Dear 5th Grade Families:
We successfully completed our first State Testing task this year with the 5th Grade AZSci last Thursday. Our next testing event is the 5th Grade AASA Writing Test, which is coming up next week. The testing dates are shared below.
Testing begins first thing, so please be sure to have your students at school on time, and that they are well-rested and well fed 😊. Here is the calendar for the rest of the 5th grade state testing. We kindly ask that you please make appointments around these dates:
5th Grade:
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- Writing: Friday, April 5, 2024
- Math/ELA-1: Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Math/ELA-2: Friday, April 19, 2024
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Student-led conferences are ongoing and a great success! If you have yet to attend the conference, please remember that we are meeting families in or outside the Front Office (which may be closed during some of our conferences). Please do not enter the school through the Archway Atrium (across from the field), since that entrance is reserved for Athenaeum pick-up. We encourage ALL students and their families to take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on Elementary School triumphs and challenges, and discuss with their teachers and parents strategies for success in middle school and beyond. If you have not signed up for this event, please contact your child’s teacher for a link to her sign-up.
A reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 29, AND Monday-April 1st. School is closed for our Spring Holiday. This is an R&R weekend!
Curricular information for Q4, Week 2
Maths – We will finish our last lesson from Unit 11 on Monday. We will be reviewing for our cumulative assessment on Unit 10 (Properties and Classification of 2-D Shapes) and Unit 11 (Line Plots and the Coordinate Plane) Tuesday and Wednesday. Our cumulative assessment on these 2 units will be on Thursday. Encourage your students to go back through their workbooks (especially for unit 10) in order to review and study for the assessment.
Science – This week we are finishing up Unit 5! We are taking our last set of notes on biosphere interactions today and tomorrow. On Thursday, students will receive their Unit 5 study guide. This study guide looks a little different than what they are used to. As we near the end of this year and continue to get them ready for middle school, this study guide embodies what they may see in preparation of a middle school exam. It has less guidance, but enough for them to still be successful. The format of this study guide highlights the importance of building strong study habits now, rather than later. Due to the upcoming 4-day weekend, the scholars will not take their test until Monday (4/8) and Tuesday (4/9), but have them start studying as soon as possible! The less procrastination, the better!
History – This week we are wrapping up “England in the Golden Age” with a review session and our test on Thu, March 28. The review game we are using in class is linked on our blog in the history section, as is the reader.
English Language Arts –
- Literature – The Secret Garden is the last novel study of this 5th grade year. We will be reading Chapter 4 this week, and we will also begin our Across Five Aprils read-aloud. Please have your student bring these books to school if they haven’t already!
- GYV – This week’s GYV is Chapter 6. There is homework every day this week, with the usual test on Friday. Links to study aids are on the GYV tab on our blog.
- Idioms/Proverbs: We have covered all the 5th grade idioms and proverbs, and will be reviewing them throughout the rest of the year!
- Grammar/Writing – This week in Writing, we are finishing working on an Informational Essay in preparation for the upcoming AASA writing test next week. We will work on it in class all week, ending with a completed rough draft before the R&R weekend. We will also be reviewing 5th grade grammar standards, starting with comma rules this week.
- Poetry – “The Tyger”, by William Blake. Students will be assigned 2 stanzas, which are due THIS Thursday, March 28th, 2024.
Save the date! Fine Arts Festival is Sat, April 13th!
Fine Arts Festival is coming soon! Please join us on Saturday, April 13th from 9a-1pm. Come enjoy student artwork, music performances, and Latin! There will food trucks, Book Fair, Face painting and much more! See the Headmaster Update for more information. We look forward to seeing you there!
Last Chance to Order Yearbook!
Archway yearbooks are officially on sale! Yearbooks are $30 each. Go to https://buytheyearbook.pictavo.com/login to purchase your yearbook using school code 715651. Last day to order is March 29th.
Spring Book-Fair Featuring Paper Pie
We are excited to once again have Paper Pie (formerly known as Usborne) for our spring book fair. We will be running the fair on Friday, April 12th from 3:10-4pm (after dismissal at the playground gate) and during the Fine Arts Festival on Saturday 13th from 9am-1pm.
Important Dates
March 29: Last Day to Order Yearbook
March 29-April 1: No School – R&R Weekend
April 3: 2nd Grade Headmaster Coffee Talk
April 5: 5th Grade AASA Writing Testing
April 10: 1st Grade Headmaster Coffee Talk
April 12 & 13: Spring Book Fair
April 13: Fine Arts Festival
Have a great week!
The 5th Grade Team