Hello 5A,

No school this Friday as it is a teacher grading day.

What we're up to this week AND next week:

ELA - We have wrapped up Across Five Aprils.   Please let me know if you'd like to come in and lead a reading group for A Wrinkle In Time between 8:30-9:10 am any weekday; we begin reading that novel today.  Students are not required to have a copy of the book though they may bring one if they choose.

In grammar, we are looking at personal pronouns and their antecedents as well as indefinite pronouns.  The next grammar test will be Thursday 5/10.   Next week's vocabulary will be "graph=writing."  Lists are at the bottom of this update.

Math - we continue to cover angle properties as found on straight lines, around points, in triangles, in quadrilaterals, and now in parallelograms.  Each day, we usually derive a new angle property (or properties) for a special condition or shape.  It is extraordinarily important that your scholar memorize these properties, or rules.  I have given very clear and concise notes.  If your scholar has misplaced these notes, he or she may check in their textbook or copy the notes from a classmate during Lyceum.  The unit 11 test will be Thursday, 5/10, after two full days of review.

Science - We tested on the nervous system yesterday and began the endocrine system.  Please note that the human body discussion will take place next Thursday, 5/10, and Friday, 5/11.  Please contact Ms. Carlson at scarlson@archwaychandler.org if you have any questions.

History - we will briefly look at westward expansion after the Civil War with an open-note, open book test on Wednesday, 5/9.  We will then take a look at Native American cultures and conflicts.

Spelling for NEXT week (test Friday, 5/11):

autobiography, autograph, bibliography, biography, cartography, homograph, paragraph, phonograph, photography, seismograph

Have a wonderful weekend!