AIMS Dates

I wanted to let you all know about the upcoming dates for AIMS testing.

Tuesday, April 12 - Science Test
Wednesday, April 13 - Reading and Math
Thursday, April 14 - Reading and Math
Tuesday, April 19 - Reading and Math

Remember how important a good night's sleep and a good breakfast are. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Egypt Report

International Festival is just a month away! It will be held on Friday, April 29, from 5:00 to 8:00. Our class will be representing Egypt for this year's festival. Students have been assigned to create a poster/report about Egypt. Students came home from school today with the outline of the assignments and some research tips. It would be a great idea to recycle the science fair tri-fold board for this assignment. If your student doesn't have their tri-fold board any longer, I can find another for them.

There are ten points each student needs to write about. Each item needs to have a hand written paragraph and an illustration. Illustrations can be hand drawn or printed from the internet.

I emailed a copy of the paper that went home today to all of the parents. Please let me know if you have any questions, or I can help in any way. Happy El-Itnein (Monday in Arabic!) :)

Student-led Conferences

Wednesday, March 30th, 2:30 to 4:00
Thursday, March 31st, 12:30 to 2:00, 4:00 to 8:00

Please plan on attending a conference at any of the times listed above. It should only take 10 to 20 minutes. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the conferences. There is a paper about this being sent home, and emailed, today.

Thank you!

Polygons

polygon: a closed plane figure with 3 or more lines segments called sides; all line segments must be straight
regular polygon: a polygon with line segments that are all the same length

• triangle - three sides
• quadrilateral - four sides
• pentagon - five sides
• hexagon - six sides
• octagon - eight sides

Triangles can be classified by angle size, or line segment length.

Angles

• acute triangle: all angles are less than 90 degrees
• obtuse triangle: one angle is greater than 90 degrees
• right triangle: one angle is exactly 90 degrees

Line segment length

• equilateral triangle: all 3 sides are the same length
• isosceles triangle: has only two sides that are the same length
• scalene triangle: all sides have a different length

Quadrilaterals are four sided polygons. They can be classified into 5 different groups. Some quadrilaterals can be classified into more than one category.

• square: 4 right angles, all sides equal in length
• rectangle: 4 right angles, opposite sides are equal in length
• rhombus: 4 equal sides, opposite sides parallel
• parallelogram: opposite sides are equal in length and parallel
• trapezoid: only one pair of parallel sides

Tutoring Reminder

Tutoring is tomorrow! Make sure to send a note/email allowing your child to stay. Please include what your child needs to go over.

Thanks! Mrs. A

Awards Assembly

The third quarter academic and perfect attendance awards will be handed out on Tuesday, April 5th at 1:30 in the MPR. I will email the parents of all students accepting an award. If you are able to come, we would love to see you!

Thank you for supporting our wonderful learners!

Reading Response Web

I assigned a book report today to the students. All students will be customizing a "Reading Response Web" for a book they are reading. Most students received the poster from me today. Students need to get their book selection OK'd by me before they begin. All students must have a book selected by this Wednesday. Posters are due April 18. If a student finishes before that, they can turn it in. Each student will present their poster. Before they turn it in, they should practice presenting it to their family.

Students were told to be creative, colorful, spell correctly, and use complete sentences when they are necessary. Let me know if there are any questions regarding this assignment. Happy reading!

I hope everyone had a great Spring Break. We are in the home stretch now! Look out 5th grade!

Quarter Ends FRIDAY!

Just a reminder that the quarter ends on Friday. We have a field trip on Friday, so all missing/late work needs to be turned in by Thursday. Please let me know if you think your student will not be able to finish their work by then, and I will work with your student to devise a plan to get everything completed.

Student-led conferences will be held March 30 and March 31, and this is when we will hand out report cards. You can log onto CLI after Friday, March 11 to see your student's final grades.

Field Trip Friday!

Reminder, field trip, Friday March 11th.

Here is the website to the Arizona Capitol Museum. We will be leaving school at 8:30 and returning by 2:30. Thank you so much - we have ALL of the student permission slips turned in!

www.lib.az.us/museum/

A-Team Happenings!

Friday, March 4

• Field Day, check your child's agenda for what color shirt to wear
• Field trip permission slips due
• Math Quiz 8-5/8-7
• Class Book orders due

Monday, March 7

• Math Quiz 8-6

Tuesday, March 8

• Math Quiz 8-9
• Begin study guide for chapter 8
• Library book returned

Wednesday, March 9

• Recorders needed for music
• Finish study guide for chapter 8

Thursday, March 10

• Chapter 8 math test

Friday, March 11

• Field Trip!! 8:30 - 2:30
• Bring a sack lunch and water bottle. There is a small gift shop, but they do not have any food or beverages for sale.

March 14 through March 18 - SPRING BREAK!

Division Steps

1. Divide
2. Multiply
3. Subtract
4. Bring down (or in case of remainder, bring up)

Repeat these steps for each new number created by bringing down.

Check your answer by multiplying the quotient (the answer) by the divisor (the small number.)

589 x 5=2945

Rounding Numbers

1. Find the number you are rounding and circle it.
2. Look to the right of the number.
3. Is it greater than 5?
The number you are rounding goes up one.
4. Is is less than 5?
The number you are rounding stays the same.
5. All numbers to the right of the rounded number become zeros.