141- Weekly Updates (May 1-5, 2023)

Hey Mr. Gray

May 1-5 2023

Need to Know

• The kids will be working on their All-APAAS project (Project Convention open to parents Tuesday May 23rd)

• State Testing: May 1-4, and May 9- No Devices. Bring colored pencils, books to read.

• Flag Deck (Parents can watch) Every Friday at 8:10 on the blacktop

• Final Chit Chat Speeches of the Year will Take Place the Week of May 15

• Talent Show May 18 5:30p

Reader’s

Workshop

We will continue our unit on Fantasy Books. Next week the kids will learn about readers learning real life lessons from fantastical characters, how quests can be internal as well as external, and comparing themes in fantasy and history. I am reading out loud the book: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe to help connect our learning with a real example.

Writer’s

Workshop

The kids will start our last unit of the year writing Fantasy stories. The kids will add to their fantasy story by writing 2 more sections. The first will be rising action where the protagonist faces yet more obstacles and the second will be the turning point where the main character fully steps into the role of hero and the final showdown is just over the horizon.

Maths

We may do some decimal review or move onto our next unit: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane depending on our testing schedule.

Social Studies

We will continue our unit on the important battles of the Revolutionary War. The kids will study Yorktown and the end of the war. They will turn in their digital battle map and also work on a project called, Fortunately, Unfortunately. The kids will study the capitals and take the capitals test on Friday, May 12.

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Young Reader’s Edition Read Aloud

Science

The kids will start continue the unit: “Galactic Guidebook” by studying an interactive of constellations as they appear in the sky at different times, then reading an article about how stars have helped farmers. Students review what they've learned about why stars seem to move and how people can use stars to track time and of course see Ms. DeMarco for Science Lab.

Vocabulary

Nothing this week.