Win Prizes with IXL’s Study in the Sun Usage Contest!

The contest runs from June 1 to August 31.

Our annual Study in the Sun contest is back; let’s see who can answer the most questions on IXL this summer! The three students in each grade band (PreK–4th, 5th–8th, and 9th–12th) who answer the most questions between June 1 and August 31 will win an iPad Mini 4.
To keep kids motivated, we’ll post leaderboard updates with the top rankings on June 30, July 29, and August 19. Winners will be announced on September 7.

Since this is an individual contest, students on site or classroom licenses should be registered individually by their parents. Please instruct parents to visit the link below to register their student for our summer contest!

https://www.ixl.com/summer-contest

**Remember the first day of school for students is August 15, 2016!**

EOG Proctors are needed!!

Sign up

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b44eaba82da64-proctors

xtramath.org ~ Students need to be working on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Right now only 21 students have mastered their addition facts, 10 students have mastered their subtraction facts, 2 students have mastered their multiplication facts, and 1 student has mastered their division facts. Two students have mastered multiplication twice ~ the first time in under three seconds and the second time in under two seconds. They are now working on division for the second time!

mobymax.com ~ Students should also be working on this. At the beginning of the school year students took a placement test. They have been working and moving up all year! Let's keep growing!

ixl.com ~ Parents you paid a subscription for this at the beginning of the year. When on this website, your child can tell you what we are working on in class and then work examples. Their goal is a score of 100. We have earned a Certificate for answering 35,000 questions. Our goal is now to answer 40,000 questions. Several students have earned certificates and they are on the wall in my classroom. Every Monday morning a Top 5 is posted. This lists the top 5 students in 5th grade at NCS that have answered the most questions correctly.

Ask your child about Math SuperStars. This is given to them on Monday and is turned in to me on Friday. It is great word problem practice.

Also, ask them how many stars they have earned. Most 5th graders have their pictures on the "Brightness Counts" bulletin board. Once 25 stars are earned, their picture is placed on the board.

All math groups are working on measurement ~ both customary and metric systems. Geometry is next.

We will then be reviewing for End of Grade. This review will consist of all 5th grade math standards and a practice EOG.

Some Measurement Activities to try at Home:

1). Unpopped vs. Popped

  How do popped and unpopped popcorn "measure up" when compared? Ask an adult to help you pop one-third cup of popcorn. Allow the popcorn to cool before measuring it again.

One-third cup of unpopped popcorn ________ cups of popped

        popcorn

2). Uncooked vs. Cooked

  Does pasta get heavier when it is cooked? You can compare the weight of uncooked and cooked pasta. Use a scale to measure two ounces of elbow (or any other type) macaroni. Cook and drain the macaroni. Cool completely and weigh the macaroni on the scale again.

Two ounces of uncooked macaroni equals _______ ounces of cooked macaroni.

**Both of these activities were taken from the book A Taste of Math. Written by Sue Mogard & Ginny McDonnell

 Important Upcoming Dates

• Thursday, May 5 --> Progress Reports
• Friday, May 20 --> Science EOG. This will be online.
• Monday, May 23 --> Reading EOG
• Tuesday, May 24 --> Math EOG
• Monday, May 30 --> Holiday
• Friday, June 3 --> Last Day of School ~ Early Dismissal

Cake Fest is Friday, April 15

For Tickets visit ncsptocakefest.weebly.com

EOG Proctors are needed!!

Sign up

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b44eaba82da64-proctors

xtramath.org ~ Students need to be working on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Right now only 21 students have mastered their addition facts, 10 students have mastered their subtraction facts, 2 students have mastered their multiplication facts, and 1 student has mastered their division facts. One student has mastered multiplication twice ~ the first time in under three seconds and the second time in under two seconds. She is now working on division for the second time!

mobymax.com ~ Students should also be working on this. At the beginning of the school year students took a placement test. They have been working and moving up all year! Let's keep growing!

ixl.com ~ Parents you paid a subscription for this at the beginning of the year. When on this website, your child can tell you what we are working on in class and then work examples. Their goal is a score of 100.

Ask your child about Math SuperStars. This is given to them on Monday and is turned in to me on Friday. It is great word problem practice.

Also, ask them how many stars they have earned. They received an email from me last week stating their total for the end of the 3rd quarter.

All math groups are working on measurement ~ both customary and metric systems. Geometry is next.

We will then be reviewing for End of Grade. This review will consist of all 5th grade math standards and a practice EOG.

Some Measurement Activities to try at Home:

1). Unpopped vs. Popped

  How do popped and unpopped popcorn "measure up" when compared? Ask an adult to help you pop one-third cup of popcorn. Allow the popcorn to cool before measuring it again.

One-third cup of unpopped popcorn ________ cups of popped

        popcorn

2). Uncooked vs. Cooked

  Does pasta get heavier when it is cooked? You can compare the weight of uncooked and cooked pasta. Use a scale to measure two ounces of elbow (or any other type) macaroni. Cook and drain the macaroni. Cool completely and weigh the macaroni on the scale again.

Two ounces of uncooked macaroni equals _______ ounces of cooked macaroni.

**Both of these activities were taken from the book A Taste of Math. Written by Sue Mogard & Ginny McDonnell

 Important Upcoming Dates

• Friday, April 29 --> Teacher Workday
• Thursday, May 5 --> Progress Reports
• Friday, May 20 --> Science EOG
• Monday, May 23 --> Reading EOG
• Tuesday, May 24 --> Math EOG
• Monday, May 30 --> Holiday
• Friday, June 3 --> Last Day of School ~ Early Dismissal