5.11.15

Hello all...somebody has a case of the Mondays not naming names or anything...(ahem...me, cough, cough).  Only one more Monday after today.  Ay carumba!

I hope all of you Mothers had a SENSATIONAL weekend celebrating YOU!

LANGUAGE ARTS
LEARNING TARGET: I CAN determine text importance in a myth. 2) I CAN compare and contrast myths.  3) I CAN write a compare and contrast essay.
Students continued practicing the reading of myths and identifying the characteristics found within. They then compared and contrasted two characters in a myth and worked on their compare and contrast essay of two myths due Friday.

HOMEWORK: memoirs to be conferenced and typed BY FRIDAY.

MATH
LEARNING TARGET: I CAN identify congruent and similar figures. 2) I CAN classify triangles. 3) I CAN demonstrate that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
Students learned and discussed what makes a figure congruent and what makes it similar.  To be congruent, a figure must be the same shape and same size.  We also learned about the classifications of triangles and then interior measurement of angles in a triangle equal 180 degrees.  Triangles can be classified by length of sides (scalene, isosceles, equivalent) or measurement of angles (obtuse, right, or acute).

HOMEWORK: Simple Solutions 49, 50, & 51 due Wednesday; 52 and 53 due Friday. Workbook pages 116-117 due Friday.

GEOMETROCITY

Sadly, we are running out of time :(  The students will not get through this entire process and I am heartbroken, as are many of the friends (others, not so much), but they will need to complete their designs and if we have time next week, they will begin construction in the build-up phase.
Designs for city due by Friday.  Students will be in the build up phase in the week thereafter.

SCIENCE
Students went over guided notes over Chapter 3, Lesson 1 (circulatory system)
HOMEWORK: study for test THURSDAY

SOCIAL STUDIES
Students had their American Revolution review WebQuest and had to complete a coinciding packet.
HOMEWORK: WebQuest packet due Wednesday (on Edmodo- students should have packet printout); Study for test FRIDAY

RELIGION
Students took vocabulary quiz and corrected review.
HOMEWORK: Family Life test THURSDAY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• 8th grade graduation May 18th at 7:00PM (@ Saint Bernadette)
• Field Day - May 20th
• SMA Talent Show - May 21st
• Awards Day - May 22nd (3rd, 4th, & 5th grade at 9:00 - 10:00AM)
• Last Day - May 22nd (1/2 day- dismiss at noon)

DO NOT FORGET...

BRING IN YOUR SCULPTURES FOR ART CLASS TOMORROW!!!

Have a marvelous Monday evening!
xoxo,
Mrs. Thomas

Time is FLYING by.  Only 8 1/2 days of school left.  While it will be nice to have the laid-back schedule of summer, I will seriously miss seeing these 5th 6th grade babies every day!