Week of April 13th

Welcome back!! I hope that all of you had a wonderful and restful spring break!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue using the U.S. customary system of measurement to make conversions in problem solving this week!

Reading-We will conclude our BOOK CLUBS and mini-lessons through the novel Shiloh as we look at character traits, story elements, foreshadowing, predictions, and inferences. ! Book club reading will count as 100 BC Tuesday-Thursday. Book Clubs have been a hit, and check your assigned Friday for snacks J Thanks so much to parents for providing book club snacks!!

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will continue looking at “on-demand” writing through different strategies to best prepare for the upcoming ACT Inspire Writing Test.

Social Studies-We will continue our Westward Expansion unit as we learn about early pioneers and their motives and territorial acquisition!

Science- We are continuing our unit on weather as we learn about severe weather and become our very own meteorologists as we use weather data and maps to explain the weather!

Set Sail for…Upcoming Tests/Projects:

·       Friday- Shiloh Test

·       Friday-Math Test on Math 4 Today

·       Next Wednesday-Science Test on Severe Weather

News from the Beach:

Upcoming Events:  

·       April 14^th-Spring Pictures due

·       April 14^th- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

·       April 16^th-PTA/Fine Arts Night at 6:30; Single Gender Presentation at 5:30 *Madison and Zion will be speaking about our class J

·       April 24^th- School Spirit Day

·       April 28^th- Interim Reports go home

·       April 28^th-30^th ACT Aspire Testing (Writing, Reading, Math); May 7^th-8^th PASS Testing (Science, S. Studies)

·       Muffins with Mom has changed to the week of May 11^th  

 Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night (Have book club reading count)

·       Study Math 4 Today, Reading notes, and Science notes

·       Book Club Activity Sheet-due Friday (work on at home and in book club meetings)

Super Surfer of the Week

Madison Calvert is our star student this week for showing the character traits of PROBLEM-SOLVING, POSITIVITY, and ENCOURAGEMETN in the classroom this week!! Madison always has a way of cheering others up and making everyone around her smile and feel encouraged! Way to go Madison!! 

 100 BC Goals

Good-480

Better-640