Week of April 22, 2019

Happy Tuesday Everyone,
 
     That 4 day weekend was a wonderful treat!!! I hope everyone enjoyed their time off. 

     

April 15th-26th

Girl Scout Book Drive

April 24th Wednesday

Early Release

April 30th Tuesday

Progress Reports Go Home

May 1st Wednesday

FSA ELA Testing-Session 1

May 2nd Thursday

FSA ELA Testing-Session 2

May 7th Tuesday

FSA Math Testing-Session 1

May 8th Wednesday

FSA Math Testing-Session 2

May 27th Monday

Memorial Day No School

May 28th Tuesday

End of Year Awards Ceremony @ 10:00

End of Year Party @ 12:00

     Students have begun presenting their Genius Hour projects. We will continue with presentations every Tuesday until everyone has had a turn. You can help your child prepare by letting them present their project to you. Be an audience for them. Ask them questions about their topic. And give them overall freed back on the information in their presentation as well as how the did as a presenter.  

     This week in math we will begin our review work for the FSA. This week we will focus on measurement conversions. This will include customary and metric units, units of time. We will also review area and perimeter. I have set up some measurement review on Prodigy. Students can go to www.prodigygame.com/play. I have also issued a challenge to students, if they can show or tell me their Prodigy username and password they will earn 10 tickets. 

     

     Be on the look out for your child's FSA practice test to come home this week. The practice test is a shortened version of the FSA. Students can expect to see similar problems on the FSA. Please review the test with your child and discuss the problems that they missed. We checked and reviewed the entire test in class so they should be able to tell you about their mistakes and the correct way to solve the problem. Some common mistakes that I am seeing are:

*multiplication fact errors

*failing to complete both parts of multi-step problems

*failing to show work and making mental errors by solving problems in our head

     This week in science we will begin our next unit on plants and animals. Our first standard is knowing how plants reproduce. Students will learn that plants have both male and female parts. Flowering plants and conifers must be pollinated before they can make seeds. We will also discuss how and why plants disperse their seeds. 

     Students have one sheet to complete this week. Sheets are always due on Fridays. 

Have a great week,

Aesha