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Technology: Today we took a STAR reading test and finished working on our PowerPoint yearbooks. Students will be provided with a CD of class projects and pictures so they can continue to work on their digital yearbook this summer.

Reading: We have been working all year towards our goal of an average reading grade level of 4.9; we began the year at an average reading grade level of 3.9. Today, we reached an average reading level of 5.1, for an average growth of over one year! Great work, class!

Math: We worked on converting improper fractions into mixed numbers, and vice versa.

Social Studies: We completed an activity called “Michigan Match,” where students tried to match up a series of statements about Michigan history and place the statements into groups. Topics discussed included the War of 1812, the Erie Canal, pioneer life, the Underground Railroad, factories, automobiles, World War II, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the Mackinaw Bridge and the Bottle Bill.

Notes:

• End of the Year Pot Luck! Our class will be having a Pot Luck lunch on Thursday, June 8, starting at 1:00 pm. Students volunteered to bring a main dish, side dish, dessert, drink or utensils. Ask your student what they volunteered, and let me know if there are any adjustments that need to be made. We would love for you to come eat with us, and watch or help with our crazy games! 

• End of the Year Pot Luck! Our class will be having a Pot Luck lunch on Thursday, June 8, starting at 1:00 pm. Students volunteered to bring a main dish, side dish, dessert, drink or utensils. Ask your student what they volunteered, and let me know if there are any adjustments that need to be made. We would love for you to come eat with us, and watch or help with our crazy games! 
• Our class is having a Poetry Slam at the Miller Road Border’s on Tuesday, June 6, from noon to 2:30 pm. Here is the permission slip. Let me know if you would like to chaperone. Family and friends are invited to hear our class read the poetry we have worked on!

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Language Arts: Today students worked with Mr. Weiss to complete a peer response activity. Students read a piece of writing from a fourth grader, and had to write their thoughts on the strengths of the writing.

Students also finished working on their collection of poems and submitted them to their portfolios. We have tentatively (still awaiting bus approval) scheduled a Poetry Slam at Border’s Book Store on Miller Road for Tuesday, June 6, from noon to 2:30 pm. Students will read their poetry in the Border’s Cafe. Click here to find the permission slip, and let me know if you are willing to chaperone for the trip.

Technology: Students continued to work on their PowerPoint digital yearbook.

Reading: Students took a final reading test today. A remaining grade will consist of a review of Literature Circle notebooks.  

Art: Students had art today and worked on detailed drawings of an imaginary tree house.

Social Studies: We reviewed the homework assignment from Wednesday concerning French explorers, forts, the fur trade, the French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamanion of 1763.

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Health: We focused today on how the body is affected by tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, marijuana and cocaine. Students created posters to communicate what the law says about these drugs, how the body can be damaged, what the drugs look like, and how abusing these drugs can affect daily living.

Language Arts: The last piece of writing is due tomorrow, June 2, and will be a collection of poems.

Math: Today students practiced converting mixed numbers into improper fractions (1 1/2 = 3/2)

Science: We reviewed the characteristics of a solid, liquid and gas; and learned the names melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation for changes in the states of matter. A MiniQuiz over states of matter will be tomorrow.

Social Studies: None due to attending the Fifth Grade Music program.

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