Night of the Notables

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday, March 27^th........................All Poly Conditioning Club………..noon-1 PM

Wednesday, March 27^th………..…..Report Cards AND Early Out (noon)

Th, March 28-April 1^st………..……………BREAK!

Th, April 4^th…………Orchestra GALA….7:30 PM

Lincoln Center

Wk of April 15^th ……………….….NWEA testing

Summer Camps and Orchestra information is at the end of the blog.

Reading

6^th graders: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry!

5^th graders:

Unit 4: continue with Forces of Nature

Language

Skills: Complex sentences; figurative language

Writing—Epic continued

Spelling : No spelling---short week

Math

5^th graders: Chapter 6: Ratios and Proportions

6^th graders: Percents

5^th grade Social Studies

Chapter 13—The Revolution: Test on Tuesday

Science

LWR  None—short week

Focus:   

Meaning:

The quizzes will be a combination of the words AND their definitions, rather than prefix, root, and suffix definitions.

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5th grade—

6^th grade--

U 31  Words from other languages (week of April 2^nd)

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

Summer Camps are coming quicker than you think! These fill quickly!  If you are interested, read about them below.

MSU-Bozeman:  Peaks and Potentials, Bozeman, MT, June 17-22, 2013, Grades 5-7
If you are interested in your child attending this camp, you will want to register as soon as possible.
Click here for an information brochure and registration form.

(http://eu.montana.edu/pdf/peaks/msupeaksbrochure.pdf)

MSU-Billings:  Kids On Campus, Billings, MT
Along with flyers that will be sent home soon, you can also access information by "clicking here".
"I Think" camps are specifically designed for the advanced learner. (http://www.msubillings.edu/kids/)

Carroll College Gifted Institute,  Helena, MT
Currently information has not been released for the summer 2013.  Search for Carroll College Gifted Institute or go to  (www.carroll.edu) Click on Academics; then Gifted.

For parents whose children take orchestra: 

The Central Area Elementary Orchestra Gala will take place on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The concert will begin at 7:30 PM in the Lincoln Education Center Auditorium. 5th and 6th grade orchestra students who attend Broadwater, Highland, McKinley, Miles Avenue, Poly Drive, Rose Park and Washington Elementary schools and the 6th graders attending Lewis & Clark Middle School will be performing on this concert. The three orchestra instructors who teach these students are Rebecca Jackman, Vikki Payne and Richele Sitton. 

We are asking students to report to Lincoln Auditorium at 6:45 PM for tuning of instruments, etc.