Week of March 23-27

Important Dates:

Book orders due Friday 3/27

Tivoli Friday 3/27

Spring break 3/30-4/3

Classroom Chatter
Book orders for March will be due on Thursday 3/26. They went home last Friday. Let me know if you want me to set aside any books you order for Easter baskets and we can arrange for a pick up!

We look forward to our trip to the Tivoli on Friday to see a private viewing of Nanny McPhee! What a great way to kick off spring break!

Science

We will finish up chapter 9 with a Jeopardy review game on the whiteboard on Wednesday. The test will be on Thursday 3/26.

Social Studies

We will be starting the book, Tut's Mummy, next week. Information about Ancient Egypt mobiles went home this week. They are due April 15th.

Spelling

L. 21's words are nouns ending with -er. The test will be Friday. This week's pages are 111-114. They are due Thursday. An ABC order will come home on Thursday.

English

This week we will learn how to write abbreviations and book titles correctly. We will also learn about introductory words and commas in a series.

Reading
We will continue with our biography unit. Information about our next book report will come home this week. This month's book report genre focuses on poetry.

Math

We will continue with our fractions unit. On Thursday, students will be taking a checkpoint on fractions on page 358-359. We are half way done with this unit. Students will be taking a mad minute in division 7's. We won't meet on Friday due to the Tivoli movie, so Mad Minutes will be Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week.

Week of March 16-20

Important Dates:
*St. Patrick's Day Tuesday 3/17
*Egypt Unwrapped Tuesday 3/17
*Jump ropes Assembly Wednesday 3/18

Classroom Chatter

We have Egypt Unwrapped on Tuesday and a Jump ropes assembly on Wednesday. Ask your child about them!



Science
We will complete L. 3 on clouds this week. Next week we will play a review game and test. The test for ch. 9 is scheduled for Thursday 3/26.



Social Studies
We will continue with Egypt. When we get closer to ending the unit, I'll be sending home a study guide.

Please visit the blog of your child's Reading teacher to find out information for Reading, Language Arts, and Spelling in that classroom.

Spelling

L. 20's words are spelled with -er. There will be a pretest Monday. The test is Friday. This week's work book pages are: 107-110. They are due on Thursday. Thursday we'll have an ABC order sheet.

Reading
We will begin our biography unit. This week we'll be reading biographies on Babe Didrickson, Bill Melendez, Bessie Coleman, and Hank Greenburg. We also will be picking out biographies to read individually in class in the upcoming weeks. Some biographies I have are: King Tut, Johnny Appleseed, Amelia Earhart, and Miley Cyrus. We will then be using these biographies and work on a project in school in the upcoming weeks.

English
We will finish up expository writing on Monday. Students will be writing an expository paper that I will be taking a grade on. The following are part of the paper I will be looking for. These are all portrayed on a poster in the classroom to help students organize their paper and stay focused.

Paragraph 1 Introduction: Hook, Opinion, and Preview
(Students are to begin their introduction with a hook/attention getter. Then they state their opinion. The last sentence "previews" the 3rd and 4th paragraph's supports/reasons for their opinion.)

Paragraph 2 Body: Transition sentence and then about 4 sentences supporting your first support.

Paragraph 3 Body: Transition sentence and then about 4 sentences supporting your second support.

Paragraph 4 Conclusion: Restates opinion, reviews your two supports from paragraph 2 and 3 but using different words/synonyms, end with a hook.

I will also be looking for indenting, proper capitalization and punctuation.

We will then begin unit 5 on Correct Sentences. This week we will be working on writing sentences using capitalization and punctuation. This is what we've been working on all year, so it'll be a good review!

Please visit the blog of your child's Math teacher to find out information for that Math class.

Math
This week we will begin chapter 9 Fractions. We will also be taking a mad minute in division 6. Geometry projects are due Monday 3/16. Please turn your rubric in with your project. Thanks.

Week of March 9-13

Important Dates:
*ISAT testing Monday & Tuesday 3/9 and 3/10
*Spring conferences week of 3/9-3/13
*Report Cards Tuesday 3/10
*Imagination Theater Wednesday 3/11
*Early Dismissal Thursday 3/12
*No School Friday

Classroom Chatter
Thank you to Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Wiseman, Mrs. Blaum, Mrs. Morton, and Mrs. Surdyk for providing the class with ISAT treats for the testing days. The students really enjoyed them and looked forward to having a special healthy treat after the test!

Students will be attending an all school assembly on Wednesday. The assembly is Imagination Theater. Ask your child about it!

Spring conferences are being held this week with your child's homeroom and/or math teacher.

Don't forget about the early dismissal at 11 a.m. on Thursday and no school on Friday! Enjoy the long weekend as we get ready for our final trimester of the year!!! Can you believe it???

Science
This week we will finish up lesson 2 on the water cycle.

Social Studies
As we continue our study on Ancient Egypt, we will finish our Eye on Egypt books by reading and learning about King Tut, and Cleopatra. Next week we will begin learning more in depth about King Tut.

Please visit the blog of your child's Reading teacher to find out information for Reading, Language Arts, and Spelling in that classroom.

Spelling
No spelling again this week due to ISAT tests, early dismissal, and no school Friday. Next week we'll begin L. 20, words spelled with -er.

English
Next week we will begin Unit 5 on Correct Sentences.

Reading
We will share the January/February book mobiles this week. Next week we will begin a biography unit.

Please visit the blog of your child's Math teacher to find out information for that Math class.

Math
Students will be taking the 2nd checkpoint on Tuesday. The chapter 7 test on Time and Measurement will be on Wednesday 3/11. We will not be taking a mad minute this week due to the ISAT math test on Monday, no math on Thursday and Friday due to early dismissal and the day off. We will resume mad minutes next week with division 6. Don't forget the geometry projects are due Monday 3/16. They may be turned in early. Don't forget to turn them in with the rubric. Thank you! I look forward to seeing the final projects!!!