Grade 5: Week of April 16th to 20th

Welcome back from spring break! I hope everyone is well rested and ready for a new week. I was waiting until I received the practice EOG testing schedule today to write the blog. Our practice EOG tests will be this Thursday and next Tuesday and Wednesday.

This week we are continuing to learn about ecosystems and will learn about producers, omnivores, herbivores, carnivores, scavengers, and decomposers. On Monday we learned about population, community, habitat, and niche. Students gave an example of an animal or plant population, its community, habitat, and niche and we took turns guessing what population it might be from their clues. In addition to learning about ecosystems, we will do a mini-review for the EOG everyday. Our EOG coach books have still not arrived. Mrs. Barbour will call the EOG coach company again.

I will be offering after school homework help/remediation for students starting this week until the EOGs. It will be from 3:15 to 3:50. You may pick up your child in the carpool line. If your child has remediation on Tuesday mornings, then s/he will also stay after school Thursday. If your child has remediation on Thursday morning, then s/he will also stay after school Tuesday.

Homework for the week:

Monday night: Pick another population of a specific animal or plant. Tell about its community, habitat, and niche.

Tuesday night: Write sentences for the second column of words. See definition sheet.

Wednesday night: fill in the blanks on the worksheet using the words provided.

Thursday night: study for the Column 1 and 2 vocabulary test using the definitions and sentences you wrote; pg. 75 #1-7 in Competitive Edge