Friday, April 6, 2012

Week of April 9-13

Important Dates
*Reading vocab quiz Monday 4/9
*Open House/Book Fair Thursday 4/12
*Slipper Day Friday 4/13
*Spelling Test Friday 4/13

Classroom Chatter

Tuesday of last week, my class "EGGED" Principal Schultz!!!!! Let me further explain... Look closely, you'll see Principal Schultz is holding a sign that is taped to a giant, hot pink Easter egg. The sign says "You've Been Egged" and inside the egg contains letters to her from my students. The letters used "egg-cellent" words to express how "egg-straordinary" we think she is! ;) Thanks to a great blog I follow, Lesson Plan SOS, that gave me this "egg-stra" special writing idea and made my class "egg-cited" about writing her letters! We hope she enjoyed it as much as we did!!!


Open House: Please mark your calendars for our Spring Open House on Thurs. 4/12 from 6:30-8:00. Come visit your child's classrooms, visit 4th and 5th grade classrooms, shop at the book fair, and stay for ice cream! Our theme is Chicago, so your child (and family members!) can wear their favorite Chicago sports team apparel. Hope to see you there!

Spelling
L. 21 is the list for this week. There will be a pretest Monday. Homework is due and the test will be Friday.

Reading
We will continue with our poetry unit.

English
We will continue learning about Friendly Letters. Students will be writing to "someone" of their choice. They can write a family member, friend, or even a celebrity. Please help them find the correct address when the time comes. They should starting "thinking" who they would like to mail a letter. If they choose a famous person, sometimes Fan Mail can be found online. Thanks for your help!

Social Studies
We will continue with Chicago!

Science
We will start a new unit with Heat, Light and Sound!

Math
We will take a mad minute in division mix! This is our LAST WEEK of mad minutes! Hooray! We also will begin chapter 11: perimeter, area, and volume. We will already have a CYP on the first 3 lessons on Wednesday!