5H NEWS
September 13, 2019
CBM Testing Complete
We finished up all our CBM Testing this week. CBM Testing is done three time per year and is a helpful tool in identifying growth patterns and areas where support is needed. These results will be located in the Home Access Center soon.
SCIENCE
In Science class, we are in the very beginning stages of figuring out the importance of unseen organisms in food webs. We worked this week on thinking about how we would supply an isolated biosphere with food. We are using a mix of MysteryScience.com and our Nat Geo textbooks to learn about the balance within food webs.
Our "Stick Together" Poster
It is starting to take shape! Students have guessed that it is a ladybug, an eyeball, a scorpion, or a dragon. What do you think?
Our SEL Class Charter
We all worked together to create a list of ideal feelings, behaviors, and actions that we want to experience in our class. Then, we signed our names to pledge our best efforts to make it a reality!
Our September Calendar
It is always a work in progress, but here is what we have on the calendar so far this month.
ELA
We read through a story called "Sees Behind Trees" this week while we continued our 1st Quarter anchor text: Becoming Naomi Leon. Soon, we will begin creating our first Writing piece of the year, which is called "Where I'm From." It is a fun project to get students thinking about their history, their uniqueness, and their identity.
ACCEL MATH
We are wrapping up our review work with decimals and will move into our review work with fractions. It is imperative that students recognize the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents! That is why we will be spending the next couple weeks digging in deeper with these concepts. A Unit 1 TEST can be expected around the end of September, but as soon as we get a solid date, I will let you know.
QUARTER 1 PROGRESS REPORTS
Q1 Progress Reports will be sent home in the blue Friday Folders next week (September 20, 2019)!
5-Hood
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Location: Nancy Young Elementary School, Asbury Drive, Aurora, IL, USA
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