4/30

Study for tomorrow's Science CRCT!  Get a great night's sleep and eat a good breakfast please.

Finish SS Ch. 12 QUESTIONS.  (Read L. 4 and answer the questions.)

Work on poetry genre project- due Friday!

Have you read at least 4 books this nine weeks?

4/24

Today's CRCT seemed to go well.  Please help your child to get a good night's sleep tonight and to eat a good breakfast in the morning.  Thank you!

If you have not yet returned pictures or picture money, please do so ASAP.

Finish AME and any corrections.  (We are reviewing skills from early in the year to help prep for Friday's big test.)

Study language arts for ELA CRCT tomorrow!

CRCT Info

As you know, the CRCT began today with the reading portion.  The testing schedule is as follows:
Wed. 4/25 ELA (English/Language Arts)
Fri. 4/27 Math

Tues. 5/1 Sci.
Th. 5/3 SS

Thank you to everyone who has sent in snacks or drinks!  We really appreciate your help to help our kids do their very best.

4/19

Math p. 308 (1-11)

Finish DITB 27.

Study for spelling/vocabulary tests!

*Field Day t-shirt orders/$$ due Fri.
**Please return pictures and/or picture $$ ASAP! Thanks!

UCMS Parent Night for rising 6th graders (That's you!) will be 5/14 @ 6 PM. You'll get a flyer in next week's folders about it, but go ahead and mark your calendars now to plan to attend.

Don't forget about BrainPop extra credit!

Snacks & Drinks Needed for CRCT

We need class sets (28) of prepackaged snacks and drinks for the CRCT (5 days of testing spread out over two weeks). Please let me know if you can help! Thank you very much!

Suggestions include:
small bottled water
small juice boxes

cheese crackers
plain crackers
trail mix (NO PEANUTS)
granola bars
small raisin boxes
pretzels
teddy grahams
fruit roll ups
Goldfish crackers

We cannot accept any snacks with peanuts or tree nuts. Thank you very much for your help!

4/17

Brain Pop extra credit was given today. Please read the instructions carefully and follow the due dates for credit. Thank you!

Work on SS. Ch. 11, L. 4 & 5 WS (due Th.)
Finish WOW.

Please sign and return signed papers and progress reports.

4/16

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a relaxing spring break. Time is really going to start to fly as we count down to the end of the school year. Please watch the blog and agendas very carefully, plus anything that is sent home. Thanks!

Tonight's HW:
*AME
*Finish SS Ch. 11 L. 4 & L. 5 vocab.
*Finish reading vocabulary definitions.
*Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary: Unit 6, Week 4

Spelling & Vocabulary, Unit 6, Week 4: “Up in the Air”

Spelling: Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, and cent-

1. tripod

2. triplet

3. unicorn

4. uniform

5. unison

6. biweekly

7. triple

8. bicycle

9. tricycle

10. unicycle

11. triangle

12. bisect

13. trio

14. unify

15. centipede

16. centimeter

17. century

18. binoculars

19. universe

20. university

*bilingual, trilogy

Vocabulary:

1. launched

2. particles

3. dense

4. inflate

5. anchored

6. companion

7. hydrogen

8. scientific

This Month's Genre: Poetry

Click HERE for a PDF version of this month's poetry genre project. It is due NO LATER THAN 5/4!

4/4

AM Exercises and corrections

Review all science vocabulary definitions.

Finish sp/voc WS.

READ!

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary: Unit 6, Week 3

Spelling & Vocabulary: Unit 6, Week 3

1. atlas

2. cereal

3. clothes

4. cycle

5. cyclone

6. echo

7. fortune

8. furious

9. fury

10. gigantic

11. gracious

12. January

13. lunar

14. mortal

15. ocean

16. Olympics

17. parasol

18. salute

19. terrace

20. territory

Vocabulary:

1. elementary: (adj) dealing with the simple parts or beginning of something

2. physical: (adj) having to do with the body

3. interact: (v) to act upon one another

4. rigid: (adj) not changing; fixed

5. wheelchair: (n) a chair on wheels that is used by someone who cannot walk from one place to another

4/2

AMP and/or AME

Finish reading SS Ch. 11 L 2 and complete L1 & L2 vocab (if you haven't already).

Finish reading vocabulary (unit 6, week 3).

Write sp in ABC order in agenda.