Heisler's Herald
May 23rd, 2016
Mrs. Heisler's 5th Grade Class
Important Dates
May 27th- Wax Museum
May 30th- NO SCHOOL Memorial Day
May 31st- All library books due!
June 3rd- Fun Fest and Last day of school!
News for you!
School Store: School Store will be OPEN one more Tuesdays for the end of year sale.
Wax Museum: The student’s should assemble an outfit to resemble their famous person at home and bring it in on the day of the event. Feel free to be creative & use items in your own house. The students MUST bring in three exhibit items for the Wax Museum, which MUST be appropriate for school and represent their person. Please have your child hold onto his/her costume & exhibit items until the day of the event. They will need to bring the costume and items in on May 27th. Again, please try to find items around the house to wear. We recommend using items at home to save money! Be creative!
Summer I.C.E.
Click here for the flyer.
Literacy
This week we are reading the story Ghost Towns of the American West.
Question of the Week ~ What adventures helped drive the westward expansion?
Reading Skill ~ Generalizations
Reading Strategy ~ Questioning
Grammar Focus~ Adverbs
Word Analysis~ Morphemes
Literary Term ~ Sensory Details
Vocabulary Focus~Prefixes over-, in-
Spelling Focus~Greek Word Parts
Genre~ Expository Text
*Spelling and Weekly test will be on Friday
Math
Science
This week we will be discussing Living vs. Nonliving things. We are learning how scientists classify living things. We next week we will be dissecting owl pellets.
Birthdays
Summer Birthdays
Grant 6/16
Nico 6/17
Kenny 6/22
Ally P. 6/27
Sahana 7/6
Adrianna 7/30