The Week Ahead 5/20-5/24

Math 
Next week our study of measurement will switch gears to customary units. While students will be more familiar with these units, they'll find that it was much easier to convert between metric units because they are all base 10, while US customary varies. You probably noticed the Seesaw activities last week in math were review from earlier in the year. Many students had trouble remembering how to mutliply two by two digit numbers and using long division. Get in with your student and see how well they remember those to skills.

Reading Logs/Vocab
Last Tuesday, only 10 out of 23 students turned their reading log in. Only 3 students got perfect scores on their vocab test. Please give your student the expectation to read three hours outside of school and study their vocab words each week.


Idiom of the week: roll with the punches

Inquiry
On Thursday, students were sent home with information about our last field trip of the year. It will take place at Cedar Mill Wetlands, off Barnes, just before 118th. The students will be leaving West TV at about 9:30 and we expect to return to school by 11:20, just in time for lunch. We're hoping for at least 8 chaperones for this trip, but there is no limit, so we'll take as many as we can get. Please let me know if you are interested in joining. You'll need to attend a chaperone information meeting at the site on Thursday, 5/30 at 3:30.

Continent Club
Thursday, 5/23 will be a Continent Club check day. The continent in focus will be Europe. The study materials can be found here.


Upcoming Dates
  • Tuesday, May 21st - Reading Log Due/Vocab Test - State Testing Math (CAT)
  • Wednesday, May 22nd - State Testing Math (CAT)
  • Thursday, May 23rd - State Testing Math (CAT)
  • Monday, May 27th - No School - Memorial Day
  • Thursday, May 30th - Chaperone Meeting for Wetlands Field Trip 3:30
  • Monday, June 3rd - Cedar Mill Wetlands Field Trip 

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