Thursday, April 14th

Happy Thursday!

Today’s happenings....

We began the day with the students having 45 minutes to focus on the following priorities:
Their grammar packet
Completing last night’s poetry assignment
Completing last night’s science study guide

With a large % of the class at band, we did some grammar practice with the students still in class.  Amazingly we have finally completed the large bucket of red-vines that were given to the class during Red-Ribbon week.

We then spent some time having the students put the dates of the large events into their dayplanner so they could show ownership and begin planning out how the last two months of the school year.  
The dates were taken off the handout that you were given last night.  

April 19th -- End of the Year parent planning meeting 2:10 in room C-7
May 3rd -- State testing Language Arts part I
May 4th -- State testing Language Arts part II
May 5th  -- State testing Math part I
May 10th -- State testing Math part II
May 11th -- State testing Science part I
May 12th -- State testing Science part II  and the first states and capitals test
May 12th ---The school needs to have $$ or discussions with you regarding Outdoor Education Week
May 19th -- states and capitals test II
May 23rd -- states and capitals test III and Manners Tea
May 24th through 27th -- Outdoor Education Week (students show up late on the 24th and go home early on the 27th)
May 25th --- Parents Night at Wells Middle School
June 2nd -- Fine Arts Day
June 8th --- Bowling  8:30-Noon
June 9th -- 5th Grade Picnic and Outdoor Games
June 10 -- Promotion Ceremony 10:30 - Noon’ish
June 1st -- final states and capitals test

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Poetry
We worked in various groups discussing our thoughts, opinions and what we thought the author’s intent was with the Tarzan poem and also the Numbers poem.  
I was really impressed with the type of comments and the perspectives that the students had regarding the two poems.
CLICK HERE TO GET TONIGHT’S POEM



Math:
Area --- B * H and the answers should all be “squared”  cm2 / mm2/ inches2/ ft.2
Page 304-305 1-18 all due Friday

Theme 5 Study Guide:
We quickly reviewed the study guide.
Students are strongly encouraged to read through the study guide.
They should begin memorizing the syllabication, the grammar rules and the prefix/suffix meanings.
CLICK HERE for the finalized “new” theme 5 study guide

Cargo rotation

Wilmott rotation -- Science homework due tomorrow
Also 7 students, despite the 45 minutes in class this morning, did not complete the science study guide?



Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard



Homework for the week:
Math:
Page 304-305 1-18 all due Friday

Poetry:
A poem a night -- read the poem several times and then write what you believe the poem is trying to tell you.
Also begin jotting down ideas for your poem(s) -- be comfortable with rewriting and editing your poem.
Click here is tonight’s poetry assignment if your child left it at school.

Theme 5 Study Guide:
The finalized study guide will be completed on Tuesday.  
If you can’t wait to begin studying, here are the rough draft versions:
Click here for the rough draft versions

Grammar Study Packet:
The final packet will be handed out Tuesday.  This theme test does require the students to memorize and dedicate several evenings reviewing and memorizing the grammar rules.  
Students should aim to complete 4 to 5 pages per night (not counting Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)

Science Fair Project -- your son/daughter will improve their science grade by 10% if they complete the science fair  project.  Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate and complete a science fair project.