1. House of Agnew Team Open Meeting #3
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Dr. Blackwell, Ms. Durgin, Mrs. Forney, and Mrs. Stager

3. Important Dates No School: February 20 End of 3rd Nine Weeks: March 9
No School: March 10
Spring Break: March 13-17
Early Release: April 13
No School: April 14

4. STAAR Dates
Math: March 28
Reading: March 29
Science: May 10

5. Language Arts Novel Study: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Test on beginning through ch. 5 on Weds. 2/22-study guide in Classroom
After this novel study, students will be studying theme and creating book trailers for independent reading books
Writing- Literary Analysis

6. Special event Chris Barton author visit on Friday, February 24
All 5th graders will hear him speak.
Interested students can sign up for a writing workshop.
25 students will be randomly selected. Google form for sign-up is on library page of MIS/HPMS website.

7. Social Studies Finishing Government Unit Coming up...
Westward Expansion
Civil War
SS test on Weds. 3/1. Study materials will be posted on 2/22.

8. Science Mars Lander Egg drop was a success! Ask about design!
Unit 5: Earth and Space Unit- Started with fossils, moved into non-renewable, renewable, and alternative energy resources.
Next quick check will cover alternative energy and landforms- toward the latter part of next week.
Next unit test will be around February 24
Space Science (week of April 3rd)

9. Math TAG Math Math Unit 6: Data Unit 5: Geometry Unit 6: Measurement
Unit 7: Personal Financial Literacy
Unit 5: Relationships in Geometry
Unit 6: Displaying, Analyzing, & Summarizing Data
Unit 6: Data
Unit 5: Geometry
Unit 6: Measurement