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Hello Everyone!

This year International Week will be held the week of February 25-27.  The Fifth Grade will be researching and presenting the South American country of Chile.  Next week, and the week after the Chinese New Year Break, we will be using our Social Studies periods to complete these projects.

Next week is Chinese week, and students will be exploring Chinese culture in their Chinese classes.  We will also be doing a Chinese themed art project.  On Wednesday next week all students are asked to wear red to school, and on Friday the cafeteria will be cooking a special lunch.  We are asking that parents send their students with a pair of chopsticks so they can eat the special meal in the traditional Chinese fashion.

This week in Math we had our Chapter 9 test, and have begun Chapter 10: Adding and Subtracting Fractions.  In Language Arts this week we read Mae Jemison: Space Scientist, and next week we will start a new selection called Iditarod Dream.  In writing students have turned in their personal essays.  In Social Studies we will be working on our unit Growth and Industries, and researching Chile for International Week.   In Science we will have a test Chapter Six: The Earth’s Changing Surface, and continue with Lesson 3 in Chapter 7.  If you would like to preview anything with your son or daughter, we will be doing the following next week:

Math:

• Lesson 10.4: Add Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators
• Lesson 10.5: Subtract with like Denominators
• Lesson 10.6: Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators
• Lesson 10.7: Problem Solving Strategy: Draw a Diagram
• Lesson 10.8: Subtract Mixed Numbers With Unlike Denominators

Language Arts

• New Selection: Iditarod Dream
• New Vocabulary
• Vocabulary Test:  The Fear Place 

Social Studies

• Unit 2: Growth and Industries
• International Week:  Chile

Science

• Review for  Chapter Six Test
• Chapter 7:  Earth’s Structure 

Ways you can help your child this weekend:

• Review Chapter 6 in Science.
• Preview the story Iditarod Dream
• Review The Fear Place Vocabulary
• Encourage your son or daughter to read twenty minutes a day in English.

A friendly reminder to everyone that class starts at H.I.S. at 8:20 AM.  Students should arrive before 8:20 AM so they have time to unpack their bags and be ready to learn at 8:20 AM.

Have a great weekend,

Patrick Holt