Week of 3-29

Don't forget--Early Dismissal on Thursday at 12:00. Have a wonderful Easter vacation. See you on April 12th.

Easter vacation is a perfect time to do some work on the Science Fair project! Don't forget--Science Fair is on April 29th.

Here's what we are learning this week:

Religion--Holy Week, Easter, Mass on Wednesday at 8:30. Join us if you can!

Language Arts--Spelling words have -s or -es. Tests on Wednesday and Thursday. We are reading the story Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh. Story test on Thursday. We are learning about pronouns.

Math--estimating products, 2-digit multiplication.

Social Studies--How the Spanish changed the life for Indians, map reading skills, time line skills

Biography Reports

The students' biography speeches were great! We enjoyed learning about famous Americans. Here's some pictures.
In order top to bottom:
Daniel Boone, Pocahontas, Beverly Cleary, George Washington, Sisseretta Jones, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Betsey Ross, Walt Disney, Johnny Appleseed, Amelia Earhart, Sacagawea, Emily Dickinson, Lucille Ball.

Week of 3-15

Thank you to those families who sent in an extra box of Kleenex! We still need more, so if you have not yet sent in an extra box, please do so.

Don't forget:

• Famous American reports are due on March 22, 23, and 24. Students signed up in class for the day they will give their presentation. Remember, each student needs to give a 3-5 presentation as their person. They will speak as the person and look like the person. On that day, the "Important Thing" poem is due. Please see me if you have any questions.
• This Friday, 3/19, there is no school. Teachers will attend a religious education conference.
• Wednesday, 3/17 is St. Patrick's Day. Students may wear green, yellow, and white free dress. Tatoos will be on sale for $0.50.

Here's what we are learning:

Religion: Finishing up chapter 10--the parts of the Mass. There will be a test on TUESDAY.

Language Arts: Working on predicting and reading the story A Woman Who Outshone The Sun. Spelling words have R-controlled vowel patterns. Spelling tests on Wednesday and Thursday. Reading test on Thursday. Writing a how-to paragraph and working on elaborating when we write.

Math: We continue with our study of geometry, including solid figures, perimeter, area, and symmetry.

Social Studies: Chapter 5--pioneers who came to our land.