Happy Friday Families!
It is crazy to think we have already reached our last month of the school year! Students have worked hard this week and finished our last round of MAP tests for the year.
This week, our class won the Learning Center's Golden Shelf Award for outstanding behavior. It was the second time this school year. Our class truly takes pride in our behavior and character!
Read below to see what we have been working on!
Literacy
We finished reading our shared text, Jess and Layla’s Astronomical Assignment. It is a science fiction book about two girls who get a homework assignment from their teacher and they end up going back in time to understand more about astronomy and famous astronomers. We started reading another story, Mayday on the Moon of Jupiter, another science fiction story. We then worked on comparing and contrasting how the authors of each approached the shared theme that they have.
Writing
We wrapped up our Real Life Superhero speeches this week! Students have really enjoyed researching, working on their notecards, and sharing their hard work with their peers. Our next writing assignment, students are going to be putting together a How To essay. We are working hard to make the writing process move faster and more seamlessly as we approach middle school
Math
We are in our last unit, Unit 7, already! This unit teaches us multiple strategies for dividing whole numbers and fractions. We will be learning more about how the powers of ten affect place value in numbers. Finally, we will be learning multiplication and division of decimals.
Social Studies
We have begun our final unit of study in social studies- Rights & Responsibilities. Students have learned about the different branches of government and the checks and balances that those branches use on each other. Next, we will be exploring how our country’s founders established a system of federalism within the United States.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, May 10th- 5th Grade Music Show
Friday, May 12th- 5th Grade Party
Monday, May 15th- Twin Groves Middle School Visit
Tuesday, May 23rd- Early Release
Friday, May 26th- Half Day
Monday, May 29th- No School- Memorial Day
Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School- Half Day
Thank you for your continued partnership and have a wonderful weekend!
Enzie Pangilinan
