May 2-6

Remember that Teacher Appreciation Week is this Week!
Monday:
Tuesday: Reading Log due, Buzzwords Quiz
Wednesday: Reading iReady Diagnostic Test
Thursday: Math iReady Diagnostic Test; Progress Reports go home
Friday: Reading Passage (Hydroelectricity) w/s due, Math Minute due (?); PRIDE Friday - wear Spirit Wear

This week we will be:

• taking our time and working carefully during our Reading and Math iReady Diagnostic tests!
• working on EOG practice passages in class to help the students practice testing skills (highlighting to show where the answer can be found in the text and key words in the questions, omitting obviously wrong answers, checking to see if answers actually make sense, not leaving anything blank, and staying on track with bubbling in answers on scantron sheets, etc)
• going back to Spelling sorts and Definition quizzes in Google Classroom - hopefully they don't lose these like they did their choiceboards!  These sorts will be practicing some of the skills they worked on with the choiceboards.
• starting to write the actual paragraphs for our research paper.  I do not want this done at home ahead of time.  
• practicing vocabulary and comprehension skills using Paired Texts about Using Resources Wisely
• finishing up our Civil War unit with the end of our Simulation activity.  If you haven't already heard about it, be sure to ask you child about their "experience" in the Civil War.  He haven't "lost" any of our soldiers but a few have experienced some "injuries" during our battles.  Your child's Soldier's Journal is due on Monday after our final activity.
• starting to talk about Economics in Social Studies.  We will start our Free Enterprise talks on Tuesday.  Watch for information coming home about that in your child's Tuesday Folder.