Things to Remember:
Monday, May 10th- Robert Crown Field tirp. Students will need to bring a sack lunch and drink. We will eat in our classroom prior to our scheduled lunch time.
Thursday, May 7- Pet Rock Day- The students should find a rock they would like to bring into class to classify and identify. We will also give them names and make homes for them.
Smencil Sales: Students from Project Challenge have started a fundraiser for the ASPCA, a foundation to stop animal cruelty. The kids will be selling Smencils® (scented pencils) for a 1.00 each. The pencils will be sold each morning in the grade level areas. The sales will start Friday April 30th and go through May 28th. We will track our sales on the bulletin board by the multi-purpose room. For every twenty dollars we raise, one food bowl will go up on the bulletin board. So please help save our animals. Buy Smencils.
Math - This week in math we will be working number theories. The students will find factors and multiples using arrays and number lines. We will also use divisibility rules for 2, 5, 10, and 25. They will also identify, describe, extend and make patterns. The focus will be on lesson 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3.
Spelling - We will be working with words that have tion in them. Test on Friday.
Reading - The children are doing a wonderful job on their poetry books. This has been a great activity to help us review our figurative language skills. Their poetry books are due on May 14th. They will have some time to work on them this week, but they may need to work on them at home too.
English - There will be a test on Tuesday over pronouns. The students will have a homework assignment to help them review. They should study the end of the chapter pages to help them prepare as well.
We will begin persausive writing this week. Can they think of a time when they have tried to presaude you to do something for them or with them?
Science - This week the students will learn what the rock cycle is and how it works. They will have a quiz on it on Thursday of this week over the rock cycle.
Social Studies - The students will have a map quiz on Wednesday of this week. They will have to put the Southwest States correctly on the map. They will also have to include the Colorado River, The Rio Grande, and The Gulf of Mexico. They will have a map to color in and label for Tuesday. They should be sure to follow the rater on that, so they include all they need in it. That will go home on Monday.
