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Upcoming Events:   March 10 all school spelling bee 6:30 March 17 testing parent night 6:00 March 19 5th grade music program In session March 23 and March 24 (snow makeup days) March 18 is the last day of AR for 3rd quarter DARE Graduation March 24 at 9:00 am	Extra Clothes! Spring is a muddy time of the year! The nurses office would appreciate your help. We would appreciate it if you could send in an extra pair of pants and shirt to keep in your student’s backpack.
Science: This week we are finishing up electricity and electrical circuits. We are less than 1 month away from the Science part of the MAP test.  The topic below is the last topic we are planning to cover before that time. Interactions of Organisms Food Webs, Food Chains, Hibernating, Hibernation, & Migrating We will spend about 1 week of review going over all topics covered so far this year prior to taking the MAP test.	Math ALL CLASSES: STAR Testing Monday. Benchmark Testing Tuesday. Ms. Blankenship Topics this week: -Adding and subtracting fractions/mixed numbers. -Multiplying fractions. *Please work on fact fluency with your child at home.* __________________________________________ →→→Mrs. Watson←←← NO AGENDA or HOMEWORK THIS WEEK! Topics this week: Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers; Multiplying Fractions With the end of the Quarter approaching, please be looking for missing assignments to come home and have students complete and return them as soon as possible.
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back! Students will be working on Mother’s and Father’s day essays during morning work. We will turn these into the Leader Journal for publication in May/June. Feel free to assist at home!
ELA: Engelbrecht: We will be comparing and contrasting the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. We will begin our DARE essays. AR 94% of goal by Friday READING LOGS DUE Monday!!! Sandusky: Wrote our American Symbolism poem on Monday Continuing with our Civil War Unit, using the fictional books “Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt”, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”, “Ballad of the Civil War”; we will be comparing story elements and character traits in these books. For informational standards we will be using the book “What is the Battle of Gettysburg?” and answering explicit text and inferencing questions in regards to historical events. Exit slips this week will be in informational reading, and we will have a mini lesson on comparatives and superlatives. Shultz: Reading: Drawing conclusions/Inferencing and Read aloud with characterization Language: DARE essays Homework: Back to book logs this week. Homework is reading. AR: Students should be at 100% of their goal by the end of this week.

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Week 5

	PE 1	Art	Music1	PE 2	Computers	Music 2
Monday	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship
Tuesday	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders
Wednesday	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz
Thursday	Engelbrecht	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky
Friday	Watson	Blankenship	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht