April 14- 16

Spring Break

Sorry for the late post...my computer was running updates all day!  

Ahhhh...spring is in the air...with a little snow.  Hopefully, the weather will work itself out so we can all enjoy a wonderful spring break this weekend.  

Although our week is short, plan on having a full three days for your child!

This week in Math, students will finish up chapter 7.  On Tuesday, students will have a Quick Quiz over the recently learned concepts.  This will be 5 simple questions that they can use their binders for.  They will then receive a chapter review.  On Wednesday, students will have a test that they many use their binders on.  I have tried to pull any students who seem to be struggling with concepts.  This isn't many, so I hope that this test goes smoothly.  

In Science, we will begin our new unit on matter and how it changes.  We will have an investigation or two on Wednesday.  

In English Language Arts, we continue with our MAP review.  So far, these are going well.  The students are noticing that some questions can be tricky, and require multiple answers.  Our biggest area to work on is reading closely, and paraphrasing any questions that they may not understand.  continue practicing this with your child at home.  Have them reword a difficult to understand word problem.  A sentence at a time can be helpful...maybe even a word at at time!

This week, look for two things in your child's backpacks:  a field trip note, and progress reports.  As a reminder, AR points end on May 19.  By the progress reports, I am concerned if students have fewer than 5.  

Thank you always for your continued support!  I am not looking forward to the end of my time with this class!  :(

Have a Blessed Easter!