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Asheville, North Carolina

Saturday, March 3, 2012

5B News for the Week of 03/05/2012

Welcome March!  Spring is right around the corner! 

Here's what's going on this week in 5B. 

Reading- On Monday, we will continue our Time For Kids work.  Then, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, we will be participating in ISAT testing.  Our testing times for the week are as follows: 

Tuesday, March 6th- Reading 10:30-11:35,  Math  12:00-1:00

Wednesday, March 7th- Reading 10:30-11:35,  Math   12:00-1:00

Thursday, March 8th- Reading 10:30-11:35,  Math   12:00-1:00

On Friday, each classroom will be watching a movie, and students may choose which room that they would like to visit.  A list of the movies will be posted soon. 

Flex- There will be no flex. this week due to ISAT testing.

Writing- There will be no writing lessons this week due to ISAT testing.  However, we'll do our best to continue presenting our wormhole projects.  The ones that were presented so far were excellent.  I can't wait to see the rest of them!

Math Accel.- We will continue in Unit 7 this week.  We are working on probability, currently.   Our focus will be on random-number simulation and tree diagrams. 

Social Studies- The students have been enjoying our taxing project.  We will continue this project through mid week and also begin some discussions about the Revolutionary War.  We will take a look at some essential concepts such as taxation, government services and protesting. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Bennick