Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Week of April 22, 2019

Important Dates/News:

April Birthdays:
Hadley- 5th
Case- 6th
Cameron- 20th
Aiden- 29th


-April 26th- Show & Tell
-April 26th- Dress Down if you contributed to our classroom basket.  NS shirt and jeans/shorts permitted.-April 27-28 Basket Auction
-May 3rd- Progress Reports

Thank you for all of your basket donations!  Any student that donated to our basket will receive a ticket for a special prize drawing at the auction.  They will also receive a free dress down day. 


Reading:
The focus of our new story is fact/opinion.  Vocab and comprehension (A Weed is a Flower) test Friday (5/3).  Reading fluency passage due Monday, this is not optional.  Students have to read it twice every night while being timed.  Speed drill (voluntary) is due Monday.

Grammar:
We will be learning about verb forms of to be (ex. am, is are, was and were), quiz Thursday (5/2).

Spelling:
List #15 posttest test Friday (4/26).  The focus is comparative endings -er, -est (example- bigger, biggest)  Homework Monday night- corrections 3x each.

Math:
Unit 5 focuses on time and measurement.  We will continue discussing time, but our focus this week will be measurement.  Quiz on measurement Thursday.  Unit 5 test Monday (4/29) Homework Monday-Thursday night.

Science:
What is matter?  Students will explore different forms of matter.