Mrs. Stone's 5th and 6th Grade Weekly Update
March 8-12, 2010
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way."
Psalm 139:23-24
REMINDER
6TH GRADERS - Bring your protractor to school on Friday, March 19.
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SAFETY PATROL
(7:30 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.)
Mar. 8 - 12: Havilah Garcia and Colin Briggs
Mar. 15 - 19: Brooklynn Brazell and Kelsey Yates
Mar. 22 - 26: Kaitlyn Smith and Alex Ruane
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2: Morgan Munn and Gabrielle Jones
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WEEKLY LESSON UPDATES
Bible 5 & 6 - Lesson 24 "Christ Shows Us How To Live"
Memory Verses: review week: I Thess. 4:13-18
Language 5 - finishing Unit 10 "The Writing Process: Book Reports, Letters, Paragraphs, Outlines"; Helen Keller report
Spelling, Vocabulary & Poetry 5 - List 23
Poem - "Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reading 5 - began last reading book; continuing to focus on smooth oral reading; reading for comprehension; vocabulary
Penmanship/Creative Writing 5 - daily work pages
Math 5 - Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit; Temperature below Zero; general review; Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius; Review of Temperature
Language 6 - finishing Unit 9 "Pronouns: Call in the Substitutes"; test
Spelling, Vocabulary & Poetry 6 - List 23
Poem - "The Land of Beginning Again" by Louisa Fletcher (due April 2)
Reading 6 - began last reading book; continuing to focus on smooth oral reading; reading for comprehension; vocabulary
Math 6 - Using Diameter to Find Circumference; Using Radius to Find Circumference; Area of a Circle; Review of Geometry; Circle Review
History 5 & 6 - finishing Chapter 12 "Into the Twentieth Century"; test
Science 5 & 6 - continuing Chapter 6 "Matter and Chemistry"
TEST / QUIZ SCHEDULE
Fri., Mar. 12 History - Current Event (category-human interest)
Language 6 Test (Unit 9)
Spelling Test List 23
Bible Quiz-Lesson 24; Verse Test-I Thess. 4:13-18
Mon., Mar. 15 History Test Chapter 12
Tues., Mar. 16 Math Test 5 & 6 (review lessons 113-121)
Wed., Mar. 17 Science Test Chapter 6
Mon., Mar. 23 5th grade oral book report on biography
Wed., Mar. 25 5th grade poetry test - "Concord Hymn"
Fri., Apr. 2 6th grade poetry test - "The Land of Beginning
Again"
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UPCOMING EVENTSMon., March 8 PTF / "Art After Dark" 7:00 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 19 End 3rd Nine Weeks -- 1/2 Day
Sat., Mar. 27 Ukrop's Monument Ave. 10K; Kid's 1 Mile Fun Run
Mon., Mar. 29 Report cards home
April 5 - 9 Easter Holiday
D. E. A. R. TIME
(Drop Everything and Read)
Mar. 11 Bring your favorite chips (small snack size)
Mar. 18 Bring your favorite stuffed animal (small)
Mar. 25 Bring your slippers to wear during D.E.A.R.
RESOURCE SCHEDULE
Monday - Music 1:30 - 2:05
Tuesday - Art 11:35 - 12:10
Wednesday - Chapel 9:00 - 9:25; Spanish - 12:35 - 1:10
Thursday - P.E. 11:40 - 12:20; Library 1:15 - 1:30
Friday - Computer 1:15 - 2:05
"Education is learning what you didn't even know
you didn't know." ~Daniel J. Boorstin