MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.
Thursday, May 3rd: 12:30 Release
**Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
Thursday, May 31st: International Festival
Thursday, 6/7: Children's Museum field trip
**Friday, June 22: Last day of school for students. NOON release.
REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES:
CAP: Please send back signed CAP forms as soon as you can (see email sent 4/6 for forms). Your child needs a signed form to participate.
China Project: Keep working on China projects. They are due on 4/30. Click HERE to access the information sheet if you need it!
ASK ME ABOUTS:
Ask me about...
- pourquoi tales - what are they...what do they contain?
- my opinions. Ask me for reasons and examples to support my opinion.
- buyers, sellers, producers and consumers.
- long o words. What are the ways to make the long o sound in words. Notice them when you are reading.
- using an open number line to show the difference between numbers, as we did when we played Hit the Target
- the 3 steps to problem solving (1. Stop and calm down. 2 Think about positive solutions to solve your problem. 3. Try out a solution. If it doesn't work, try something else.)
LOOKING FORWARD:
Looking forward, we will:- continue our folktales unit by reading and discussing pourquoi tales and also trying our hand at writing some of our own!
- continue work in unit 13 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams oa, oe and ow. Our new trick words are Monday, Tuesday, cousin, lose, tomorrow and beautiful.
- learn more about things that come from China.
- continue writing opinions about beloved books!
- continue math work focusing on subtraction, data and fractions.
Have a wonderful week!
