5TH GRADE NEWS
APRIL 30TH - MAY 4TH
IMPORTANT DATES
Thursday, 5/10 - Friday, 5/11 -- IB Exhibition
Thursday, 5/17 -- Greek & Latin Root Superhero Day
Friday, 5/18 -- Field Day
Monday, 5/21 -- Are You Smarter than a Jackson Jaguar? @ 10:00 AM
Monday, 5/21 -- End of Year Celebration Movie: Coco @12:30 PM
Wednesday, 5/23 -- 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony at NAHS @ 5:30 PM
Thursday, 5/24 -- End of Year Class Party & Awards @ 11:15 (Mrs. Akin's Homeroom)
Thursday, 5/24 -- Volleyball Game: Staff vs. 5th Grade Students @ 1:00 PM
Friday, 5/25 -- 5th Grade Luau & LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
ASSESSMENTS
Monday, 4/30 -- Georgia Milestones Assessment - Science
Tuesday, 5/1 -- Georgia Milestones Assessment - Social Studies
Monday, 5/14 -- Reading Test
Wednesday, 5/16 -- Social Studies Quiz
TUTORING
No tutoring will be offered this week.
GEORGIA MILESTONES SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENT
IB EXHBITION
READING TEST
SOCIAL STUDIES QUIZ
The Social Studies Quiz on Wednesday, 5/16 will cover the following standards...
a. Analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.
SS5H7 Trace important developments in America from 1975 to 2001.
a. Describe the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the role of Ronald Reagan.
b. Describe the events of September 11, 2001, and analyze their impact on American life. c. Explain the impact of the personal computer and the Internet on American life.