Important dates:
THIS FRIDAY June 17th: Science EOG
NEXT WEDNESDAY June 22nd: Language Arts EOG
NEXT THURSDAY June 23rd: Math EOG
Wednesday, June 29th: 5th grade commencement
This morning we took a mock science EOG. I am happy to say the majority of students did quite well on this. We seem to have animals, ecosystems, basic cell concepts, and body systems in the bag. We are still ironing out some things concerning weather and physics.
Today students received a review packet on forces and motion. Tonight they need to read this packet, and answer the review questions in the back.
Students should also pick 5 more vocab words, and write their definitions in their own words in their science journal. This should bring our total to 30.
We also did a few of our end of year MClass assessments today. Many students have improved quite a bit from the beginning of the year.
These final assessments aren’t usually a surprise. Essentially if students read regularly, they show good, continuous growth in their abilities. Those students who do not read regularly do not show growth.
Because general literacy bleeds into basically every other content area, reading ability is a help or a hindrance in all subjects. READ READ READ!! Find a genre you like, an author you like, a series, whatever. Just read!
In math we talked again about checking our work, and ensuring we actually answer what the questions ask!
Tonight students should look at 5 math word problems. They do NOT need to answer the questions. Tonight they should do these things:
Do step 1-3 in our problem solving method.
- What is the problem asking?
- What do I know?
- Draw a picture or a model
Above each problem is a line. They should write the operation that they will be performing in order to solve this problem For example they should write either ‘addition’, ‘subtraction’, ‘multiplication’, or ‘division’ on this line.
so, tl;dr
Finish forces and motion review packet
5 more vocab words
Look at this sheet:
do the following on the sheet:
- What is the problem asking?
- What do I know?
- Draw a model or picture
Then, identify the operation you will be performing on the line above each problem.
Read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter