No spelling this week.
No homework this week.

Friday is a NOON dismissal.

We will continue with end of the year testing this week. The week is also filled with fun end of the year activities.

This week in religion our final topic will be the Holy Spirit and Pentecost.

Students will be “moving out” all week long. I will try to send home books and supplies in little bits this week to not overstuff their back packs on the final day. Friday we will clean and wash our desks. If you have a small bucket or pail that can hold water please send it with your child on Friday. Thank you!

Summer Skills: students will be bringing home their poetry binders and mini book bags that can be used for at home summer reading. Also be sure to check out the school’s student websites for fun games in reading and math to help keep skills fresh. All the students know how to maneuver arournd the school website.
Also don’t forget about spellingcity.com. Under resources they have lists available for sight words and word families.

This class has been a blessing to work with. Thank you for all the support you have given me and your student throughout the school year. Have a fun and safe summer!!!

No spelling list this week. Field Day on Friday.

We will continue with end of the year reading benchmarking and math assessments this week.
In religion we continue to add to our Bible Characters book and to focus on the life of Moses.
In Math we will wrap up Chapter 20 - subtraction strategies and assess on Thursday. This will be our final math chapter.
Our final social studies unit will be on past and present as we take a look at examples of change.

No spelling test this week.
We will take our final book test this week on the following language arts skills:
Fantasy and Reality
Summarizing
inflectional ending -ing
compound words
oo, ar, ir, ur, er, ou, ow
reference sources and library skills

In religion we will create a “bible characters” book. We will also be focusing on the life of Moses.
In math we begin Chapter 20 - subtraction strategies to 20.
In science we continue to record the progress of our seeds and soil. We will also take a look at how plants and animals depend on each other.

Wednesday is an early 1pm dismissal and Friday is Field Day. Students may dress down to participate in Field Day activities.

This week’s language arts skills:
Review oo,ar, ir,ur, er, ou, ow, oi, oy
Reference sources and library
Review fantasy and reality
Review summarize
Review inflectional ending -ing
Review compound words

This is the end of our Language arts reading book. We will do the book test next week.

In spelling this week we are reviewing the rainbow words. Students will be asked to spell orange, red, tan, and lavender words. Students will only be responsible for the words they miss.

We will also be doing Dibels, reading benchmarking, and Star testing this week as we prepare for the end of the school year.

In math we continue to work on addition strategies. We will assess this chapter on Friday.

In religion we will finish up Chapter 21 - God’s Kingdom and begin chapter 17 - The Sacraments.
In science we will beging the planting of seeds in our soil from around the United States. Thanks to all who helped with our project. We collected 40 out of the 50 states.

Next Wednesday is an early 1pm dismissal and Next Friday is Field Day.

Joshua’s Balloon Rocket

Don’t Forget about the Buy One Get One Free Book Fair open all this week! Students had a chance to preview on Monday and this is a great way to get ready for summer reading!

Lunch with a Loved One on Wednesday is your chance to have lunch with your child and shop the book fair together!

Language art skills for this week:
introduce ow/ou/oi/oy
Reference sources and Library
Review Summarize
Review Compound Words

In math we will do a unit review in measurement. We will then begin chapter 19 - Addition facts through 20.

In religion we will wrap up chapter 20 - Life with God on Tuesday and begin Chapter 21 - God’s Kingdom.

In science we will begin a Plant Unit. We will learn about the parts of plants, what plants need to grow and then we will plant seeds in our soil from the 50 states.

Megan’s Electric Potato

Language Arts skills this week:
*/ur/ spelled ir, ur, er
*review /ar/
*introduce summarize
*introduce compound words

In math we begin Chapter 18 - capacity and temperature. As we continue to learn about measurement we will learn about cups, pints, quart, gallons, liters, and the thermometer.

In religion we begin Chapter 20 - Life with God as we continue to explore the Paschal mystery and the new life Jesus promised his followers.

In science we continue to do Earth Day activities and explore our natural resources.
We are also approaching the end of our soil collection. We will continue to collect soil throughout the month of April and begin planting in May.

Mission Awareness Dress Down day is this Friday to benefit ChildServe.

Meridith’s Disappearing Rocks