Mrs. McCann - 5th Grade: Week of January 19th

I hope everyone enjoyed the four day weekend and stayed warm while participating in all of the festivities. It is an exciting time to live in the DC Area! It also means this school-week is just three days long. We do have a lot going on in this short amount of time as the end of the quarter draws near. The fifth grade had an exciting experience in Williamsburg last Friday... scroll down to see some pics from the day!

Rememeber:
Wednesday, January 28th - Last day of the second quarter
Thursday and Friday, January 29th and 30th - No School for students
Monday, February 2nd - Beginning of the 3rd quarter

In Science we are... beginning our new unit on cells. We will be comparing and contrasting plant and animal cells. This will lead us into our unit on the Classification of Living things. Students got their LIGHT tests back today. Please sign those and have them back to school by Friday, Jan. 23.

In Social Studies we are... taking our UNIT 4 test on Thursday, Jan 22. Students should be studying their graded quiz from last week, Reading Notes in the History Alive Workbook for Chapters 6-7 mainly, and then 8 and 9 additionally, Notes in their SS Spiral, as well as the History Alive Online Tutorials.

In Math we are... taking our Multiplication Test on Thursday, Jan 22. Students should have completed a short study guide over the long weekend. We went over that in class today. Students can study at home by trying out different multiplication problems and checking them by using a different strategy.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Wednesday - Prepare for test
Thursday - No Homework
Friday -Students worked on their test corrections in class, but if he/she did not finish, it is homework. All corrections and signed tests are due MONDAY, JAN. 26.

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - Friday, Jan. 16 - Thank you to all of our parent chaperones who gave up their day and braved the cold to spend it with us! We appreciate it!