Week of March 25-27

News for this Week

It is that time of year again.... MARCH MADNESS! And with March Madness comes the 7th annual North Campus March Mania! YAY!!! Come cheer on the North Campus as the 5th graders from Harmony play the 6th grade Alumni team this Thursday, March 28th. This is not only a fun event for the players, but for students, friends and family as well! There will be face painting, Chick-fil-a and lots of basketball! Admission is $1. Doors open at North Oldham High School at 5:30 and the game begins at 6:00pm. See you there!

Spring Break is next week, April 1-5! I hope you all have a fun and relaxing week!

Upcoming Tests
Facts quiz on Friday

Below you will find photos of the kids making several of our gemetric terms with their bodies.  They had so much fun doing this and now I'm certain they can identify these geometric figures!

point

ray



angle

parallel line segments

perpendicular line segments

line

 

Here's what we'll be learning this week...
Social Studies: The kids will continue to explore westward expansion as they perform skits depicting the diverse peoples of the west, and we will also explore the impact of westward expansion on Kentucky.
Math: Last week we began a unit on 2-dimensional geometry and we will continue with that this week as we explore polygons with a focus on quadrilaterals.
Word Study: We will continue to review our geometric terms through word study.
Writing: This week we continue with on demand writing as we focus on passage-based on demand.
Reading: Our final literature circle meetings will take place in reading this week with a culminating project each group will complete together by Friday.

Week of March 18-22

Happy Monday!  I hope you enjoyed your crazy weather weekend!  Here's hoping for good weather in the coming weeks so we can have some outdoor recess!

Reminders
Early Release is this Wednesday at 12:25pm.  Please send a note if your child's afternoon transportation will be changing that day.

We are currently doing literature circles in class and the kids need to be prepared to discuss their reading each week.  At the last literature circle meetings, I had several students who were not prepared.  Please check in with your child to make sure he/she is prepared for their meeting.  They should have completed the reading, finished a lit. circle job (handout), and written a 1 page summary.

Upcoming Tests:
Math facts quiz this Friday

Here's what's coming up this week...
Social Studies:  We will be exploring westward expansion as we study different groups of people, why they settled in the West, and the effects of this movement.
Math:  This week we will begin a new unit on 2-dimensional geometry.
Word Study:  Our word study focus will be on the language of geometry and we will do fun activities to help the kids learn the geometric terms.
Writing:  Last week, the kids did a unit on stand-alone on demand writing.  This is a situation in which a child is given a writing prompt and then allowed 30 minutes to write a response in the form of a letter, email (pretend), essay, or article.  This week the kids will be looking at how they did on the one they were given Friday and they will set goals.  We will also begin learning how to do passage-based on demand, in which students are given 90 minutes to read a passage and write a detailed response in the same possible forms as stand alone.
Reading:  Literature circles will continue as students read their novels, write summaries, and meet in groups to discuss.

Week of March 11-15

Hello everyone!  I'm baaaaackkk....  :o)

After staying home with my baby for 3 months, I am coming back!  It has been an absolute joy to spend all this time with him watching him grow and develop into a smiling, wiggly baby boy!  I look forward to seeing everyone and getting back into the school routine!

Here's what's coming up this week.
Monday~Band Information Session @ 1pm in the cafeteria
Tuesday~5th Grade District BOB Competition (Good luck, Avery!)
Thursday & Friday~Literature Circle Meetings during Reading.  Students need to come with all literature circles reading and responsiblities entirely complete. 

Upcoming Tests
Extended response over Government in Social Studies on Friday
Math Test over Volume and Capacity on Friday

Our Learning Agenda for the Week
Social Studies:  We will explore the various powers at each level of government (federal, state, and local).
Math:  We will wrap up our unit over volume and capacity with some transfer tasks and a test.
Word Study:  Students will review government terminology and learn new terms related to exploration.
Writing:  We will begin a new On Demand Writing unit.
Reading:  Students will continue working in literature circles.