Friday, March 23, 2018

Week 29 Newsletter

We have been enjoying the novel, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. Would everlasting life be a blessing or a curse? Our class has been having a lot of wonderful conversations around life and how we treat each other. This book is full of great characters and it's been fun to spark some debate in the room.

Speaking of debates... we started our Argument writing unit. Our very first argument piece will be on the topic of Chocolate Milk in schools. We definitely have a lot of opinions in the room and it's leading to very good debates. Students will be publishing a final argument piece after we return from Spring Break.

Next week will be a very busy 4 day week, especially in math. We will be finishing up Module 5 by learning about several different kinds of quadrilaterals. Geometry is always a really fun unit, and the students have been doing so well on all our new lessons. For homework, students will often have 2 lessons a night, so we can finish Module 5 before Spring Break.

Attached to this week's progress report is an important letter about all our upcoming events. You can view the letter HERE. Please keep this letter in a safe place! 5th grade has a lot of events happening from now until June 1st. Make sure you mark your calendars!


UPCOMING EVENTS:

  • Monday, March 26
    • Library Books due
  • Thursday, March 30
    • Module 5 Math Test
    • Pay Day
  • Friday, March 31- April 8
    • Spring Break
  • Monday, April 9
    • Auction