WEEK OF APRIL 19 - 23

IMPORTANT DATES: THURSDAY, APRIL 22 EARLY DISMISSAL (EARTH DAY)

CLASSROOM CHATTER:
Wow! what a great week. Thursday we had our Egypt Unwrapped in school field trip.
The students learned many interesting facts and wrapped a mummy! Our Open House was the same night and it was lots of fun. It was wonderful to see the students so excited to show off their school. Mrs. Csorba came and brought her adorable son. I really enjoyed meeting everyone's family. I can see why the students are so awesome!



SPELLING:
L. 28 Silent Letters --- Pretest is on Monday.


ENGLISH:
Unit 6 continued. We will learn about contractions and the difference between there, their, and they're. We will have an open book review on Thursday.


READING:
We are working on the concepts of QUESTION AND MONITOR. We are also continuing our Poetry unit. We will share examples of different poems. We will also be writing Shape Poems, Sensory Poems and a Haiku.


SOCIAL STUDIES:
We are continuing our Egypt unit. We will be reviewing vocabulary. A unit study guide will be coming home this week. Both will be helpful for the unit test.


SCIENCE:
In chapter 12 this week we will talk about ways to use and measure energy.


MATH:
Chapter 7 Fractions. We will work on <, >, and = fractions, add and subtract fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. CHECKPOINT WILL BE ON TUESDAY 4-20.