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May 5-9, 2014
Math: Unit 9
In Unit 9 students learn about Coordinates, Area, Capacity, and Volume. Students will be
plotting ordered pairs on graphs, calculating area, capacity, and volume, and exploring
transformations in all of the topics above. Please check out the Everyday Math Site for more
information.
We will be flipping most of the lessons in this unit. Students can access the math videos by
scrolling to the Math menu on the class website. In the Math Menu go to Flipped Learning and
then Unit 9.
important dates:
MAP Testing:
Monday, May 12 9:20-10:00 Reading
Tuesday, May 13 9:20-10:00 Math
Wednesday May 14 9:20-10:00
Language
Math Unit 9 Test:
Thursday, May 15
WEEKLY vocabulary
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Math Unit 9: area, axis, capacity, coordinate grid, formula, longitude, latitude, ordered
number pair, perpendicular, parallel, transformation, volume (Everyday Math Vocabulary
Sheet)
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Matheus, Sarah N.,
and Enzo conduct a
science experiment
to answer their
wonder question.
mrs. ks notes:
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MAP Testing for 5A will be in the mornings on May 12-14. The MAP test is designed to show
student growth throughout the year. It is not a standardized test and students cannot study
for it. The best ways to prepare for MAP tests are to get a good night sleep, eat a healthy
breakfast, and to relax.
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Mariana Motto will be coming to our room once a week until the end of the school year to help
ease the students transition to 6th grade.
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The next assembly is May 19th at 8:45 am.
Science:
Students will read about different controversial topics in science. After reading they will
create a poster to persuade an audience to side with their opinion.
Language arts:
Students will work on a cross-curriculum project surrounding the World Cup. They will divide
into small groups and research different aspects of the World Cup. All the groups will put their
parts together to form a final class project.
Students will also work on writing constructive comments on our India partners blogs.
Students should practice making thoughtful comments and responses on our class blog.
We had a successful Mystery Skype with a
class in Illinios
KJ, Manu, Teodora, and DK try to figure out which
liquid is has the most density.