Odds and Ends:
*Our school has organized a wonderful Book Angel Book Drive to collect books for schools in need. Students have been asked to bring in new or used books and the grade level with the most books collected will win a prize! The drive begins Mon. 4/23 and ends Fri. 5/4.
*Dress Code: As the warmer weather approaches, the students have been reminded of the district dress code. Remember to make sure skirts and shorts are long enough (when your child puts their arms down, the bottom of the skirt or shorts should reach their fingertips) and tank top straps need to be 3 fingers width wide. Thank you for your cooperation!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Tues. 4/24: First Junior Achievement Session
Science: Ch. 10 Test Space
*Wed. 4/25: Early Dismissal: 11 am
Reading: Good Fit Book Project Idea due date (have your idea chosen!)
*Fri. 4/27: Spelling: List 23 test
Math: 5's and 10's division timed test
Reading: Poetry Vocab Quiz
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We are busy learning about difference poetic devices and immersing ourselves in reading and learning about poetry. We will begin writing some of our own poems next week. There will be a poetry vocab quiz on Fri. The vocab words are in their reading folders.
We are also working on our "Good Fit Book Celebration". If you have not seen the yellow packet explaining this project and your child's timeline, please ask them about it. They should be reading their book each night. This can count as their 30 minutes of nightly reading. Also, they need to pick 4 unknown or unique/interesting words from their book to add to their vocab 4 square worksheet. They will be orally quizzed on their words starting 5/8. The book projects will be due 5/15. I can't wait to see the final projects!
*English: We are working on friendly letter writing. Please have your child bring 2 stamps to school by Mon. 4/23. They will be writing a letter to a famous person of their choice, as well as to their 2nd grade pen pals.
*Spelling: We are on list 23. The test and homework will be on Friday.
*Science; We are wrapping up our unit on Space. The test will be on Tues. 4/24. Please make sure you are studying a little bit each night! Our next unit will be on heat, light, and sound.
*Social Studies: We are almost done with our Chicago unit. We will be talking about famous Chicagoans next. We will then be turning back the hands of time as we study Ancient Egypt!
*Math: We began ch. 23 (multiplying by greater than 1 digit numbers). We will work on this for several days. The test will be in a few days. Look in your child's assignment notebook for the exact date. We will also be testing on 5 and 10's division facts on Friday. Keep studying those facts each night...the daily practice helps so much!
Have a beautiful weekend together!
Mrs.Olsen
