The social studies test was graded and returned today.  Next Monday, we will get into the "meat and potatoes" of the Civil War.  We are going to focus on what life was really like in our country at this horrible time in our history.  Students will work in small groups to create projects centered around some of the major battles of the war.  We will study some authentic resources to get a real picture of what happened during those 4 (almost 5) long years.

Next week, we will also begin our study of magnetism and electricity.  Yesterday, we had a presentation from a couple of people from Fermilab, who shared some pretty cool demonstrations.  Here are a couple of pictures:

Tomorrow, a permission slip will come home for the trip to Sunrise Lakes on May 30.  This trip splits the six fifth grade classes.  Three classes will go on May 20 and three will go on May 30.  Please take the time to carefully read the slip over the weekend (both sides) and return the slip and money by  May 14. THANKS!

Tomorrow morning, we go to Granger for our middle school trip.  Students should be ON TIME!  Thanks~!

Homework for today:
Spelling - pretest tomorrow (list on Spellingcity.com)
Reading - log your reading (did you do your DR-TA boxes?)
Math - there is no math tomorrow, so all math work is not due until Monday
5G - Journal page 286, 289, and 292 (bring a nutrition label - or a few)
5R and 5K both have a sheet

Check out the updates to the upcoming events page for the schedule of the last 21 days of school.