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Please see the list of dates below for what we have going on at school over the next few weeks.
Although Explorer classes have ended, tutorials are continuing and pick
up is at 4pm.
Upcoming Dates
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Thursday, April 5
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Social Studies Unit 9 & 10 Curriculum
Assessment
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Friday, April 6
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Science Unit 6 Curriculum Assessment
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Friday, April 6
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Limo Lunch For Fundraiser
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Monday, April 9
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Recycled Art Competition Forms Due
*for those
that would like to enter the contest
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Monday, April 9
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5th Grade STAAR testing
*due to
STAAR testing, we will not be having lunch visitors these 3 days
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Tuesday, April 10
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Wednesday, April 11
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Monday, April 16
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Book Fair Opens
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Tuesday, April 17
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College Shirt Day
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LAST DAY FOR
CORRECTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS TO BE TURNED IN
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Thursday, April 19
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Open House
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Friday, April 20
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End of 5th Cycle
*all corrections
and assignments need to be turned in by TUESDAY,
APRIL 17 to allow for grading time
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Upcoming Assignment due dates
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Tuesday, April 3
extra day given for Easter
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Math Homework: Countdown to the Math STAAR Series 3 P4 {front}
Mixed Math: C9 {back}
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Friday, April 6
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Math Classwork: Motivation Math pages 241 - 242
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Math Classwork: Motivation Math pages 233 - 234
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Social Studies Classwork: Inventor Poster
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Social Studies Classwork: Inventor Scavenger Hunt
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Tuesday, April 9
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Math Homework: Countdown to the Math STAAR Series 3 P4 {front}
Mixed Math: C9 {back}
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Science Homework: Recycled Art Project
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Friday, April 13
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Math Classwork: Motivation Math page 264
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*number of classwork assignments may change throughout the week based on
classroom needs
THIS WEEK IN MATH:
Geometry &
Measurement continues this week with a focus on elapsed time: Your child will be learning how to:
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add and subtract intervals of time in
minutes in order to solve real world problems
Please see the new
resources listed below to support your child’s mastery of these skills.
Math
Resources to Help at Home
GEOMETRY PRACTICE- (THIS WEEK’S
SKILLS IN GREEN)
Math Man–
Calculate Elapsed Time using Sheppard Software Game
Adding & Subtracting Time - Math
Is Fun
Time Intervals Word Problems -
HelpingWithMath.com
Area
& Perimeter Games– A variety of games for practice with area and
perimeter from Splashmath
IXL
Perimeter of Rectangles– Practice determining the perimeter of different
rectangles
Perimeter
Shape Game– Shoot the shapes with a specified perimeter
Area
Shape Game– Shoot the shapes with a specified area
Area
and Perimeter– An interactive math lesson from MathPlayground
Classifying 2-Dimensional Shapes– Interactive video classifies quadrilaterals by
attributes
I
Know It: Quadrilaterals - Identify the
quadrilateral based on it’s attributes - Interactive Quiz
Quadrilateral
Shape Game - In this Sheppard
Software game, students shoot different types of quadrilaterals as they are
told to reinforce vocabulary
3-Dimensional Figures - Slideshow that gives real world examples of
3-dimensional figures Faces, Edges, & Vertices - Interactive website explores attributes of
3-dimensional figures and includes practice problems for your child and grades
them on their responses. Telling Time to the Nearest Minute - Demonstrates how to tell time on an analog
clock.
THIS
WEEK IN SCIENCE:
In science this week,
we will continue our Unit on Earth and its Resources. We will be moving on from
looking at looking at rapid changes in Earth’s surface and the effect that
Earth’s rapid changed have to conserving our resources. We will be looking at
● how natural resources are useful at home, school
and in the community
● ways that we can save natural resources at home,
school and in the community
● the 7 different types of natural resources and how
they are used by humans
● the characteristics of natural resources and ways
we can conserve them
NASA's
Climate Kids – Navigate through the different activities on the
energy page to learn about fossil fuels, what materials are helpful or harmful
to our environment, what we can do to help the Earth, about renewable energy,
going green, and recycling!
PBS
Kids Science Games – Navigate through the different activities on the
PBS Kids Science page to play games about the environment! The kids have been
shown where to find this link to PBS Kids on our class blog page and how to
find our embedded Symbaloo.
BrainPOP Natural Resources – Place this sorting game on BrainPOP (big
BrainPOP, not BrainPOP, Jr) and match resources into categories. This goes
right along with what we will be doing on Monday.
More websites and
links can be found on our class blog page on our Symbaloo. This is embedded on
the Technology Station page.
Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.
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