5TH GRADE NEWS
March 25 - 29
IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, 3/26 -- Report Cards Go Home
Thursday, 3/28 -- House Competition - Wear your house color!
Monday, 4/1 - Friday, 4/5 -- Spring Break
Friday, 4/19 -- House Huddle @ 7:40 AM
Thursday, 4/25 -- House Competition - Wear crazy socks!
ASSESSMENTS
Wednesday, 4/10 -- Social Studies: Cold War Quiz
Friday, 4/26 -- Civil Rights & Amendments Quiz
Wednesday, 5/1 -- Georgia Milestones: ELA Section 1
Thursday, 5/2 -- Georgia Milestones: ELA Section 2
Monday, 5/6 -- Georgia Milestones: Math Section 1
Tuesday, 5/7 -- Georgia Milestones: Math Section 2
Thursday, 5/9 -- Georgia Milestones: Science
Friday, 5/10 -- Georgia Milestones: Social Studies
THIS WEEK'S SKILLS & CONTENT
Reading
5RL1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Writing
5W1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
5W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. (Review/Remediation)
Grammar
5L4c: Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases
Social Studies
SS5H5b: Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
SS5H5c. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev.
SS5H5d. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
TUTORING
IB EXHIBITION
Students should be working with their teammates to develop and complete the action portion of their exhibition projects by April 19th.
5TH GRADE PROMOTION YARD SIGNS
Celebrate your 5th grader with a Promotion Yard Sign. Signs are $18 and can be purchased through MSA until March 29th.
Signs will be available for pick up by the end of April.
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5TH GRADE PROMOTION CEREMONY VIDEO
PHOTOS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY March 31st.
Photographs for the video slideshow that will play as guests enter the 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony are now being collected. Please use the link below to submit a picture of your 5th grader as a baby, and if you would like please submit one of them in their 5th grade year as well. If you do not submit a 5th grade photo, your child’s yearbook photo will be used instead. All photos must be submitted by 3/31.
Submission Form: https://goo.gl/forms/yYl8YyiVX1RFDuPd2