Hi there. Your child will be a 5th grader in less than 8 days!!!!! How is that for a scary entrance into today's blog post???
Today was a busy, busy day. We spent a large chunk of it doing MT History. Lewis and Clark sure are facing a ton of crazy animals in Montana these days. Ask your child what the White Bear is! If they can tell you what and why then write WHITE in the planner for $10. They should say it is the Grizzly Bear and that the Native Americans called it that because it has a grayish white color on the tips of it's fur, making it look whitish.
For homework tonight, each child brought home a copy of the Sacajawea book that I am reading aloud. They need to read the chapter entitled, On the Missouri River, starting on page 27. They can read it alone, to you, with you, or listen to you read it to them. They will have a quiz on it tomorrow, so discussing it as they go would probably be best. It is their choice however. Please do not have them read on.
In the Tuesday folders, you will find two permission slips. One is for the Spinner's Bike Ride and one is for Pompey's Pillar. Thank you so much for helping me determine needs by writing in the planner yesterday. We only have one need. Does someone have an extra bike that a girl could ride comfortably and safely? If you do, could you write BIKE in the planner too so I know who to contact for it next week. Thanks! Please sign the folder and permission slips and return them tomorrow. Thanks!
We began to test out on our Probability skills in math today. We did probability with spinners today. Tomorrow, we will do pulling tiles. This will be our final unit in math. Grades will be complete on Friday.
In language arts, we began our rough draft essays. These are the final writing assessments we will do for this year. They will be placed in the 5th grade folders as an example for the next teacher to use to see the needs of each student. I will NOT be editing them. They will be allowed time to edit and use resources themselves to make corrections. I don't want to give the next teacher false data.
Alternate Spellers took their last test today. I will grade them tonight and get them back to kids tomorrow. Final test will be on Friday. Book kiddos will test on our last unit on Friday. Words are posted to the right.
Well, I think that about covers it. Have a fantastic night!
Ms. Erickson
