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Monday, March 25, 2013

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.

1 comment:

  1. Looks like a lot of fun going on in Mrs. Whitely's room! Great job :-)

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