Hello Parents,
Here we are going into the last full month of school, May. We only have twenty something days of school remaining, however, there's a lot of material left to cover. Please remind your child to try and stay focused as best they can during these final weeks. We're all getting a little antsy at this point. Thank you.
Here's what's going on this week in 5B:
Reading: We completed our character memoirs for the book, Because of Mr. Terupt. The kids did a great job on these and they are currently hanging up in the classroom. However, we did not get to our environmental project of making a trash monster, so we will work on this during the upcoming week. Also, I plan to get through at least one TFK this week for our current event focus.
Flex: During flex. we will be discussing the book entitled, Miss Rumphius. This book describes how a woman makes the World a more beautiful place through her volunteer work and travels. It goes along with what we have been discussing with keeping our World clean. We will make predictions, discuss the woman's successes, and things that we want to achieve in our own lives.
Writing: We wrote summaries of our survey findings about the lunch/recess topic. Some students still need to finish this up. Other students will be creating a circle graph to display our survey results. The classroom debate about this topic was intense! It was awesome! The students were really engaged and had very strong feelings one way or another. Ask your child about it. It was very interesting!
Math Accel: We completed lesson 8.10 yesterday. Look for a study guide to come home on Monday covering Unit 8. The Unit 8 test will be on Friday of this week. We will also be reviewing the study guide throughout the week so if your child has any questions or concerns, we will cover it prior to Friday's test.
The students really stepped it up for the last quiz which covered 8.4-8.7. Many students had a perfect paper and those who didn't still received a high score. I appreciate their efforts! Great job!
Science: Our next unit of study in science will be microscopes which will begin in about two weeks. Mr. Schumann's and Miss Pedersen's classes will be using the microscopes first. Then, they will pass them on to 5B and 5V to use. In the meantime, we will be getting a double dose of social studies.
Social Studies: Currently, we are on lesson 11.3 in our social studies book. We will continue on in Chapter 11 which discusses the Westward Movement, Lewis & Clark, etc. Our plan is to get as far along in the book as possible by the end of the year. We have some social studies enthusiasts in the classroom. Our discussions have been incredible!
Have a great week, everyone! Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Mrs. Bennick
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Asheville, North Carolina
