Mrs. Hartnett

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; color: red; "><u>IMPORTANT DATES/INFORMATION</u></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><p><u style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></u></p><p><u style="font-size: 12pt; ">Grade 5 to 6 Parent Info and Kieve Night </u><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> - June 6 from 6:00-7:00 PM in the FMS Cafeteria.  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> Do you have questions about sixth grade and/or the Kieve encampment experience?  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">If so, plan on attending this informational session. We will start with a general presentation that will be followed by a Q & A time.</span></p></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">MAY 8, 9, and 10 - MEA Science testing</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">MAY 9 - Early Release at noon</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">MAY 14 & 15 - workshops with visiting author, Anne Sibley O'Brien</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Tuesday afternoon, MAY 15 - NWEA Reading Assessment</span></font></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#FF6600" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">Reading Buddies:  Thursday afternoons, MAY 10 & MAY 24</span></font></div><div><font color="#FF6600" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Thursday evening, MAY 31 - 5th Grade Multicultural Marketplace </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">in the FES cafeteria - we hope to see many families there to celebrate student work!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF6600" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div>
<div><font color="#FF6600" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">8 Key for the months of April/May:  Balance</span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#FF6600" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">Congratulations to the </span><u style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">8 Key Person of the Month for March</u><span style="color: red; "> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">(Flexibility):  Ryan</span></font></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; ">The following is a snapshot of what's happening in our class:</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt; ">EVERYDAY MATH - </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt; ">Unit 7</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt; ">: Exponents and Negative Number</span></div><div><ul>
    <li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Exponential notation</span></font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Parentheses in Number Sentences</span></font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Order of Operations (PEMDAS)</span></font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Comparing positive and negative numbers</span></font></li>
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<div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Students should be practicing math facts using ALEKs at home.   In-class facts quizzes are every Friday.</span></font></div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #339966; font-size: 12pt; "><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></div><div></div>
</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; color: #993366; ">READING </span>
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    <li><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Students' continue to work on their reading goal of reading 25 books by the end of the year.  They should be reading a minimum of 100 minutes per week.</span></font></li><li><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">We will begin reading </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><u>Breadwinner</u>, by Deborah Ellis, to go along with the Multicultural unit in Social Studies</span></font></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: red; font-size: 12pt; ">WRITING</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Students will do the final drafts of their persuasive writing pieces in response to debates in Weekly Reader.  They will email them to WR in the hopes of having theirs published!  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">We will then begin expository writing for the country research project in Social Studies.</span></font></div><div><span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF00">Grammar</font> - </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; ">Continuation of our verb study - action vs. being verbs, linking, and helping verbs.  Students will also identify subjects and predicates.</span></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; ">SOCIAL STUDIES:  </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Students will begin the Multicultural unit.  They will explore the definition of culture and learn about differences amongst cultures.  They will then choose a country to research and produce expository writing pieces about the features of culture in that country.  Their final projects will be on display at the Multicultural evening on May 31.  </span><br /></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #0000ff; "><br /></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #0000ff; "><br /></span></font></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; ">SPANISH - Link to Senora Lowery's website:</span><br />
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