5/26/25 - 5/30/25

 

I hope you have a safe and relaxing summer.  Thank you for all of your support this year!

5/28/25 - Last day of math/Chromebooks and chargers collected

5/29/25 - Field Day

5/30/25 - Last day of school/Clap out at approximately 11:15am

Reading:  Our vocabulary, reading, and writing will revolve around texts and videos about people settling in the West, and our essential question will be "What character traits were needed in people who settled the West?"  To wrap up the year, we'll study a video on homesteading.  Then we'll read A Pioneer Sampler The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840.

Science:  Our last science topic of the year is called Stars and Their Patterns and will wrap up with a STEM challenge in which students model a constellation.  

Social Studies:  We will dip into Chapter 7 and learn a little bit about the French and Indian War.

Math:  We do not have enough math classes left to test Unit 4.  We will use our last couple of days of math to wrap up division and bounce around various skills that students will use next year.  

5/19/25 - 5/23/25

 

Reading:  Our vocabulary, reading, and writing will revolve around texts and videos about people settling in the West, and our essential question will be "What character traits were needed in people who settled the West?"  We will wrap up our work with a story called The Celestials' Railroad.  Then we'll study a video on homesteading.  Lastly, we'll read A Pioneer Sampler The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840.

Science:  Our last science topic of the year is called Stars and Their Patterns and will wrap up with a STEM challenge in which students model a constellation.  

Social Studies:  Chapter 6, Life in the English Colonies, is our current focus.  We'll move into Chapter 7 "The Fight for a Continent" if time allows. 

Math:  We will definitely wrap up Module 3 this week.  Our last module of Unit 4 is all about using easier multiplication problems to solve harder division problems.  We will move through this module with the intention of testing Unit 4 before the end of the year.  However, if math gets canceled a few times, which is very common towards the end of the year, we may not be able to test before we run out of time.  

5/12/25 - 5/16/25

 

Reading:  Our vocabulary, reading, and writing will revolve around texts and videos about people settling in the West, and our essential question will be "What character traits were needed in people who settled the West?"

Science:  Our current science topic is called Earth's Place in Space.  

Social Studies:  Chapter 6, Life in the English Colonies, is our current focus. 

Math:  Unit 4 is called "Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals."  Module 3 is called "From Array to Algorithm."  Module 4 is called "Multiplying to Divide."

5/5/25 - 5/9/25

 

Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to chaperone our field trip.  I wish I could take you all!  Those who have been randomly selected have been notified.  More information on this event will come.  

Reading:  We're so close to finishing Module 3.  Module 4, The Wild West, is up next.

Science:  Our current science topic is called Earth's Place in Space.  

Social Studies:  Chapter 6, Life in the English Colonies, will be our focus for the next few weeks.

Math:  Unit 4 is called "Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals."  Module 3 is called "From Array to Algorithm."  We are finally taking all our foundational strategies and using them to truly understand the algorithm method of multiplication.