Week of April 23

Week of April 23th

Mrs. French’s Language Arts Class

Spelling  

mountain, treasure, culture, fountain, creature, captain, future, adventure, moisture, surgeon, lecture, curtain, pasture, measure, vulture, feature, furniture, pleasure, mixture, luncheon

Challenge:

Departure, leisure, architecture, texture, villain

Story for the Week – Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

Vocabulary

bluff, stallion, mustangs, herd, mares, reared, ravine, remorse, milled, skittered, quivering

Grammar Concepts/Skills – Double Subjects

Comprehension Skill – Making Judgments

Comprehension Strategy – Evaluating

Writing – Power paragraphs “My Favorite Place”

Word Attack Skills – synonyms, homophones, words with the same sounds

Math – work on geometry and coordinate graphing

        

Art – Mrs. Gleeson is coming on Monday for our last Meet the Masters class.

Music – Mrs. Molloy will be coming on Thursday this week.

Junior Achievement – Mrs. Chase will be here on Tuesday afternoon to start our Junior Achievement program.

I will be at the NCTM meetings in Philadelphia this week, Wednesday through Saturday.  Mrs. Bishop will be substituting for the three days.  As always, it is “business as usual”.

CRT Test Schedule

April 30/May 1   8:45 - 10:15   Language Arts Testing

May 4/May 8      8:45 - 10:15   Math Testing

May 10/11          8:45 - 10:15   Science Testing

Please note the early morning time.  It is very important for students to be on time during these testing periods.  Sleep and a good breakfast will really help this process.  We are in the computer lab for these tests so no food will be allowed during the testing periods.  Students will need to have a book to read during the testing periods.

5th Grade Spelling Bee and Talent Show

Monday, May 14 - 1:00