unit 8 which relates to 3-D shapes.  They will have a Unit 8 Review on Wednesday night for homework and then the test will be given on Thursday.  Students will have a one sided assignment on Thursday evening for homework.  

Our spelling rule this week involves the sounds of ti, ci, tu, and ture.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe assignment each night for homework.  Students who received a 100% on the pretest will not be given homework this week because there is only one spelling list.  :)

Scholastic book orders are due by June 2nd.  

Have a wonderful week! 

May 16-20

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."
-  Robert Frost  

We began our week by modeling equal sharing situations using $10 and $1 bills.  Students practiced breaking $1 bills into coins as well.  Other lessons this week include comparing fractions on a number line, generating equivalent fractions and exploring the areas of rectangles.  Children will also explore the shared attributes of prisms.  We fill finish Unit 8 this week and review for the test on Monday.  Unit 9 is the last unit so we are in good shape for the end of the year!  Students will have a Home Link each night for homework this week.

We are reading Food Chain Frenzy as a class.  Students are learning about energy created from the sun, producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains and webs.  They are also being introduced to photosynthesis, chlorophyll and molecules.  

Our spelling rule this week involves the sounds of -ch and -que.  Students only have one spelling list each week for the rest of the year.  If a child receives a 100% on the pretest, he or she will not need to take the test on Friday.  He or she will also receive the week off of spelling homework.   

Scholastic book orders went home today.  Please feel free to order books online using our classroom code HB244.  Orders are due by June 2nd.  

Our class is doing awesome in the Miles in May competition!  I am truly impressed with their dedication and desire to run each recess!  

Have a wonderful week!  :) 

May 9-13

"The young May moon is beaming, love.
The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love.
How sweet to rove,
Through Morna's grove,
When the drowsy world is dreaming, love!
Then awake! -- the heavens look bright, my dear,
'Tis never too late for delight, my dear,
And the best of all ways
To lengthen our days
Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!"
-  Thomas Moore, The Young May Moon  

Our PEA Reading Buddies visited us for the last time this year.  We celebrated their final visit with delicious Popsicles and the book Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall.  

Our spelling rule this week involves the v-c-e exceptions.  In these words, the silent e does not make the vowel long.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

We developed strategies for solving extended multiplication and division facts today.  Later this week, students will find factors of counting numbers and learn to play Factor Bingo. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework.

We will have computer lab for the next five Tuesdays.  Tomorrow, students will work more on coding.  Next week, they will learn to use the research tool in Google Docs.   

Information went home today about Integrated Arts Night on May 19th and our upcoming Career Week.  Please see your child's folder for more information about both these exciting events.   

Have a fantastic week!  :) 

May 2-6

"The world's favorite season is the spring.  All things seem possible in May." Edwin Way Teale

We enjoyed our first Monday in May together.  Our Reading Buddies visited from PEA.  Students read the African American folktale, The Black Snowman, by Phil Mendez in small groups.  Each student also chose the famous Black American that he/she will be studying in preparation for our Wax Museum.  More information on this fun experience will be forthcoming. 

We reviewed for our Unit 7 math test today.  I decided that the class needs one more day of review after a long week off from school, so the test will be given on Wednesday morning.  Students will not have math homework tonight or tomorrow, other than to review for their upcoming test.  A one sided assignment will be sent home on both Wednesday and Thursday evenings for homework. 

Our spelling rule this week involves split vowels.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework. 

Miles in May begins this week in honor of National Fitness Month.  Classes will have the opportunity to jog or walk the line outside on the playground during regular school hours.  The class or classes in each grade with the highest amount of laps at the end of May will earn a free PE time! 

Have a wonderful week!  :)