Weekend Homework Update ~

Complete your water molecule narrative essay. Remember, you are pretending to be a water molecule and describing your journey through the three phases of matter ~ solid to liquid to gas. Be sure to include information about what you (the water molecule) are doing in each phase and what causes you to move from one phase to another.

FYI: Field Trip Deadline & Payment Information, Picture payments, etc.

Parents,

Field Trip: The deadline for returning the Renaissance Fair field trip permission slips and payment is this Thursday, April 30.

Please pay for the field trip in CASH ~ not with checks or money orders.

Pictures: If you have not returned either your student's picture packet or the payment, please do so immediately.

Report Cards: Please be sure to return a signed copy of your student's report card.

HW Update

Homework Update -- Tuesday, April 28

Find percentage values for the quantities in the "Our Snacks" circle graph at the bottom of pg. 151 in Student Math Journal 1.

Homework ~ April 27 - May 1

Monday

1. Vocabulary/ Spelling: Create word webs for the first 4 of this week’s words (elongates, replenishing, intricate, rigid, accumulate, elastic, vanish, underlying, molecule, liquid, vapor, condense).

*2. Math: Math Vocabulary: Find & record definitions and examples for bar graph, line graph, circle graph, and data.

Tuesday

1. Vocabulary/ Spelling: Create word webs for 4 of this week’s words (accumulate, elastic, vanish, underlying).

*2. Math: Find percentage values for the quantities in the "Our Snacks" circle graph at the bottom of pg. 151 in Student Math Journal 1.

3. Language Arts: Complete Subject Pronouns (Lang. Arts Practice Book, pg. 61).

*4. Science: Begin reading Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes and answering questions.

5. Reading: Complete Robust Vocabulary (pg. 79 of Storytown Practice Book).

Wednesday

1. Vocabulary/ Spelling: Create word webs for the last 4 of this week’s words (molecule, liquid, vapor, condense).

*2. Math: Complete Study Link 5.9: Graphs. B. Study for tomorrow’s Math Vocabulary Quiz.

3. Language Arts: Complete Object Pronouns (Lang. Arts Practice Book, pg. 62).

*4. Science: Continue reading Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes and answering questions.

5. Reading: Complete exercises 1 & 2 on pg. 81 of Storytown Practice Book.

Thursday

1. Vocabulary/ Spelling: Study for your vocabulary - spelling test by using syllabication to create 2 spelling pyramids for this week’s words. Know all definitions for this week’s words!

*2. Math: Complete Reteach 19.6: Problem Solving Application: Use Circle Graphs. B. Know how to determine fractions and their decimal equivalents to and create a circle graph of given data for tomorrow’s test.

*3. Language Arts: Complete Pronouns and Antecedents (Storytown Practice Book. Pg. 83). B. Review subject & object pronouns and pronoun-antecedent agreement for tomorrow’s quiz.

*4. Science: Complete reading Chemical and Physical Properties and Changes and answering questions.

5. Reading: Complete exercise 3 on pg. 81 of Storytown Practice Book.

Students will receive this week's homework packets today.

However, Take-home folders will not be sent home this week.

Dear Parents,

Sunday, April 26

Well, the students will have finished taking their final CRCT test by the time you see this. I know they’re all very happy that this round of tests is over. Thank you so much for helping prepare your students for these tests and getting them to school everyday. Hopefully, their scores will be as good as their behavior was during the tests.

Though the CRCTs are finished, students are still scheduled to take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills from May 13-19. (They were originally scheduled for May 6-12, but the testing dates were pushed back a week.) Imagine Schools requires students retake the ITBS again in the spring so that their progress over the school year can be measured.

One final note, Take-Home folders are not being sent home this week because there’s really nothing to send to you as we spent most of last week reviewing for the CRCTs. However, regular instruction resumes on Tuesday.

Working together for student success,

Mrs. Pede

Other dates to note:

Thursday, May 7 — Renaissance Festival Field Trip ($25 payment and permission slip must be turned in by this Thursday, April 30.)

Friday, May 22 — School closed (Unused snow day)

Monday, May 25 — Memorial Day holiday

Friday, June 12 — Last day of school

Dear Parents,

As you know, CRCT testing begins Tuesday, April 21. Because of the testing, there will be little to no homework assigned this week. Homework, if assigned, will consist of completing any work not finished in class. The testing schedule is as follows: Tuesday ~ Reading Wednesday ~ Language Arts Thursday ~ Math Friday ~ Science Monday (April 27) ~ Social Studies. Testing is scheduled to begin around 8:45 a.m. and end around noon each day. It is of utmost importance for our students to be here ~ on time ~ for all tests. As noted in the Principal’s News & Views, students who arrive after testing begins will not be admitted to class until the testing session is over. Take-home folders were sent home Monday. Please be sure to sign the test and the folder, and then return it before Friday. Report Cards will be sent home this Friday, April 24. Working together for student success,

Mrs. Pede