Odds and Ends:
*Thank you for everyone who made it out to our Spring Open House! The students were so excited to share their classroom and show off their hard work. It was great to see everyone!
*Helping Hand Grams: Have your child send a helping hand gram to a friend or teacher to cheer them up for 25 cents a gram while they help to raise money for charity! Ask your child about these grams!
*Thank you to all of the families that donated glue sticks to the classroom. It is so great to have such generous, helpful parents! Thanks!!!!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Tues. 4/30: MAPs Testing Reading
*Wed. 5/1: English: Pronouns Test
*Thurs. 5/2: Math: Ch. 23 Test
*Fri. 5/3: MAPs Testing Math
Spelling: List 25 Test
Math: 8's division timed test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue to work on our poetry unit. Please review the 6 vocabulary words that go with this unit. We will have a short graded review on the vocab on Tues. 4/30. Your child should be working on reading their Good Fit Book for their cereal box project.
*English: We will be wrapping up our ch. 6 pronouns unit. The test is schedule for Wed. 5/1.
*Spelling: We will work on list 26 this week.
*Social Studies: We will be finishing our Chicago unit. There is not a cumulative test. We will begin our next unit on Ancient Egypt.
*Science: We have completed our space mission and graduated Space Academy! Hooray! We will begin our next unit on the scientific method very soon!
*Math: We have been working hard on multiplying greater numbers. We need to keep practicing our math facts so that these more challenging problems are not as frustrating. We will have a test on ch. 23 on Thurs. 5/2. Look for a study guide coming home on Mon. We will begin ch. 24 dividing greater numbers this week. We will also focus on 8's division facts with a test on Fri.
Have a great weekend ! Enjoy the WARM weather (finally!)
Mrs. Olsen
