Family Science Night is next Tuesday evening, April 9^th.  It is a fun family event with hands-on science activities.  I hope to see you there!

 

Thank you to Adela and Mr. Jazvo who built ten mini- voltage meters and bought different varieties of batteries so the students could measure the voltage!

 

Thank you also for the donation to the 5^th Grade CommUNITY Carnival Sports, Nerf, Camping, and Outdoor basket.

 

Upcoming Dates (repeated):

April 9^th:  Family Science Night

April 22^nd – 25^th:  ELA CASSPP testing

April 26^th:   ELA CASSPP Make-up testing; CommUNITY Carnival

April 30^th:  Character Awards assembly

 

May 1^st: Minimum Day; “Bring Your Parent to School Day”; Spirit Day:  Sports Day; TRACK OFF

 

June 3^rd: TRACK ON

June 17^th – 20^th:    MATH CASSPP testing (and possibly Science)

June 21^st:  MATH CASSPP make-up testing

June 28^th:  Last day of school L

 

 

Math:  We have just completed Chapter 8, Divide Fractions and will take the chapter test on Tuesday, April 10^th.  We will begin Chapter 10, converts Units of Measure next week.  We have also been continuing our work in Chapter 9 and applying our graphing skills to Science experiments and data.

 

Reading:    We have been analyzing poetry.

 

Science:  We have completed our study of Earth’s Weather and will begin our study of Astronomy via Mystery Science.

 

Social Studies:  We will begin our study of the early American colonies.