Important Dates
April 9- Science ISASP
April 11- Preview of 6th grade operetta- Bye, Bye, Birdie
April 19- No school- teacher inservice
CLASSROOM NEWS
Math with Mrs. Halweg
Hybrid Math- This week in math we learned about the relationship among fractions, decimals, and percents. We will start wrapping up this unit soon. Your student will be assessed over their knowledge of these next week.
Math 5- This week in math we learned about volume and practiced finding the volume of rectangular prisms. Next week’s lessons will move onto classifying quadrilaterals (trapezoids, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and kites).
Language with Mr. Amundson
In writing class, we started a new unit on narrative writing. Students created a character using a Lego template, selecting a name, interest, strength, and weakness. We are currently in the planning stage of the writing process, selecting our setting, plot, storyline, and other characters created by their classmates that they would like to use in their writing. Our focus for this creative writing unit is to incorporate dialogue throughout their storyline of choice, along with proper grammar and punctuation.
Reading with Mrs. Nowack
This week we wrapped up our historical fiction unit. Daily skills continued to focus on summarizing and participating in discussions. Our lessons were on identifying theme and comparing story elements. Reminder: Students are expected to read from their IR book daily (it should travel from home to school each day).
Science with Mr. Peterson
Last week we gathered qualitative and quantitative data from and investigation designed to provide evidence that the Sun is brighter because it is closer. We then explored why closer light sources are brighter than light sources farther away. This week we’ll take the ISASP Science test. Friday and Monday are set aside to help students feel more comfortable with the test format.
Social Studies with Mr. Fromm
What we did: Revolutionary War
Where we are going: The Constitution
Questions/Prompts for your student: How did the Colonists win the American Revolution? (Hint: next week’s essay question)
Additional Information
Below is a Spanish copy of this newsletter as rendered by Google Translate.
April 9- Science ISASP
April 11- Preview of 6th grade operetta- Bye, Bye, Birdie
April 19- No school- teacher inservice
CLASSROOM NEWS
Math with Mrs. Halweg
Hybrid Math- This week in math we learned about the relationship among fractions, decimals, and percents. We will start wrapping up this unit soon. Your student will be assessed over their knowledge of these next week.
Math 5- This week in math we learned about volume and practiced finding the volume of rectangular prisms. Next week’s lessons will move onto classifying quadrilaterals (trapezoids, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and kites).
Language with Mr. Amundson
In writing class, we started a new unit on narrative writing. Students created a character using a Lego template, selecting a name, interest, strength, and weakness. We are currently in the planning stage of the writing process, selecting our setting, plot, storyline, and other characters created by their classmates that they would like to use in their writing. Our focus for this creative writing unit is to incorporate dialogue throughout their storyline of choice, along with proper grammar and punctuation.
Reading with Mrs. Nowack
This week we wrapped up our historical fiction unit. Daily skills continued to focus on summarizing and participating in discussions. Our lessons were on identifying theme and comparing story elements. Reminder: Students are expected to read from their IR book daily (it should travel from home to school each day).
Science with Mr. Peterson
Last week we gathered qualitative and quantitative data from and investigation designed to provide evidence that the Sun is brighter because it is closer. We then explored why closer light sources are brighter than light sources farther away. This week we’ll take the ISASP Science test. Friday and Monday are set aside to help students feel more comfortable with the test format.
Social Studies with Mr. Fromm
What we did: Revolutionary War
Where we are going: The Constitution
Questions/Prompts for your student: How did the Colonists win the American Revolution? (Hint: next week’s essay question)
Additional Information
Below is a Spanish copy of this newsletter as rendered by Google Translate.