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142- Weekly Updates (May 8-12, 2023)
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May 8-12 2023
Need to Know
The kids will be working on their All-APAAS project (Project Convention open to parents Tuesday May 23rd)
State Testing: May 1-4, and May 9- No Devices. Bring colored pencils, books to read.
District Honors Art Show May 19-20 at Portola HS
5th Grade Pool Party Fri Jun 2 9:00-pickup from pool at 1:44
Flag Deck (Parents can watch) Every Friday at 8:10 on the blacktop
Final Chit Chat Speeches of the Year will Take Place the Week of May 15
Talent Show May 18 5:30p
Reader’s
Workshop
We will continue our unit on Fantasy Books unit. The kids will continue reading their fantasy novels. I am not sure yet what I’ll be teaching. It will be based on how much state testing we still have to do. We may discuss the complicated nature of fantasy characters and/or symbols in fantasy novels.
Read Aloud
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis serving to connect with our study of Fantasy novels.
Writer’s
Workshop
The kids will keep working on their Fantasy Stories. The kids will add to their fantasy story by writing 2 more sections. The first will be twists and turns leading up the final showdown with the villain and the second will be the climax and conclusion where the protagonist faces off against the villain in a final battle and the story concludes.
Maths
We may do some decimal review or move onto our next unit: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane depending on our testing schedule.
Social Studies
We will continue to work on a project called, Fortunately, Unfortunately where the students are writing a book with a partner recapping the important parts of the American Revolution following the structure of the book Fortunately by Remy Charlip. The kids will study the capitals and take the capitals test on Friday, May 12.
Read Aloud
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Young Reader’s Edition Read Aloud by Brad Meltzer
Science
The kids will review forces, watch a demonstration about Earth's gravity, complete a close reading, write a scientific argument and observe a video and of course see Ms. DeMarco for Science Lab.
Vocabulary
Nothing this week.
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