May 22 - 26

REMINDERS

• Make sure to turn in any last minute missing assignments!

**Focus Tutoring’s Summer Math Camps!** presented by Mrs. Priya and Mr. Loomis

This year, we plan to have two tutoring sessions.The tutoring sessions will be geared towards preparing students for the next academic year by reviewing pertinent materials and introducing important concepts.

The first session will be from July 10th - July 13th, 2023.

The second session will be from July 24th - 27th, 2023

REGISTRATION

PLEASE RETURN ANY TEXTBOOKS BY THURSDAY 

THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT ANY LATE WORK IN HISTORY IS WEDNESDAY

Lunch Crew: Due to an unforeseen meeting last Friday, the lunch crew has been rescheduled to Monday this week. 

5th Grade:

✓ This week we are taking our test on Westward Expansion and wrapping up our school year. On Wednesday, we will be discussing all of the major ideas we have covered this year and working on a short concluding project together. 

6th Grade:

✓ This week we are discussing economics. We will have class discussions on decision-making through the lens of opportunity cost, practice budget-making with a job simulator, and on Thursday, we will discuss economic connections to popular movies. 

Your student can access their textbook online using the following link (website is currently down, so students will need to use their physical textbooks): Saxon Math Online Textbook

PLEASE RETURN TEXTBOOKS BEFORE THURSDAY!!

Here is a look at the concepts that will be covered this week as well as any upcoming assessments:

5th Grade: 

- 1st Period:

ALL MISSING WORK DUE BY END OF DAY

This week we will work on wrapping up and reviewing important content from throughout the school year! We will also share our math-based projects in class.

- 2nd Period:

ALL MISSING WORK DUE BY END OF DAY

This week we will work on wrapping up and reviewing important content from throughout the school year! We will also share our math-based projects in class.

6th Grade:  

- 1st Period:

ALL MISSING WORK DUE BY END OF DAY

This week we will work on reviewing important concepts introduced throughout the year.

- 2nd Period: 

ALL MISSING WORK DUE BY END OF DAY

This week we will work on wrapping up and reviewing important content from throughout the school year! 

- 4th Period: 

ALL MISSING WORK DUE BY END OF DAY

This week we will work on wrapping up and reviewing important content from throughout the school year! 

5th Grade:

• We will be focusing on concentration this week, using mass to determine the relative concentrations of mystery solutions.

6th Grade:

• We will go over the answers to the final unit test on Tuesday. We will then discuss biodiversity and research ecosystems.

Welcome to Mr. Neufeld's Writing Class!

For both grades,

     This week, we will be taking our last vocabulary quiz on Monday/Tuesday depending on whether it is a blue or red day. Make sure to have a note card for it if you need it. The rest of the week will be spent getting ready for summer! Make sure to turn in all missing work for Writing Class by Tuesday night. I just wanted to say that each of you have helped to make this a great school year and I am proud of what you have achieved. Thank you for all of your hard work, and I look forward to seeing what is to come.

Mrs. Kennedy - Reading 

Welcome to Unit 7

We have finished reading Little Women! This week we will complete a few small projects in class to review reading skills learned throughout the unit. 

The sixth grade will finish 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis on Monday. They will also finish with a few small projects to showcase their learning throughout the unit.  

SUMMER READING

Please be on the lookout for the summer reading list that CCA sent out in The Eagle Newsletter. All fifth graders are required to read 3 books throughout the summer. Sixth graders are required to read 2 books. In August, students will receive a book report format and explanation from their reading teacher. Please make sure the reading is completed before the first day of school.

REMEMBER: TO GET BETTER AT READING, YOU NEED TO READ!!

ART

What an incredible night last Thursday!  The art was beautiful and the singing and instruments were lovely.  What a wonderful culmination for our arts program!  I hope that everyone loves the artwork coming home this week and that our CCA families enjoy summer break.   Our 8th graders will be greatly missed but sure to find success ahead.  Everyone else, I look forward to seeing you all next year!

May, 2023

I can't believe that we are at the end of the school year!  All library books are due.  If your child has lost books, now is the time to check classroom libraries, desks, lockers, and cubbies.  Also, check your bookshelves at home - sometimes library books get mixed in! If you need to pay for a lost library book you may submit cash, check made out to CCA, or you may pay on RevTrak - click on the lost library book tab. Please feel free to email me with any questions at slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org

Fifth and sixth-grade students do not have a library class but have several opportunities throughout the week to visit the library and check out library books.The library is open in the mornings from 7:20 - 8:00 for open checkout and students are welcome to check out books at this time as well. Please feel free to email me with any questions at slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org

5/6 Library Hours:

• The library is open daily from 7:20-8:00 AM
• Students will be coming in bi-weekly with their reading class to check out books this year.

Students are always welcome to email me if they need a book at another time and I can get it to them. Students also have access to Overdrive again this year. 

The link to Overdrive is: Overdrive Login.

Students will use the same username and password that they use to log in to my.cherrycreekschools.org.

If you have any questions please contact me at slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org.

5th Grade: 

 Music was scheduled for the first semester.  That means you are done with music class in 5th grade!

6th Grade:  

In May, the 6th grade will finish out our study of music in the Romantic Era.  This includes a focus on the composers Schubert, Chopin, Robert and Clara Schumann, and Smyth.  We will then take a closer look at the history and context of a list of 6th grade Core Knowledge songs.  We will also review and practice rhythms with both notation and performance using xylophones!

We are looking forward to our Spring Music Festival!  We will have 2 separate programs that evening, dividing the K-1st grade from the 2nd - 8th grade. This is to ensure we respect the time of parents and students.  This document has the information that you will need to know about this event!

Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023

Time:  K-1st Program 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Intermission to look at the art display 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

2nd-8th Program 7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

Karoline Corcoran kcorcoran@cherrycreekacademy.org

Technology:

5th Grade:

In the month of May, we are wrapping up our "Choose Your Own Adventure" story projects. Later this week, students will have a chance to share their final stories with their classmates. They are so excited! Later this month we will begin our Bloxels Unit, which will allow students to learn how to create a Platform game using basic coding concepts. We will start by creating characters, decorations, out of Pixel art and then use design and configure the layout of their platform game. It'll be such a fun way to end our year together - I'm excited to see what the students create!

6th Grade: 

In the month of May, we are starting by wrapping up our Theme Park projects. We will then begin our final project of the semester - "Destination Anywhere". This will be a research project in which students will choose a country and then plan a week-long vacation to that place with a $10,000 budget. They will start by using research skills to find information on their country's currency, language, common greetings, important landmarks, etc. They will then Google Sheets to budget how they will spend their money. They will also create itineraries for each day of the trip. Depending on time, students will also create a video to present all of their information and then share it with their classmates.

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns! My email is swong@cherrycreekacademy.org