Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Here is what we are focusing on this week:


Math: We are finishing up two dimensional figures and will be taking a Module 11/Post-Test on Wednesday.  We will be starting frequency tables and categorical data on Thursday.

Science: Science Adaptation projects were due today.  They are 10 points off for every day they are late.  Thank you for all that finished projects and brought them in today.  I am so excited to see the creativity during our presentations today.  We are studying about inherited traits this week.

Social Studies: We are finishing up the Causes of the Civil War this week and will have a History Alive Ch. 18 quiz on Wednesday. On Thursday we will be starting Ch. 19, the Civil War.

ELAR: We are discussing types of media in Reading this week.  We will also be finishing up this nine weeks' book clubs.  Please sure your students are reading 20 min. per night in order to meet their AR goal.  We will be doing our 2nd composition this Thursday and it will be a cold write: the students will be given a prompt and will have 4 hours to complete their compositions.

***This Friday is “Go Texan” day in the Greater Houston Area as we prepare for the upcoming rodeo season. Our students are welcome to participate that day, and we look forward to seeing all of the cowboys and cowgirls that day!

*** It is that time of year again for the “Pennies for Patients” coin drive where we raise money in order to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, hopefully find a cure soon.  In 2012, Huggins Elementary raised $2,661.75!
Our drive will be for 8 days only - February 23-March 4th, so start looking for coins in the couch!

***Book fair preview begins this week and students will be able to purchase books next week. Due to the book fair the library will be closed. Make sure your child has something to read from home, the public library, or they can select something from my classroom library.

Hope everyone had a great long weekend and stayed warm yesterday as Mother Nature decided to switch from Spring back into Winter :-)!

Here is what is happening this week in 5th grade:

Math: We are finished with our unit on Area/Perimeter/Volume and will be starting our unit on two dimensional shapes. We will have a quiz/spiral review over this on Friday.

Science: We are talking about environmental changes this week and the homework is under the same topic on StemScopes.  Don't forget about the Adaptations project that is due on the 23rd.

Social Studies: We are done with the Industrial Revolution and are starting Ch. 18 in the History Alive book on the Causes of the Civil War.  Our quiz will be next Wed.

ELAR: We are discussing different forms of media in Reading and will still be working on persuasive writing this week in Language Arts.

Don't forget that the Sweetheart Dance is this Friday for all girls at Huggins and will be from 7-9 pm.  It is free for students and $5 for each adult.

Have a great week!

Great job to all of the Sweetheart Stroll participants and to the Science Olympiad competitors!  We had a great showing at both.  Here is what we are studying this week:

We are taking Benchmark Exams this week and the schedule is as follows:
Monday: Reading
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: Science

These benchmarks are not a grade but the students need to do the best that they can.  We use the data to see where they are still struggling so we can adjust our teaching to meet the gaps.

Math: We are finishing up volume of rectangular prisms and will be starting our unit on 3-D shapes. We have another area/perimenter/volume test on Wed. morning.

Science: We have assigned our "Adaptations" projects and the students will be given the requirements today.  They are to be done at home and won't be due until Feb. 23rd. We will be studying adaptations all week.

Social Studies: We are finishing up the Industrial Revolution and will be testing over it on Tuesday.

ELAR: We are finishing up our first persuasive writing piece and will be doing some practice reading passages this week.

Our Valentine's Day party will be from 8-9 am on Friday and don't forget that it is an early release day at 11:30.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Here are a few things we are working on this week:

Math: We are still working on measurement with area/perimeter/volume.  There will be a Module 9 Assessment on Wednesday over this material. 

Science: We are learning about food webs and chains this week.  We are in the process of building our self-sustaining eco-columns with the donated 2-liter bottles.  As of the moment, we have our elodea, algae, duckweed, fish, and snails in our columns.  They are completely self-sustaining and will not require a pump nor food to keep our fish and snails alive. We are still in need of CLEAR 2 liter bottles for the remainder of the experiment.  Please sent these up as soon as possible.  Thank you!

Social Studies: We are still studying the Industrial Revolution this week.  We will be working on an inventions brochure and will be researching the various inventions from this time period this week.  The students are able to bring their MLD's (Mobile Learning Devices) for research on Tuesday and Wednesday.

ELAR: We are working on our first composition this nine weeks.  We are studying persuasion in both writing and reading.

**Next week we will be taking our Reading, Math, and Science benchmarks to gather data for STAAR prep.  Please make sure your students are present these days and that they are well rested and have had a good breakfast***

***Race Rally this Thursday at the Cross Creek McDonald's and packet pick-up is also available here on Friday***

***Science Olympiad is this Saturday after the Sweetheart Stroll***