What we are doing the week of April 8-12, 2019
*We always appreciate donated tissues and hand sanitizer. The students go through them quickly!
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Mrs. Angel
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Mrs. McNeil
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Mr. Parmley
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Mrs. Schlimm
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Ms. Zangari
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Writing
On Monday and Tuesday, students will take their Language Usage MAPS test. On Wednesday, students will revise/edit and self-assess their previous on-demand writings. On Thursday and Friday, students will continue working on practice prompts to prepare for KPREP.
Spelling words
No spelling this week!
Science
In
science, we are learning about food chains and food webs this week. The
vocabulary foldable is due tomorrow and the quiz over the vocabulary will be
Thursday. Here is the link to the quizlet again: https://quizlet.com/199700635/ecosystems-1-flash-cards/
Social Studies
In social studies we will have a quiz over our Early America
Key Terms this Friday. This week we will transition into the causes of
the American Revolution and continue this after we return from Spring Break.
Math
This week we will be practicing measurement conversions and
learning to find the volume of rectangular prisms.
Reading
This
week in reading, students will continue to work on reading informational text.
We will be focusing on how to use context clues to determine the meaning of
unknown words and phrases.
This week’s homework is “Artic Disaster.” Digital copies of the homework can
now be found on Google Classroom! As a reminder, homework is assigned on
Monday and due Friday, however late work is always excepted, but points will be
taken off.
Help our classroom earn FREE books! When you place a
Scholastic Book order, our class gets points to be used towards free books!
Students will be given a brochure with books, or you can browse books
atscholatic.com/bookclubs. If you do not already have an account you can create
one for free. Connect your account with our class by entering the class code
TJQDZ.
Follow Mrs. Schlimm on Twitter to see what is happening in our 5th grade
reading classroom! @WV_MrsSchlimm