5B News for the Week of 03/12/2012

Hello Parents:

I hope that you are all out enjoying this beautiful spring weather.  What a gift!  With ISAT testing behind us, we can now all breathe a sigh of relief! 

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

Reading-We will be studying a story from our anthology this week entitled, William Shakespeare and the Globe.  Some skills that we will be working on include determining importance, word analysis and contextual clues.  We will also focus on these same skills using our Time For Kids magazine this week. 

Flex.- During flex. we will be using a variety of reading materials but mainly focusing on non-fiction.  I plan to check out some books from the library that focus on building values and understanding morals.  Hopefully, we'll be able to read some short stories that pertain to these topics and have some interesting discussions about them.

Writing- We will finally be finishing up our wormhole presentations on Monday.  Due to ISAT testing, these presentations had to be pushed back.  Then, we will begin a creative folder writing project that will pertain to the topic we've been discussing in social studies. 

Math Accel.- We are about midway through Unit 7.  We will be having a short quiz on Tuesday that will cover lessons 7.3-7.7.  I have asked the students to review these pages in their journals and also their study link pages for these lessons.  The quiz will mainly focus on tree diagrams.  We should finish up Unit 7 prior to spring break, so keep watch for a study guide to be coming home within the next week. 

Social Studies- We have discussed the events leading up to the Revolutionary War, the Revolutionary War, Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.  We wrapped up our Wardrobe Act and taxation without representation.  We will be having an open book/notes test on Tuesday this week that will cover the material in chapter 8.  Midweek, we will begin talking about the U.S. Constitution.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!  If you have any questions or concerns, please email me.

Thank you!
Mrs. Bennick