Weekly Happenings 5.8-5.12

Hello! I hope everyone had a great extra long weekend! It was good to see everyone back today!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: We are still working on literary essays. We will work on using transition words to bring their evidence together. We will also work on explaining how the evidence highlights their thesis.

Reading: The students will continue to read and discuss their book club books. This week, we will also focus on character perspective as we read. We will also start looking for the theme of the book.

Word Study: Because of the 'flood days', the spelling test will now be Tuesday, May 23.

Social Studies: We will still have the social studies test this Tuesday. It will be an open note test. We will fill out the study guide today which they can use during the test.

Math: The students have already made their shape they will tessellate with. We will work on their tessellation posters this week. Here is an example:
 

Important Dates:

5.9 - Social Studies Test

5.12 - No School
5.17 - Daniel Boone Field Trip
5.19 - Fun Day