5B Activities for the Week of 4/29/13

Hello Parents & Students:

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

We will finish up our Interim Assessments tomorrow (Monday).  On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will have CBM testing.  Whole group testing will occur on Tuesday and individual CBM testing will be on Thursday. 

The Volunteer Luncheon has been rescheduled for next Monday, May 6th, from 2:00-3:30.  Hope all of you wonderful volunteers will be able to attend.

Spelling:  We are on Unit 28 this week.  The pretest will be on Monday and the test will be on Friday. 

Language Arts:  Currently, our big project is the documentaries that we are working on.  All of the students have chosen a person to research who was a "first" at doing something.  We are writing down information, sorting through pictures and organizing it all into a Power Point.  We will then narrate the story of the person that we are researching.  We will continue to work on this project for at least the next week or so.  Also, we will continue to work on our TFKs for current events and continue to read and discuss books about moving forward.

Math Accel.:  We have been spending a good amount of time on our checkbook project which focuses on positive and negative integers, financial planning, needs and wants, and a variety of other topics.  This week, we will finish up Unit 6 and continue to work on the checkbook project.  When it gets closer to the end of the week, I will be letting the students know when to expect the Unit 6 test and how to best prepare for it. 

Science:  We will finish up our current topic in science by midweek.  We will complete our four types of galaxies project and will be learning about constellations immediately following that.  Then, we will be moving back into social studies.

Social Studies:  We will pick up where we left off after the Revolutionary War and move along until we get to the Civil War.  Some topics for discussion will include the Trail of Tears, Westward Movement, and Slavery.

That's it for now.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Mrs. Bennick :-)