Monday, May 19, 2008

Week of May 19-23

Important Dates

*2nd graders visit Wednesday 5/21

*Ecosystems Test Friday 5/23



Classroom Chatter

Thank you to the following students who've brought in items to celebrate the ABC countdown to summer: Payton for bringing in popcorn, Mackenzie for bringing in Lucky Charms, and Morgan M. for bringing in ice cream!



Spelling

We finished the book last week. We are done with spelling.



English

We will finish the year with writing. We will work on persuasive and creative writing.



Reading

We will share biographies on Monday and Tuesday. The following students are scheduled for Monday: Daniel, Machenzie, Lukas, Ashley, Matt Mc., Erick, Morgan M., Tyler, Matthew Mi., Ian, Payton, and Monika.

The following students are scheduled for Tuesday: Maria, Morgan L., Paul, Sarah, Tim, Vivian, Kamil, Kritika, Kevin, Amina, Jenna, Caroline, and Kris.

Please note that dressing up like the person is optional. I encourage all students to try and be creative with finding items from home to use.



Science

We will finish up with our ecosystems unit this week. The test is scheduled for Friday.



Social Studies

We will continue with chapter 3 in social studies. I plan on testing out of this chapter at the end of next week (tentatively 5/29).



Math

We will be taking the ch. 9 test on fractions on Tuesday. We then will move on to ch. 10 on decimals. Students will also be taking a mad minute on division 12's.