Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Week of April 7
Weekly Events:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Time For Kids Quiz on Friday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Music Artist Project due Tuesday, April 15.
*TGFD Graduation on Thursday, April 17, 8:30.
*Early Dismissal on Thursday, April 17, 11:00.
*No school on Friday, April 18.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will learn about what conditions affect the water cycle. Please have your child review their notes each night. They can also review the Chapter 11, lesson 2 presentation in Google docs.
Social Studies - The Revolution Begins! Our focus will be on the battles at Lexington and Concord. The children will be completing a "puzzle" project representing 3 dates from this important time in history.
Spelling - We will take the pretest on Monday. This is a review week. Students who have perfect pretests will become challenge spellers. Each child received a new set of challenge activity options. They should choose only from that list.
English - Our unit on verbs will continue. The children are doing a wonderful job with their contract work.
Reading - We will begin a month long unit on China by reading a story called Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers. Our vocabulary words will be: accompaniment, demonstration, heritage, impressed, noble, opera, rhythmic, and tradition.
Mrs. Sulima's Math:
Monday - Amazing Angles
Tuesday - More Amazing Angles
Wednesday - Perfect Polygons
Thursday - More Perfect Polygons
Friday - Quiz on Angles and Polygons