Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
April 24 - April 28
Dear Parents,
Mid-quarters were sent home on Friday. Please sign and return them by Tuesday, April 25th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. Our Awards Assembly will be on Thursday, May 18th, so all grades for fourth quarter will be finalized before this date. Students will still be expected to read and test on five chapter books. This will be factored into their Reading grades.
Our state end-of-year ACT Aspire tests will be given during the week of May 1st through the 5th. Each day, students will take one of the following tests: English, Reading, Math, Science, and Writing. It is very important that your child be at school that week and on time. Please help to ease his or her nerves and be encouraging. A full night's sleep and breakfast each morning will help each student be successful, as well.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
LITERACY:
- Daily Language Week 25: prefixes, suffixes, roots, context clues, adjectives, adverbs
- Writing: Persuasive Writing
- Guided Read Aloud: The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown
- Nonfiction reading: determining importance, main idea and details
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- The American Revolution (major battles and outcomes)
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- Continuing Unit 8 and then jumping back to Unit 7. We will be working on attributes of quadrilaterals & triangles, reading, writing, simplifying, & evaluating expressions, and also work on patterns and relationships.
- We will have unit test over Unit 8 and Unit 7 after our testing week, this will definitely give the students a chance to improve their math grades. :)
- Mountain Math Quiz #25 will be next Friday.
SCIENCE:
- Discovery Education Techbook: Water Cycle
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Pleas initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week, DUE MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade).
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off. Assignments will be posted on Facebook and Remind.
UPCOMING TESTS:
Wed. 4/27: Daily Language Quiz
Fri. 4/29: Mountain Math #25
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Davis/Martin 5th Grade or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/davismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Wed. April 26: DREAM Team
Fri. April 28: ACT Aspire Pep Rally
Mon. May 1 - 5: ACT Aspire State Testing
Wed. May 3: D.A.R.E. Graduation.
Mon. May 8 - 12: End of Year Classroom Assessments
Tues. May 9: Luau Ticketed Event
Wed. May 10: DREAM Team
Fri. May 12: Girls' Club Trip @ the Peabody
Fri. May 12: Boys' Club Trip @
Mon. May 15: Color Run (3 demerits or less for year)
Tues. May 16: Talent Show Rehearsal
Wed. May 17: Talent Show (9 a.m. & 1 p.m.)
Thurs. May 18: Awards Assembly (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.)
Fri. May 19: Wild River Country Reward Trip
Mon. May 29: NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
Tues. May 30: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! - dismissal at 10:30 a.m. (no buses will run, no breakfast/lunch will be served)