WEEK of 4/13 - 4/17 

*No school 4/6 - 4/10*

- Link: Genesis Parent Access    

- Link: School Lunch Information 

Upcoming Important Dates for april 

-4/6 - 4/10 - Spring Break (No School)

-4/14 - 5th Grade Club Pictures for Yearbook 

-4/16 - Marking Period 3 Closes

-4/17 - Color Run - Wear a white shirt that can be stained (Afternoon)

4/23 - Medieval Times Class Trip and Marking Period 3 Reports Cards

-4/29 and 4/30 - Shrek Play Performed by the Drama Club

*Please see the Testing Section Below for Testing Dates*

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Benchmark Advance - Unit 4 - Author's Point of View 

Essential Question - How can other perspectives help us evaluate the world?

Grammar and Word Study - Form and Use the Perfect Verb Tense, Register Fragments and Run-ons, Conjunctions, 

Comprehension Skills - Point of View, Ask Questions About Characters and Events, Create Mental Images, Story Structure, Recognize Dialect, Summarize the Text, and Compare and Contract Themes 

Spelling Words - accountant, believer, dictator, assistant, discovery, producer, anthology, contractor, machinery, professor, philosopher, chronology 

Vocabulary Words - Define unknown words as they come up in text - Work on the Context Clues Strategy 

Writing - Weekend Writing, Reader Response, Spring Small Moments Writing, Spring Break Writing 

Technology - IXL, Prodigy, Brainpop, EPIC, and Reading A - Z

*Spelling Test - 4/24*

MATH:

iReady Math - Unit 3 - More Decimals and Fractions 

Lesson 18 - Fractions as Division 

Lesson 19 - Understand Multiplication by a Fraction

Technology - Prodigy, IXL, iReady MyPath, Brainpop, and Reflex Math 

Weekly Quiz 

*Please use myPath and Reflex at home for extra practice!*

SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE:

SCIENCE

Scientist of the Week Presentation and Facts 

Unit 2 - Changes in Matter 

Experience 3 - Mixtures and Solutions 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Scholastic News 

Technology - Brainpop, Savvas, and IXL

HEALTH - SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING:

Autism Awareness Month 

Class Goal of the Week - You Can Do Hard Things 

Daily Secret Student 

testing:

Technology Reminder: Please make sure that your child's chromebook is charged and 

that they have WIRED headphones (no bluetooth headphones are allowed) for school each day, but especially for testing days.

4/22 -  NJSLA School Wide Practice Test 

Week of 4/27 - NJSLA Testing - ELA and Math

Week of 5/11 - NJSLA Testing - Science 

Practice Tests - https://nj.portal.cambiumast.com/families.html (Also posted on Google Classroom under testing)

Directions for Practice Tests : 1. Hit Continue as a Guest 2. Hit Guest Session 3. Select Grade 5 4. Click on Green NJ Practice Test Banner 5. Choose your test 6. Click Select 7. Click Begin Test Now