January 27th ~ 31st

It seems like Christmas was just here . . and now the end of January is drawing near!

Talent show tryouts are this Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00-4:30. If your child is trying out for the show, he or she received a slip indicating the tryout day and time.

Sunday February 2nd is Groundhog Day . . . and I don't know about you, but I'm hoping for a cloudy day and no shadow. I am ready for spring!

ATTENTION 6TH GRADE PARENTS: 6th Grade yearbook information went home last week in the Wednesday Watch. The yearbook committee would like to have photos, etc. emailed or sent to school no later that February 13th. They do prefer digital items if possible and these can be emailed to diana.nyquist@hotmail.com
Be sure to check the Wednesday Watch for the information and envelopes that were sent home.

Spelling: Unit 19 - The kids will take a pretest on Monday, work with their word list and vocabulary during the week with two written assignments on Tuesday and Thursday, and take a final test on Friday.
5th: -ed and -ing endings
6th: Suffixes -ent and -ant
Language: We will study various grammar concepts with written assignments on Monday and Wednesday, as well as an assignment on Monday with the Latin roots manu, vor, and vour. The students will also create a root word poster for Friday.
5th: Subject and Predicate
6th: Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions
Reading: We will finish our novels this week and wrap up our book club discussions. The kids have had vocabulary and chapter questions to complete throughout the novel units and these will be completed on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will read a short article pertaining to Denmark during WWII. The students will compare and contrast details from the article and their novels. We will read and respond to another WWII article on Friday.
Math: 
5th: We will work on converting fractions to decimals and vice versa. The kids will reinforce this concept on Tuesday with various online activities. We will move into fraction addition with like and unlike denominators. The kids will have written assignments on Monday, and Wednesday through Friday.
6th: We will continue to work with ratios and equivalent rations. The students will learn about rates and unit rates and work in small groups to solve real world scenarios dealing with these concepts. They will have written assignments on Monday and Tuesday.
6th Grade Social Studies:
In our study of ancient civilizations, we learn about many world religions. This week will include ancient Hebrews and Judaism.
6th Grade Science:
We completed our work with Chemistry concepts last week and we will begin studying the changing earth. We focus on plate tectonics, the layers of the earth, earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. This week, we will study continental drift and the Pangaea theory.

Have a wonderful week!