Week of May 1st

Important Dates
Friday, May 12- Early Dismissal 11:35
Monday, May 29-Memorial Day, No School
Tuesday, May 30- Bowling
Thursday, June 1 - Field Day
Friday, June 2- Last Day of School Early Dismissal, 11:35

Reading: "Journeys" - This week the students will listen to the story The Velveteen Rabbit and compare the Rabbit in that story to Edward Tulane.
We will review how to use quotation marks correctly in their writing and they will write a dialog between the characters in the story applying what they learned.

Students will also read a Time for Kids magazine. There will be a quiz on Thursday.

Spelling:  Unit 29 - Contractions and Figurative Language
This week's test will  consist of contractions. We will also focus on figurative language. Idioms, similes,  metaphors, and adages will  be part of the vocabulary work  this week.

Social Studies:  Our  study of the Southwest finishes with a look at the Native Americans of the region, The Navajo. We will focus on their culture and how they work to continue their traditions in present day society.

Science: We will begin our unit on Simple Machines. This week the students will learn what a scientist means by work, what a simple machine is and how a lever changes the way work is done.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will complete Unit 6, Multiplication, Division, Data and Fractions.   We will continue to learn strategies for division using a ratio table. The test will be given on Thursday. The students will be given a  practice test to help prepare for the test on Monday.

Week of April 24th

Important Dates
April 27-- Spring Open House

Reading:  We will complete the story of Edward Tulane. The students will complete a journal entry on Edwards final journey. We will then read The Velveteen Rabbit and compare and contrast the two stories. 

Spelling:  Unit 27 - Latin Roots: port, form, trans & flex
This week's test will contain words with the Latin roots listed above. We will learn the definitions of the roots and words that contain them. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 4/28.

Social Studies:   We will complete our study of the Southwest.   We will  read and learn about oil and technology in the Southwest. The Chapter 10 test has been changed to Thursday, April 27th. 

Science: Inventions are due on 4/25. Students will present their inventions on 4/26 and 4/27. They should be able to speak about their invention and to demonstrate how it works. All inventions will be on display for Open House on 4/27.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue Unit 6, Multiplication, Division, Data and Fractions. This week we will shift from multiplication and division to collecting and representing data measured in fractions of a unit on a line plot. The students will solve problems that involve addition and subtraction of fractions using the line plot data.

Week of April 17th

Important Dates
April 14- No School
April 17- No School Institute Day
April 27-- Spring Open House

Reading: The students will continue to read The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane.  They will continue to complete journal responses in their Chromebooks. There will be an open book quiz on Chapters 15-18 on Wednesday. We will also complete some activities focusing on setting and character traits this week.

Spelling:  Unit 26 - Words that end in "-el", "-al" and "-le" The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 4/21.

Social Studies:   We will continue our study of the Southwest.   We will  read and learn about oil and technology in the Southwest. The Chapter 10 test is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 25th. 

Science:  We will complete chapter 4,  The Human Body. This week we will read and learn about the muscular and the skeletal systems. The chapter test is scheduled for Friday April 21st.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue Unit 6, Multiplication, Division, Data and Fractions. This week we will focus on area and perimeter of rectangles. The students will learn how to find the unknown dimension of problems where we know the perimeter and one dimension is given. There will  be an open book checkpoint quiz on Thursday. A review to help prepare for the quiz will be sent home on Wednesday.

Week of April 10th

Parents,
PARCC testing will continue this week. Please remind your child to have a fully charged Chromebook each day.

Important Dates
April 11-13 Math PARCC test
April 14- No School
April 17 No School Institute Day

Reading: The students will continue to read The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane.  They will continue to complete journal responses in their Chromebooks. There will be an open book quiz on Chapters 11-14 on Monday. It is important the students make sure they refer back to the pages referred to on the quiz to help answer the questions. This is a skill we have been working on in class.

We will also have a Time For Kids next week. The quiz will be given on Thursday.

Spelling:  Spelling packets for this week were sent home on Friday.  The prefixes "im-", "in-", and "un-" are the focus of this week's spelling lesson. In addition to the list of words to spell, students will study the meaning of these prefixes and how they change the meaning of the root words that they are attached to. The final test is scheduled for Thursday, 4/13.

Social Studies:  We will continue our study of the Southwest.  The students will continue to work on a travel brochure for one of the southwest states. The brochure is due on Wednesday, April 12th. We will also read and learn about the climate of the Southwest.

Science:  We will continue chapter 4,  The Human Body. This week we will read and learn about the nervous system and the skeletal system.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue Unit 6, Multiplication, Division, Data and Fractions. The students will be taking the Math PARCC test on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.