March 28-April 1

**OLSAT and SAT-10 testing this week** Make sure your child gets plenty of rest and comes to school prepared and on time! Reading: **Students were given new Genre Bingo Sheets. For this grading period, the goal is: 1 book by 4/6, 2 books by 4/21, 3 books by 5/6, 4 books by 5/20. Bingo sheets need to be signed by a parent by Wednesday, March 30. Main Text: "Saving Grace" pgs. 418-421. Skill: Compare and Contrast Vocabulary: bewildering, moderate, hamper, prohibit, accessible TEST on vocabulary and compare/contrast skills this FRIDAY, April 1. Language: Focus: Possessive pronouns Spanish: We will be learning how to ask and answer how much something costs.

March 21-25

**ARMT TESTING ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY** Make sure your students are on time, eat breakfast, and get plenty of rest the night before testing!

This week we will be reviewing test-taking strategies and the Unit 3 test. We will also be watching "Ghosts of the Abyss" (about exploring the Titanic) to determine fact/opinion statements.

Spanish: Students will use what they already know about articles of clothing for this week's focus on cost of items (buying and selling).

March 14-18

**Reading goal (4 books) due March 14.** Movie day for those who reached the goal will be on Wednesday, March 16. WAY TO GO READERS!!

Reading:
Main Text: "Exploring the Titanic" (pgs. 392-405)
Strategy: Analyze
Skill: Fact and Opinion
Vocabulary Words: edgy, clockwise, hovering, interior, formations, intact, severed, wreckage

TEST on vocabulary words and fact/opinion (not "Exploring the Titanic") on THURSDAY, MARCH 17.

Language:
Focus: Subject and Object Pronouns

Spanish:
We are finishing learning vocabulary for articles of clothing.

March 7-11

**Reminder: 4 book goal due by March 14.**

Reading:
Main Text: "Seeing Things His Own Way" pgs. 368-379
Strategy: Evaluate
Skill: Author's Purpose
Vocabulary: typical, specialists, peripheral, guidance, deteriorated, maturity, summit, awesome
TEST ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
Language:
Focus: Pronouns and Antecedents
QUIZ ON THURSDAY, MARCH 10

Spanish:
We will begin learning articles of clothing.