Torrey Pines Room 5

Room 5 students working hard on the California Star Test.

CST, or California Star Test
The California Star tests will finish for most students by the end of this week.  So far students have been focused and doing well.  As I mentioned last week, make sure your students get plenty of sleep each evening and a good breakfast every morning.  Your students have definitely been prepared and ready, I've been seeing their efforts and knowledge come through on the exam.

Look for math homework to be pretty light again this week, with no homework assigned on some days.

Writing Journal
This week I want your students to complete only two entries.  I will send home the two assignments with your students today.  One will be another question about the Cinderella stories we are reading in class.  The second assignment will be a brief study of commas and quotation marks.

Important Upcoming Dates
May 23 - Wednesday - Open House
May 28 - Monday - No School, Memorial Day

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Examine how cultural values are reflected in fiction.  Read different retellings of the story of Cinderella.  Compare their similarities and differences.

Math - Division, Review

Writing - Writing about the Cinderella stories we are reading.  Our writing may include the conflicts driving the stories and the feeling the characters have at different points in the books.

Language Conventions and Word Study - Commas, Prefixes, Other Review

In-Class Art - A Study of Vincent Van Gogh