Hello Parents and Students!
Just five school days left until Spring Break! I hope that you all have a wonderful; safe break and that you get to enjoy some family time.
This week during science, we will be doing some fun activities and experiments. Please have your child cut out and bring in two food labels off of any foods that you have in your house. We want to compare calories, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. Please bring them in by Tuesday.
Also, we will be participating in a science experiment in which the students will be eating a saltine cracker. If you would prefer that your child not eat a saltine cracker, please email me. Thank you.
Here's what's going on in 5B this week:
Spelling: We are currently on Unit 24 in spelling. The pretest will be on Monday and the test on Friday.
Math Accel: There will not be a formal Unit 5 math test. Unit 5 is mainly review, so I am having the students complete parts of the test as exit slips. We started this on Thursday. We will finish the last part on Monday. Also, the PA math test will occur this Tuesday, March 19th, in your child's Math Accel. classroom. The test should take approximately one hour to complete. This week, we will be doing some challenging problem solving, playing math fact games and visiting a new website entitled mangahigh for skill reinforcement.
Language Arts: We just finished up our Courage books today in writing. Next week, we will tie in some science during language arts time. The students will be visiting an online chat room, Today's Meet, and share ideas as a class about what they have learned about Digestion so far. Also, the students are creating a poster to describe the importance of good oral health. There will be a quiz on oral health on Tuesday which will include the names of dental specialists and tooth vocabulary. This information is written in the students' journals. We will also be conducting some online research about the various organs in the Digestive System and will discuss our findings. If time, we will read a Time For Kids magazine and complete some grammar.
Science: We are very busy in science now. Our topic is the Digestive System. We have watched a couple of short videos about this system and did a science experiment today in which we discussed the break down of food and whether or not teeth help to speed along the process of digestion. Ask your child about the sugar cube experiment to answer that question. This upcoming week we will do some research, complete another science experiment that proves whether or not the teeth and tongue work together to help the breakdown process and analyze food labels.
Have a wonderful weekend. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me.
Thank you!
Delissa Bennick
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Asheville, North Carolina
