April 22nd-April 26th
Keenoy Kardinal News April 26,
2019
Dear
Families,
I
hope you guys have had wonderful weeks. I feel like this week has flown by! I
have soaked up my time outside and enjoyed some nice walks and bike rides. Next
Friday is our field trip to Rock Bridge State Park, which will be really fun.
Hopefully the weather will be nice and stay dry for us. Thank you for all you
do and never hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Rock Bridge State Park
Field Trip
Our
field trip to Rock Bridge State Park is coming up next week on May 3rd
from 8:30-1:30ish. During this field trip, we will be observing and recording
weather conditions, moving throughout the four ecosystems, sharing noticings,
and collecting and recording data. If it rains that day or has rained enough to
make the ground too muddy (during the week), then we will be unable to attend.
Hopefully, though, the weather will cooperate with us. If we do need to cancel the trip, I will make
sure to personally contact our parent volunteers.
6th Grade Open
House
In
the Friday Folder, there is a handout that lists the times of all the open
houses for the middle schools in CPS. This would be a great time to learn more
about what middle school will look like and meet the staff.
MAP Testing
We
completed our MAP testing on Monday. I
appreciated students’ positive attitudes and effort during each testing
session.
Math
We
are continuing our work with Unit 7 this week. We have been working on
identifying attributes of triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. We did a
triangle and quadrilateral sort where we put triangles into different
categories and subcategories. Along with identifying attributes and
characteristics of shapes, we also have been practicing multiplying and
dividing fractions. We will continue Unit 7 through the beginning of next week
and then test at the end of next week.
Writing
We
our continuing our argumentative essay work with traditional vs. year-long
schools. This week, we researched and read articles about both traditional and
year-long schools. We took notes and created a list of our top two reasons for
each side. We then took a stance based off all our notes and research. Next
week, we will be planning for what our paper will look like and start our
thesis along with coming up with three reasons to support our argument.
Reading
We
are almost done with our read aloud book Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.
As we approach the end of the book, the students are getting excited to see how
it is going to end. The girl in the story experiences many hardships and at
many times feels hopeless. We are getting to the turning point in the story,
though, where she is seeing hope on the horizon and things are starting to turn
around. The students are asking great questions and I love how engaged they are
while reading the book. The skills we have been focusing on include…
*Point
of View
*Author’s
Purpose
*Theme
Science
We
finished up our Matter Unit this week. We tested on Tuesday and they received
their tests back on Thursday. I was very impressed with their scores! They did
very well and showed great improvement of their knowledge of matter from the
very first day.
Reminders
Friday,
May 3rd Rock
Bridge State Park Field Trip
Wednesday,
May 15th 5th Grade Party at the ARC
Thursday,
May 16th Field Day
Friday,
May 24th Graduation
Sincerely,
Lauren
Sullivan & Dan Keenoy
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