Thursday, January 20, 2011

Second Nine Weeks Coming to an End

Well, the fifth graders made it to and back from Barrier Island last week. We had some changes with the weather, but everyone had a great time and LEARNED A LOT!!!! We did have a whole week off from school last week because of snow, so this week we are finishing up the second nine weeks. We are in the process of completing 2nd nine weeks "Benchmark" testing. We will take Writing today, ELA tomorrow and then Science will be next Wednesday, Social Studies on Thursday and Math on Friday. Make sure you are studying through your notes a little each night. This will also help with PASS testing at the end of the year! (It will be here before we know it!)

Writing PASS is in March, so we are working a good bit with writing. This week we started with a fictional writing where the students are creating their own narratives. They are in the process of developing characters. They have had some interviews with other characters in the class to help develop their protagonist and antagonist even more! They are some very creative students.

We just wrapped up Becoming a World Power and WWI in Social Studies. The students learned a new song for that unit as well. The song will be posted in the next post, so you can enjoy it, too!
Second Nine Weeks test in Social Studies will cover the Industrial Revolution, Immigration and Reforms and Becoming a World Power and WWI. To review, the students have great notes and 3 GREAT songs to study for that!

Report cards will go home next week, so please review these with your child to see what needs to change for next semester. Middle school will be here before we know it!

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