Ms. Harris' Weekly Update
March 5th-9th
What's Going On This Week:
Ms. Harris' Science: This week we will continue learning about the moon. Students will be given an extra credit moon phases calendar to fill out for March with the nightly moon phases. This will be due after spring break. Students will have a quiz this Wednesday over all of Lesson 5: moon, tides, and phases. On Thursday, we will start Lesson 6 over the planets in our solar system. The unit test for Astronomy (Lessons 1-7) will be Thursday 29th.
Ms. Harris' Social Studies: This week we will start our unit on Westward Expansion. We will be learning about Daniel Boone, the Louisiana Purchase, and what life was like on the Frontier. Students will be completing an in-school project documenting their journey as pioneers traveling out west. The unit test and project will be due the last week before spring break. (Exact date TBD).
Mrs. Thurston's Math/ELA: This week we are continuing with our novel studies while discussing mythology! The kids had SO much fun writing their conglomerates and sharing them today! Before starting our next unit, we are going to be taking a break and learning about Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) to get them prepared for testing! New words will be given Tuesday for spelling. This week in math we will continue our measurement unit. We will start with metric length and then move on to metric weight! Quiz on all of metric next week!
Ms. Harris' Math/ELA: This week in ELA we will continue our unit on Mythology. Students will be reading and comparing different Greek myths. In writing, we will work on persuasive writing and each student will enter the school-wide essay contest to win lunch with Jerry Pallotta, the author of the "Who Would Win?" series who will be visiting FMES this month. There is no spelling this week. In math, we will have a quiz over customary and metric weight on Monday and then start customary and metric capacity. A final measurement test over length, weight, and capacity will be on Friday 16th.
Mystery Reader Day is Friday!
Spirit Night at Toppers Pizza on Tuesday 4-9pm
This week is Read Across America Week to celebrate Dr. Seuss
Monday: Mixed Up Monday (Wear Mix-Matched Clothes)
Tuesday: Top Hat Tuesday (Wear a Hat)
Wednesday: Wordy Wednesday (Wear a Shirt with Words)
Thursday: Thing 1 and Thing 2 Thursday (Grab a friend and dress like twins)
Friday: Foxiest Socks Friday (Crazy Sock Day)
Other Information:
- PTO Mtg is Thursday at 9:30. All parents are welcome!
- Class Picture Day is Tuesday 13th
- 3rd Quarter Ends March 15th