 The children's books are coming along nicely. Students are showing great attention to detail, both with the text and the illustrations. Mrs. McDonough has been working with them on the illustrations. We hope to have these finished sometime next week and share them with our kindergarten reading partners. You will be receiving an electronic copy of the Medieval Times newspaper as soon as it is done. It will make for some fascinating reading. You'll see everything from advertisements for the castle of your dreams, a play-by-play of a jousting tournament and a description of the latest fashion in armor and weaponry.
Our next unit will focus on the universe. Students will learn about the characteristics of the solar system, particularly how the earth orbits around the sun and the moon orbits around the earth. They will learn about the relative distances and size of the sun and moon in relation to the earth, and how this relates to lunar and solar eclipses. We will also explore the origins for creating different calendars.
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 Fifth graders have started a new unit titled Containers and Cubes. Throughout this unit students will develop strategies to determine the volume of many different packages. They will investigate volume relationships between cylinders and cones and between pyramids and prisms with the same base height. In addition, they will learn about the structure of geometric solids.
Division of fractions is all that is left in the unit for sixth graders. The big ideas is coming up with questions that go along with a division equation. For instance, what does the following equation mean? 6 1/2 = 12 or 7/8 2/3 = 7/12 Can you come up with a word problem that will match these theoretical equations?
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 Spelling Sentences are assigned on Monday and are due on Wednesday.
Math is assigned every day (even on most Fridays for 6th graders) and due the very next day.
There is also a weekly math assignment that is assigned on Monday and due on Friday.
When we are doing Literature Circle work, jobs are due on Tuesday and Thursday or Wednesday and Friday. These assignments are meant to take a few days and should not be left until the night before.
A Time For Kids magazine is handed out on Thursday and a double-sided sheet is due on Tuesday.
The Reading Logs go home on Monday and should be returned by the following Tuesday.
Read every night!!!
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Early Release Dates
May 14
May 8 (6:30) - 6th Grade Class Trip Meeting
May 9 - Yearbook Orders Due
May 9 - Mother's Day flowers need to be picked up after 1pm
May 21 (6:00 pm) - Transition Night for sixth grade families at Harwood.
May 22 (7-9pm) - Student Art Show @ The Warren Store
May 29 (6:30) - New Parent Night
June 9 - Step-Up Day for sixth graders at Harwood
June 11 - Wellness/Field Day
June 12 & 13 - Sixth Grade Class Trip to Montreal
June 18 - Sixth Grade Graduation
June 19 - Last day of school
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