April Showers Bring May Flowers?
Or just more May Rain? =)
*Egypt Unwrapped: Our class will be enjoying an in-school field trip as a representative from the Field Museum will visit our classroom to share lots of interesting information about Egypt with us. This is a great review and extension to our earlier Egypt unit.
*Junior Achievement: Starting next week, we will have a community member joining our classroom 2 times a week for 3 weeks in a community outreach program called Jr. Achievement. Miss McGinnis will be teaching our class about communities, city planning, writing checks, and running your own business.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Wed. 5/7: Egypt Unwrapped
*Thurs. 5/8: Reading Party
*Fri. 5/9: Spelling: List 30 Test
English: Unit 6 Pronouns Test
Math: 8's Division Timed Test
ABC Countdown to Summer: Here is a preview of next week's days:
Mon: Crazy Hair day
Tues: Dog day: bring in a stuffed animal dog
Wed: Earth Day: bring in a no throw away lunch and snack
Thurs: Funny Feet day
Fri: Game Day
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: We are busy working with fractions. We are looking at fractional sets, comparing fractions, and mixed numbers. The students will also be working on 8's division this week.
*Science: The students love our space unit so far. We have talked about gravity, living in space, and space shuttles. They were given a study guide today for next Friday's quiz covering activities 2-6. We will continue to review and learn new concepts next week, as well as begin learning about our closest space neighbor, the Moon.
*Social Studies: We have completed all our of Social Studies units for the year. The students will have 5 Jr. achievement sessions. We will focus on space for the rest of the year. Time permitting, we may do another Chicago activity before the end of the year.
*Reading: Detective book clubs are in session! Your child has received a "top secret" file containing the information they are keeping track of as they solve their mystery. Your child will have required reading each night from their book club book. This is necessary to do in order to complete the next days activities. Please do not let them read ahead...we want to keep it a surprise and work as a team! Your child has the cards for a memory game using detective vocabulary words. Try this game at home!
*English: The students will be completing unit 6 on pronouns next week. We will have a review packet to complete and the final test will be on Friday, May 9th. We will also continue our poetry unit (we have some talented poets among us!) as well as write to our 2nd grade pen pals at Elizabeth Ide.
*Spelling: Next week we will work on List 30. The list contains words with the prefix "re".
Thank you for checking in this week. Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Carlstrom
