Hi all,

I apologize for not posting last week. Your students did a fantastic job with CMAS, I am so proud of them! This week we completed our MAPS testing. If your student missed Thursday or Friday this week they will make it up next week.

We have earth week celebrations next week. A reminder to send your student with close toed shoes and an extra snack on Tuesday April 29^th. We will be having outdoor education from 12:45-3:00

If you have not done so yet, please fill out this permission slip below no later than April 29^th. We will be doing a Global Clean up day on May 2^nd.

https://forms.office.com/r/tZuj44Qckj

Finaly, the 5/6 pod has chosen our theme for the end of year carnival! It is a Taco Tuesday/ Backyard barbeque basket. If your family has anything they would like to donate please have your student leave it at the front desk labeled for the 5/6 basket. There is also an amazon wish list where Miss. Calder added some items. I will send that link out ASAP.

Now into the academics 😊

In Science we have been learning and understanding what makes a planet habitable. The students are now doing research on this and creating their own planet (within our solar system) that could sustain life. Students are able to be creative to make a model of their planet. I have air dry clay, paper and other materials for them to use in class to use. Next week, students will practice their presentation skills and sharing their ideas with the class. We will then be doing a class vote on which planet we would like to live on, and that will become our class planet for the remainder of the year.

 

Thank you for the continued support!

Hannah O’Leary

 

Hi Parents! Happy April, I can’t believe we’re nearly half way through the month already!

Science this week we finished up our “What planet would we send our rover to?” lesson. We used flashlights to understand how the sun hits each planet and identify what makes a planet habitable. Today we started looking at gravity and how high our jumps would be on other planets. This is all part of a greater unit about stars and planets.The goal is to have your students gain curiosity about our solar system. Science will be normal time next week!

 

Hi Parents,

Our new science unit will be “Patterns in our Solar System”. Next week your students will observe, ask questions, and begin to explore these patterns in the night sky. We will also be doing a small amount of extra prep for our field trip along with one more CMAS practice.

Students will be finishing up their sphere projects and showing them off in a gallery walk!

 

Students will be introduced to the different states of matter for the next unit, Properties of Matter. 

 

*Don't forget the field trip scheduled for Thursday, March 13

On Monday the students finished their tree poster with Mrs. Kahn (Ms. Charlie).

 

This week in Science beginning Tuesday, the students will be learning about the four spheres of the Earth. Daily, the students will learn about a new sphere and take notes. Then they will work on an art project to create a model of Earth with the four spheres.

 

Please email Mrs. Dewar with any questions!