ALL TREATS ARE TAKEN CARE OF!! 
Muchas gracias!


NWEA TESTING SCHEDULE

Monday AM, April 2nd:  Language Test

Wednesday AM, April 11th: Reading Test

Wednesday AM, April 25th: Math Test

The days we have the fewest specialists to schedule around are Mondays and Wednesdays. There are also other teachers who are scheduling the mobile labs as well. So, instead of one week with all the tests, we have 3 weeks with one test each week. I will be gone the afternoon of Wednesday, April 11th - Friday, April 13th to the state gifted convention in Great Falls. I cannot have a sub give tests on those days.  Make up tests will begin Tuesday, April 24th and continue as needed through that week.


If anyone would like to provide snacks for NWEA testing, let me know. Suggestions: 1/2 bananas or orange slices, granola bars, trail mix, Ritzbitz, etc. You have always made great choices in the past!

GOOD LUCK to CW @ the State Geography Bee this Friday, March 30th!! We'll be rooting you on!!!!

Congratulations to MW, ASr, ASt, and CW for the awards they won at the Billings Deaconess Science Expo last weekend!! Every one of the students who entered received recognition (and most of them got some $$, too!)

Weren’t those 6^th graders something?!

And speaking of 6th graders: The middle schools are wanting us to fill out a form for 6th graders. I need to know if your child will be taking a music ALL YEAR, EVERY DAY (band, orchestra, or chorus) OR taking a SEMESTER OF ART and then a SEMESTER OF FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE. These would be everyday, also. Those are the only 2 choices: either a type of music or the semester of art and then a semester of family consumer science (cooking and sewing). They would like this ASAP. Please discuss this with your son/daughter and let me know either via email or by a note in their assignment notebook. THANKS!

Report cards go home this week. Please sign the envelope and return it. You may keep the report.

Important Dates:

LAST WEEK OF MATH CLASSES IN THE AM AND DURING LUNCH!!

Friday, March 30^th: Last day for Girls BB & Poly Spirit Day

Tuesday, April 10th: 6th grade to Alberta Bair (I will stay with 5th graders) PERMISSION SLIPS need to be turned in

Wed, Th, Fri, April 11, 12, and 13^th: I’ll be at the state gifted conference in Great Falls, MT

READING—novels done!

MATH           Graphing & Probability

LANG

Writing—writing an opinion paper on The Freedom Riders.

Diagramming sentences
Clauses, commas, figurative language

SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Chapter 14 The Constitution

SCIENCE

Ribbons will be given out this week.

We’re hitting science this week with Newton’s Laws again. We’ll be determining speed; discussing velocity & acceleration, looking at what forces act on pendulums, whacking balls, and sending sheep in a jeep down Hot Wheels tracks. It will be a nice change!

LWR – a surprise from Mrs. Cosgriffe (our MSU-B junior field teacher)

  

Root

Suffix

SPELLING—U 29

5th grade—

U 31  Prefixes: con-, com-, pre-, pro-

Dictation Sentences:

1.    Ty’s boss gave him a promotion.

2.   Eat a preflight meal before traveling.

3.   The sirens made a loud commotion.

Basic: produce, protect, progress, prospect, provide, propose, preview, prejudge, prefix, contain, contest, confide, convince, confirm, computer, combat, company

Challenge: concurrent, conscious, commercial, compete, conversation

Real World Vocabulary Social Studies: Aircraft

ascend, altitude, descend, biplane, cockpit, aviator, taxi, turbulence

6th grade-

U 31  Words from other languages

Dictation Sentences:

1.    A plaque tells who made this statue.

2.   He tilted his beret toward one ear.

3.   We hiked until fatigue overcame us.

Basic: opera, vague, antique, drama, tornado, debut, stampede, gourmet, unique, academy, sonnet, mosquito, diploma, fiesta, debris, cafeteria, quartet

Challenge: bonanza, rendezvous, et cetera, battalion, engage

Real World Vocabulary Music: Singing

Classical, soloist, aria, maestro, mezzo-soprano, alto, bass, baritone