February 17th ~ 21st

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. It looks like spring is trying to make an appearance!

The 6th graders will challenge the staff to a volleyball game after school on Friday. I am bummed that I will not be here for the game this year. It is always a great time!!

There will be no Extended Studies this week. It will resume again next week.

Looking Ahead ~ Family Fun Night is scheduled for Friday March 28th this year. Our basket theme is "Raining Cats and Dogs". I wanted you to know, just in case you happen to be out and about and find a cute item to donate to our pet-themed basket. All proceeds from the basket fundraiser go to our PTA to help purchase awesome things for our school and students.

Spelling: Unit 21 with a pretest on Tuesday, written work on Wednesday and Thursday, and a final test on Friday.
Language: Root words temper and ver
5th - Imperative sentences: Written assignments on Tuesday and Friday.
6th - Types of sentences: Written assignments on Tuesday and Friday.
Reading: We will be focusing on comprehension skills this week, including citing evidence from the text and inferring. The kids will have two close read assignments and one inference worksheet.
Math: The 5th graders will work with various quadrilaterals, their properties, and the hierarchy of attributes. They will also study measurement and converting from millimeters, to centimeters, and meters. 6th graders will study circles - including circumference, radius, diameter, and area. They will also work with solid 3-dimensional figures and surface area.
Science: 6th graders will learn about the various types of mountains and how they are formed. They will complete an Investigation Review on Tuesday and take the chapter 2 test on Friday.
Social Studies: We are beginning to learn about India this week. On Thursday, they will complete a geography challenge.

As I mentioned last week, I will be out of the classroom this week and Mr. Monson will be taking the lead. Mrs. Sheehan will be in our room for the week as well. I will send mid-terms home the week of the 24th.
Thanks for sharing your child with me!