I hope that you had a wonderful weekend and you were able to spend some time with your family. It is hard to believe that we have less than a month of school left! This year seems like it has just flown by. However, these upcoming weeks are some of the busiest with SOLs and some of the most exciting with our special end of the year events!
Our first SOL test will be this Friday morning, May 9th. Please encourage your student to get a full night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. It is imperative that he/she be well-rested, in order to perform to his or her best ability. Also punctuality is essential on the days that we have tests, as tardiness will force him/her to make up that test later on in May (possibly interfering with field trips and special end-of-the-year activities). This is an important time for us and I appreciate your constant support and encouragement at home.
During the next few weeks, you will notice a decrease in the amount of homework the students will have. This is to allow them to focus on reviewing for the upcoming SOL tests. In particular, we will not be having our normal spelling units and tests.
Early Release:
This is just a reminder that we will have an early dismissal on Friday, May 9th.
SOL Packet:
Every evening the students should be studying for a minimum of 20 minutes of any item from that packet. Since SOLs are closing in, please encourage them to study a little more than the recommended time. I greatly appreciate all your help and assistance in preparation for the SOL tests!
SOL Dates:
Reading Friday, May 9 (morning)
Math Friday, May 16 (morning)
Science Tuesday, May 20 (afternoon)
Social Studies Friday, May 23 (afternoon)
Language Arts:
We have continued reading our novels on the ocean and are beginning to move into our Civil Rights Movement novels. The red group has begun reading their Civil Rights Movement novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. The orange group will continue reading Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott ODell. The blue group will continue reading their ocean novel, Dolphin Adventure by Wayne Grover and hopefully will begin the sequel, Dolphin Freedom, shortly.
Accelerated Reader: Student should be working on their three required Accelerated Readers for this quarter. Please encourage your student to read a book and take the corresponding test every three weeks so that all the tests are not left to the last minute. All tests must be taken and passed with at least a 70% by Monday, May 19, 2008.
Math:
We will continue to study exponents and positive and negative numbers. Also these next few weeks we'll be preparing for the SOL with practice tests and using our Math Madness books. Please continue reviewing with your child multiplication, division, fraction, percents, and decimal equivalents.
Social Studies:
We completed our unit on the Civil Rights Movement last week. Also this week, we will continue working on our group project on one of the famous African Americans who played an important role in Virginia's history. Our next unit of study that we will be beginning is on the Virginia government. In this unit, we will study the three branches of the government and discover their responsibilities. Also we have begun reviewing and practicing for the SOL.
Science:
We finished our unit on sound. We have now begun a new unit on light. In this unit we will be focusing on the relationship between wavelength and the color of light and also how light reflects and refracts. Also we will begin reviewing and practicing for the SOL.
Other:
5th Promotion:
It looks as though 5th Promotion Night will be on Thursday, May 29th at 6:00 p.m.
Important Dates:
Friday, May 9 Reading SOL (morning)
-- Early Release
Friday, May 16 Math SOL (morning)
Tuesday, May 20 Science SOL (afternoon)
Thursday, May 22 Early Release
Friday, May 23 Social Studies SOL (afternoon)
Monday, May 26 NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
Tuesday, May 27 Field Day
Wednesday, May 28 Talent Show (9:20 10:30ish)
Thursday, May 29 5th Promotion 6:00 pm (Multipurpose Room)
Friday, May 30 Field Trip to NRV Superbowl
-- Last Day of School!
Thank you for taking the time to read through this letter. Have a great week! Please feel free to contact me at anytime.
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