Week of 3/9

Dear Families~

It was brought to my attention last week by students that you have been missing my weekly blog posts. Since I had not had anyone mention this to me until now, I honestly thought no one had found the information useful, so I quit posting. I will continue to update the blog as long as it is useful to you. 

Coming up this week
Mon. 3/9:
Tues. 3/10: Tuesday Folders go home
Wed. 3/11: Class visits the library 1:15
Thurs. 3/12: Skate Country
Fri. 3/13: Bruster's Scooper Night 3:30-6:30-Come and support our 5th grade field trip. Have a 5th grade teacher scoop your ice cream!

Coming up Soon
Mon. 3/16: No school for students
Wed. 3/25: Scholastic Book Fair visit 1:00-1:30--come and join us

Social Studies
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975. 

1. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. 
2. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown
   v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
3. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
4. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration. 

SS5H9 The student will trace important developments in America since 1975. 

1. Describe U. S. involvement in world events; include efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism in response to September 11, 2001. 
2. Explain the impact the development of the personal computer and the Internet has had on American life. 

This week we will have a short quiz over the information on the Civil Rights movement--most likely on Wednesday. We will also have a quiz covering the Modern American portion of our unit on Friday. 

Math

We are studying 3D figures and how to measure their volume this week! (We will test this Friday.) We started off by understanding what volume means and measuring it by counting units that fill up a shape last week. We will finish off the week learning the formula to find volume. Students will also be reviewing geometry skills we learned several weeks ago. 

Reading 

Last week we finished reading Number the Stars. Students really enjoyed this book. We read it as a read aloud. For our next book, students will be required to do some reading outside of the classroom. I'm hoping that this will help to prepare them for reading at the middle school level. Please help me make sure your child is reading the required material. Each student will be reading something different, based on interest and or reading level. We will spend the majority of our class time diving into the text rather than simply reading the text. A way that you can help me is to make sure your child sits down and has a quiet place to read. They should also be taking notes on sticky notes as they are reading. This will help guide their discussions with their classmates. Thank you for your help with this matter. 

This week we will also finish up writing about our paired text  "The Mermaid of Kona, Hawaii" and "From City to Farm." Students will be analyzing each story based on all 19 literature and informational text standards. This will be a great practice for the Milestones coming up in April. We will begin 2 new texts this week as well. 

If you have read this blog post with your child, please have them show me the SUPER SECRET CODE: SPRING---that you have written in their agenda. I will accept this code until Tuesday, 3/10.