Jan. 20-23

We have benchmark testing this week. These are full length, four hour practice STAAR tests. We will take math on Wednesday, reading on Thursday, and science on Friday. Students have been well-prepared and have practiced their testing strategies. I have so much confidence in them! Please do your part by getting them to school on time and with breakfast in their tummies.

Important Dates

-Monday, January 19: MLK Day, No School
-Wednesday-Friday, January 21-23: Benchmark Testing (practice STAAR tests for Math, Reading, and Science)
-Wednesday, January 28: 12:30 Early Dismissal Day
-April 14-16: 5th grade goes to HISD camp! Hooray! (Many more details to follow in the spring)

What's Coming Up Next Week?
Math: Area, Perimeter, and Volume (Go Math Unit 9)
-homework daily

-check Go Math videos for re-teaching help at home
-Unit 9 Test on Tuesday, January 20

English/Language Arts/Reading:
-Fantasy: Fairytales, Fables, Legends, Myths and More
-Grammar/Language: Pronouns--they take the place of nouns!

-reading log daily (can use book club book if reading is not completed during class)
-no Wordly Wise (due to benchmark testing)
-no spelling (due to benchmark testing)

Science: Unit 11 and 12 Life Science
-homework daily (mostly)

-Quizlet lists: Life Science and Environmental Life Science

Social Studies: Westward Movement, Trail of Tears, War of 1812
-Extra credit Industrial Revolution project due Jan 23

IB: How We Organize Ourselves (coming soon)

-text organization

-food web organization

-government organization