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5th Grade News

March 14, 2014

Upcoming Events
March 14th: Elementary Jumper Night/ Candy Pick up (6-8pm)
March 16th: Family Ice Skating—Corning Civic Center (10:30am—12:30)
March 17th: Hike 4 Mike go Green Day
March 19th: Board of Ed—Budget Workshop 5:30
March 19thL PTO Open Swim (6:30-8:00)
March 20th: UPK information night
March 24th: Board of Ed Meeting
March 26th: Board of Ed—budget Workshop 5:30
March 28th: College Apparel Day
April 1st—April 3rd: New York State English Language Arts Test (More information to follow)
April: Marking Period Three Incentive—Date (TBD)
April 11th: Family roller Skating (6:00—8:00pm)
April 14th—April 18th: Spring Break
April 30th: New York State Math Test (More information to follow)

ELA: Mrs. Wright lwright1@cscsd.org
For this week in English Language Arts students worked on finishing up the second unit for Module 2A. They will complete an end of the unit assessment on Monday. This assessment will require students to write two essays discussing Meg Lowman (Rainforest Scientist). The first essay focused on how Meg Lowman completed her research while the second essay will focus on what it taught Meg about biodiversity.
Students were also given a second cursive writing packet. This will be due on April 4, 2014. We also read a fluency piece, “Types of Teeth.” This focused on different types of teeth and the functions that they serve.
Our New York State English Language Arts assessment will be on Tuesday, April 1st—Thursday, April 3rd. For this week, students will NOT have any RAH.
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Math/FOSS: Mr. McKenna jmckenna@cscsd.org
This week in Math we switched our focus to adding and subtracting fractions with mixed numbers. The students have been required to draw rectangular fraction models or use number lines to show a deep understanding. I know this can cause frustration...but I have found when taking away the requirement...they are not as successful. You will also find several sprints going home. Here is where the tricks we all learned come in handy!! Don’t hesitate to show them how to multiply the whole number and denominator than add the numerator in order to find the improper fraction. Don’t hesitate to show them how to find the least common denominator. We will be turning to multiplying and dividing fractions by the end of next week.
We finished up our study of levers today when the students handed in their final essays. Our next unit will involve a study of pulleys. The students will use fixed and movable pulleys to make the load easier to lift.
Please sign and return 5 week reports ASAP. Let me know if you ever have questions.

Special Education-Mrs. Taft dtaft@cscsd.org
With this being a “short” week, the students worked on small group work during math class. Next week in resource room, students will start working on progress monitoring of their individual goals