Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
April 16th - April 20th
Dear Parents,
Several reminders for this week:
- Our Little Rock field trip is Tuesday! If your child signed up to bring his/her lunch from home, please send it to school that morning in a plastic/paper bag that can be thrown away. We will leave immediately at 8 a.m., so students must arrive on time. We will get back to school between 5:15 - 5:30 p.m. We will update our Facebook page and Remind with updates.
- On Wednesday we will be having Aspire Exemplar Day. Teachers will be modeling think alouds through the various tests and students will be participating in various strategy review activities. We are 2 weeks away from the actual ACT Aspire assessments!
- DREAM Team will be on Thursday. THINK and Tap will have a field trip from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
- Talent Show tryouts have been moved to THIS Friday, the 20th.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Reading: This is a continuation from last week. We will continue using nonfiction texts to practice our reading skills. Students will explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support their points. They will also draw on information from multiple sources to answer a variety of written questions. We will be strengthening our understanding of context clues and how readers use them to build meaning.
- 5 A Day Language Review Week 22: quiz on Friday
- Spelling: unaccented final syllable (le)
- Guided Read Aloud: The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown
Idiom - "a dime a dozen"
Root - spec - to look
Proverb - "Out of sight. Out of mind."
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Branches of Government (in preparation for our Capitol trip)
- Review of Causes of the American Revolution
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
MATH:
- We will solve word problems involving volume on Monday. We will have a quiz over volume on Thursday.
SCIENCE:
- We will be practicing reading and interpreting data from tables and graphs: Interpreting Line Plots, Reading Graph (Pie, Pictographs, and Bar)
HOMEWORK:
- Monthly Reading and Math Logs: Students are being asked to keep a log of how many nights they read and work on Math throughout the month of March. They will turn these in on April 1st. Don't forget to log pages read and time spent on math.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
- Weekly Word Work: This is due every Friday morning that we have Spelling. Students complete the first page in class on Mondays, and are then responsible for completing the remaining 4 activities on their own. This assignment is worth 20 points.
UPCOMING TESTS:
Thurs. April 19th: Volume Quiz
Fri. April 20th: Language and Spelling QUIZZES
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. 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
Tues. April 17th: Capitol field trip
Thurs. April 19th: DREAM Team
Mon. April 23rd: THINK and TAP field trip
Thurs. April 26th: Mid-quarters go home & Girls' Club
Fri. April 27th: Boys' Club
Mon. April 30th - 4th: ACT Aspire testing
Tues. May 1st: DARE Graduation
Fri. May 4th: Global Day of Design
Tues. May 8th: Fiesta ticketed event
Wed. May 9th: Children with Hair Loss trip
Thurs. May 10th: Girls' Club field trip to the Peabody
Fri. May 11th: 3 minor or less reward trip
Wed. May 16th: Talent Show
Thurs. May 17th: 5th Grade Reward Trip - Ultimate Air
Mon. May 21st: PBIS store
Tues. May 22nd: Awards Assembly
Fri. May 25th: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!