Week of April 8-12

Good morning, parents! Well, we are definitely in the home stretch now! You will see that things are getting very busy this week!

MAP Testing

Over the next 3 weeks, we will have our spring MAP Testing sessions. These are the final MAP tests of the year.

TCR Lessons

This week and next we will begin doing lessons over Thinking Changing Rearraning with Mrs. Hammons. These lessons are fantastic because they teach kids to rearrange their thinking to improve their self awareness and their interactions with one another, which is so important for the transition into middle school.

Scrimmage Testing

Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we will have scrimmage testing to prepare for the K-PREP Assessment that is coming up in May.

NOMS Visit/5th Grade Picnic

Today you will receive a new field trip form for a walking field trip to both North Oldham Middle School and Creasey-Mahan Nature Preserve. This field trip is very fun and valuable. The kids will be given the opportunity to tour and learn about the middle school, followed by our annual 5th grade celebration picnic at Creasey-Mahan Nature Preserve. Lots of volunteers will be needed to help with the picnic! If you are interested in helping out, please contact Tracey Mitchell at Tracey_Mitchell@yahoo.com.

Creasey Mahan Request

As mentioned above, coming up on April 18th we will be having our annual 5th Grade Picnic. Creasey-Mahan often asks large groups to help the Preserve defray some of the utility costs by donating from the following list of suggestions. Our school has been very generous in the past with these donations. As a non-profit organization, these donations are priceless and very appreciated. If you would like to donate, please send any of the following items to school prior to April 18.

· Paper towels

· Paper plates

· Paper cups

· Plastic spoons

· Napkins

· Toilet tissue

· Zip lock bags

· Copy paper

· Poster boards

· Bird seed

· Cracked corn for squirrels and deer

Blog

Please remember to check out the class blog. I will update our calendar with important dates and you can also find out what we're learning this week. Have a great week!

 

Here's what we're learning this week!

Social Studies:  This week we will begin a unit on Economics.

Math:  We will continue our study of geometry with a focus on coordinate grids.

Word Study:  Word study over the next couple of weeks will be devoted to working on geometry and economics vocabulary.

Writing:  Today we will go over the kids' recent on demand practice and later this week we will work on perspective in writing.

Reading:  We will explore the Industrial Revolution and Immigration to America through reading.