Week of 4/21/25 - 4/25/25

Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We will continue to assign infractions, once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday. We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, and transitions. 

Additionally, please also ensure your scholar is in uniform everyday. Patches should be on the left sleeve of shirts and sweaters. If you need additional patches, they are available for $2 at the front lobby. 

Additional Reminders:

Please help us in reminding scholars to visit the Lost & Found in case they are missing anything such as water bottles, winter coats and sweaters. Lunch times, recess, and dismissal are great opportunities for scholars to visit the Lost & Found. 

If your scholar has brought home a Core Knowledge reader or Literature book they borrowed in class, please help us ensure they are bringing it with them to school each day. Core Knowledge student readers are available to download online at no cost. 

Math: This week scholars will take the Math STAAR on Tuesday April 22nd. On Wednesday they will begin exploring the area of triangles.

Science:  Scholars will continue their unit on Protecting Earth’s Resources by cooperatively building a class terrarium and learning about water and air pollution, land contamination, and composting.

History: We are starting New Unit Westward Expansion After the Civil War.

Literature:  Scholars will continue our read of Across Five Aprils and work on writing a letter from the POV of one of the characters. Poem recitations will be 5/23.

Writing: This week scholars will review the elements of literary criticism and write a literary criticism Essay for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Important Dates and Links:

• STAAR Snack Donations link
• Poem: 'O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman due 5/23

  

Week of 4/14/25 - 4/18/25

Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We will continue to assign infractions, once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday. We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, and transitions. 

Additionally, please also ensure your scholar is in uniform everyday. Patches should be on the left sleeve of shirts and sweaters. If you need additional patches, they are available for $2 at the front lobby. 

Additional Reminders:

Please help us in reminding scholars to visit the Lost & Found in case they are missing anything such as water bottles, winter coats and sweaters. Lunch times, recess, and dismissal are great opportunities for scholars to visit the Lost & Found. 

If your scholar has brought home a Core Knowledge reader or Literature book they borrowed in class, please help us ensure they are bringing it with them to school each day. Core Knowledge student readers are available to download online at no cost. 

Math: This week scholars will review the four operations of decimals, number patterns and rules with coordinate planes, properties and classifications of triangles and quadrilaterals, and volume in preparation for the STAAR next week (Tuesday 4/22).

Science:  This week, scholars will finish their review prior to their STAAR test then will begin their unit on Protecting Earth’s Resources.

History: We will be finishing the Civil War unit this week. Scholars will be studying the study guide this week and will be reviewing the major events of the war leaving up to the test: Civil War Unit Test on 4/17.

Literature: Scholars will continue reading Across Five Aprils and analyzing character changes throughout the text.

Writing: This week scholars will take their final grammar quiz on Monday. Grammar books should not come back to school after 4/14.

Upcoming Tests/Quizzes :

• Grammar test 4/14
• Civil War study guide due 4/15
• Civil War Unit Test 4/17

Important Dates and Links:

• Holiday - No school 4/18
• STAAR Snack Donations link

 

Week of 4/7/25 - 4/11/25

Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We will continue to assign infractions, once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday. We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, and transitions. Please also ensure your scholar is in uniform everyday. Patches should be on the left sleeve of shirts and sweaters. If you need additional patches, they are available for $2 at the front lobby. 

Additional Reminders:

Please help us in reminding scholars to visit the Lost & Found in case they are missing anything such as water bottles, winter coats and sweaters. Lunch times, recess, and dismissal are great opportunities for scholars to visit the Lost & Found. 

If your scholar has brought home a Core Knowledge reader for either science or history, please help us ensure they are bringing it with them to school each day. Core Knowledge student readers are available to download online at no cost. 

Math: This week scholars will have an assessment on data analysis. They will then begin reviewing math from this year.

Science:  This week, scholars will continue their review on previously learned units including force and motion, changes to Earth’s surface, and Space.

History: This week we will finish reading out unit on the Civil War. We will then begin to study for the unit test next week.

Literature: Scholars will continue to read and get to know the Creighton family in Across Five Aprils.

Grammar: This week Scholars will Analyze and diagram complex sentences containing relative clauses.

Upcoming Tests/Quizzes :

• Math quiz 4/7
• Spalding Test: 4/11
• Civil War study guide due 4/15
• Civil War Unit Test 4/17

Important Dates and Links:

• Early Release Friday 4/11
• STAAR Snack Donations link