Dear Room 19
Families,
I hope
everyone had a fantastic Spring Break! The weather was beautiful and so perfect
for getting outside and playing! I spent a lot of time relaxing, playing with
Oakley, wedding planning, and put an offer in on a house. It was super busy,
but also a nice break! On Friday, I came in and planned for almost the rest of
the school year. It is crazy to think we only have a little less than 8 weeks
left. Room 19 students came in ready to learn today!
The next
three weeks before ISTEP is mostly review. For many students, this is a
critical time to show if they are ready for middle school both academically and
socially. Last year 100% of my class passed Mathematics and only one student
did not pass ELA. Your student has all the tools they need to be successful and
every Math and ELA standard has been taught. I would strongly suggest getting a
sixth grade workbook, or if your student is struggling a 5th grade
workbook to help them prepare. They can be found at just about any bookstore,
Lakeshore Learning in Nora Plaza, United Arts and Education in Caselton, and
I’m sure many other places. (United Arts and Education has heaps of them!!!) If
you aren’t sure about the workbook, save the receipt and have your learner
check with me before starting.
This time of year is busy with review,
but there is also a lot of fun, too! Students will be working on their Novel
Games, will start creating Math Arcade games in May, celebrate 5th
Grade Experience at Eagle Creek, will be visiting Butler University, and today
we had our Exhibition Kick-Off! More information will come home about all of
these. With that being said, let’s look at what we are up to this week!
Happenings this
week:
•
Wednesday: Wacky Hair Day
$1 for Arts Partners
•
Wednesday: Dad’s for Lunch
•
Thursday: Open House
5:30-7:30
•
Friday: Honors Program for
grades 3-5 at 8:45am
Our learning
this week continues with:
•
Reading-Unit 6 New Journeys
Magazine Reader J Skills: Text and Graphic
Features
◦
Acuity Standards Review: Writing
Standards-grammar
◦
Fluency skill: Accuracy and
Speed
◦
New Novel Project Due
Dates:
·
Game Box Design April 10th
·
Game Board Design April 17th
·
Pieces Design April 17th
·
Game Directions Draft April 24th
·
Final Product May 8th
·
Game Box
·
Game Board
·
Pieces
·
Game Directions
•
Social Science- EXHIBITION!!!!!
Students have been preparing for Exhibition in Media, but today we really
kicked-off the unit in the gym with the whole 5th grade! We made up
team chants, played games, and watched an exhibition video with every student
in it created by Mrs. Ouattara. It was a blast! During our Social Science time
Mondays-Wednesdays and Fridays we will be doing exhibition work in our
homeroom, meaning Room 19 students will stay with me. On Thursday we will
divide up into our Exhibition Topic Groups to work.
·
Mrs.
Nibrager-Children
·
Ms.
Feezle-Education
·
Ms.
Combs-Poverty
·
Mrs.
Ouattara-Health
·
Miss
Rahrig-Earth
We are also
looking forward to doing more Science. Including the body system-which
hopefully Dr. Brian Watters will be coming into share about, ecosystems with our
trip to Butler, and a workshop on energy from IPL. This is really exciting because
my fiancé will be helping teach this because he is studying electrical
engineering and worked with IPL.
•
Writing-This week we are writing
our conclusions for our persuasive. We will be revising and then editing. Next week
we will be publishing and sharing! I am really excited to see the outcomes. Students
have been working really hard to make change at Crooked Creek!
•
Math- Review of area and
volume this week. Finding area of a square is a fourth grade standard that many
students are still struggling with. This is imperative to move on to find area
of other polygons. Again, I strongly encourage a workbook.
Assessments
this Friday consist of:
•
DMR/Skills Review Quiz
•
DLR Quiz**New
Online
Resources for Students:
Username:
Student ID #
Password: Last
name
Way to go Diana, Dakota, and Matthew for getting on Lexia over break!
Please do not
hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!
srahrig@msdwt.k12.in.us
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