May 2-6th

Testing is beginning this week! Please remember if at all possible to have your students here at school and on time on testing days! This makes it much easier for us to make sure that all their testing gets done. Also, if you want to send healthy snacks with students to share with the rest of the class, that would be great! I love to let students take a couple of breaks during testing and healthy snacks are a great way for them to recharge their brain. Also, I want students to feel like they can do their best on these tests so they can truly show what they know. One thing that I would like you to do, is to write a note to your student and send it to school with them so they can read it before they begin a test, motivating them to do their best. I know that they love it when they know that you, their parents, believe in them. This is one little way to remind them that you believe in them and help them to not be nervous and to do their best. If you are unable to write them a note, I will be more than willing to write them a note that they can read.

This week in reading we will be doing our reading Sage test. Monday and Tuesday during reading time. After Sage tests, we will finish DRAs, and start Book Clubs/Literature Circles in our class. This week students will be picking the books they would like to read for their Literature Circle. Our Spelling for the last weeks of school will be lists of Frequently Misspelled Words. These are words that students should know by now but because they are frequently misspelled, we will be reviewing them. This week will be list #1. Students should do 20 points worth of work and turn them in on Friday. Students should also be completing their reading log to turn in on Monday.

This week in writing we are reading our Porquois Tales. They were due on Monday, today. The rest of the week we will be creating a portfolio of our work all year long. Students will choose 5 of the papers they have written this year to edit again. They will fix them and put them in a folder. We will also begin picking parts for our end of the year plays. Our class will put on plays that we will perform at the end of they year for you! If anyone would be willing to come into class to help us with these, please let me know! We will be starting our play practice next Monday during writing time.

This week in math we will be finishing our end of the year review. On Thursday and Friday during Math time we will be taking our Sage math test.

This week in social studies we will be finishing talking about government. We will have a mock election in class and will also researching and learning about the US and Utah Constitutions. Our last thing for social studies this year will be a cumulative end of the year test review things we have learned all year. Students will be getting a study guide at the end of this week for the test. They are expected to study for this test at home for homework, but we will do a bit of review in class. My class will take the test on May 19th and Mrs. Ditto's class will take it on May 20th.

Lastly, if your student has not brought back their permission slip for our field trip next week on Friday May 13th, please send it back as soon as possible! And if you have volunteered to come help us, I will be getting in touch with you a little later for details, so watch for an email from me about that.

This Week's Homework

Monday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              FMW #1
                        Math

                              P47-48

Tuesday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              FMW #1
                        Math

                             P65-66

Wednesday:   Reading   

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             FMW #1

                        Math

                            P83 Lesson 4.8

Thursday:       Reading     

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             FMW #1

                        Math

                              P93

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test

Friday:            Reading       

                             Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test