DOWN TO THE WIRE!!!
Important dates:
Friday, June 17th: SCIENCE EOG
Wednesday, June 22nd: LANGUAGE ARTS EOG
Thursday, June 23rd: MATH EOG
Wednesday, June 29th: 5th grade ceremony
This morning we took our last STAR test of the year. We talked about how important it is to do our best on these types of assessments. I was quite impressed with the results. Our little ones are growing up!
This week is a whirlwind of math and science review. Today we talked about the Coriolis effect, wind, air pressure, the jet stream, and all of those neat weather topics.
Tonight students have a weather review packet they should be reading. It talks about weather, weather instruments, and the basic forces that drive weather on the Earth.
Tonight students should also pick five new vocab words, and write them in their science journal just as they have been. They should be in their own words.
This is everyone EXCEPT Nicole, who complained that it was only five words. SO, Nicole can do ten words instead!
Cat’s response: “HAHAHAHAHAHA”
Nevaeh’s response: “THAT’S WHAT SHE GETS!”
In math, the students worked on word problems. Our goal continues to be that we check our work. We continue to make simple mistakes, or not actually answer the questions that were asked in the problems. When we have a word problem we should do the following:
- Write down what the problem is asking.
- Write down what you know
- Draw a picture or a model to determine how you will solve the problem
- Solve, and check to make sure your answer makes sense
That last one is still something we need to work on!
Tonight students should FINISH their math review packet. This packet essentially covers the big ideas from the year. If they can understand and do these problems, they are golden.
so, tl;dr
5 more vocab words in the science journal
Read/Do weather review packet
Finish math packet
And read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter