March and April News
Ms. End's Class
New York State Testing Dates
ELA: Tuesday, April 5th- Thursday, April 7th
Math: Wednesday, April 13-Friday April 15
5th Grade Math with Ms. End
We are piloting an additional unit in the Everyday Mathematics 4 Curriculum. In this next unit, students apply their understanding of place value to multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10. They investigate how patterns in powers of 10 can be used to convert measurements in metric units, learn how line plots can be used to organize and analyze measurement data, and explore a method of finding volumes of figures that are not rectangular prisms. Students also extend whole-number methods to multiply and divide decimals.
Please have your child continue practicing their math facts at home!
Social Studies with Ms. End
Geography in the Western Hemisphere:
Essential Question:
- Does geography determine history?
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
- The physical characteristics of the Western Hemisphere are very varied.
- The geographic characteristics of the Western Hemisphere affect where people choose to live, the way people earn a living, and their everyday life.
- Many factors determine borders. What essential question focuses this unit?
- How does geography, climate and natural resources affect the way people live and work?
ELA
We are in the middle of our Survival unit. Each reading group is reading a novel with a survival theme. We are focussing how characters face challenges. Students are examining the intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of the main characters in their book. In addition, we are working on quoting directly from a text, determining themes, and analyzing author's craft.
Upcoming Dates
April 18th - Superintendent's Conference Day- No School
April 20th - Open House (6:30-7:30)
June 3rd - History Day
June 17th- Seabreeze
June 20th- Moving Up Day for Grade 5
June 22nd- End of Year Celebration
June 23rd- Last day at French Road... moving on to TCMS