Tuesday

I hope all of you had a nice, restful break.  I surely did! We are back in full swing now. Today was a great day. We've started something new during work jobs. Each work job has a timer attached so students have a certain amount of time to complete the job. If they finish early, they read to themselves. This seems to be more productive today! Everyone knows what to expect and it is working well.

We are also doing something new for word work. Yesterday I sent home personal spelling lists where students picked their own 10 words to focus on for the week. We will do lots of activities with these words this week. I will test them on the words on Friday. If you can help your child learn their words, that would be fabulous.  These words come from their writing, old spelling tests, etc.

In science, our next unit is insects. We will learn a lot about insects and our unit ends with a trip to the Montshire Museum.  If you would like to chaperone, the date is June 11.  Let me know.

Please send water bottles in with your children. With the water fountains only downstairs working, it takes a lot of time away from class when students need to constantly go get a drink.

In math, we are learning about coins and dollars. Students are enjoying this unit so far.

We continue to study opinion writing. Today, we looked at a piece of writing and identified the parts of opinion writing: introduction, opinion, reasons, details, and the conclusion.

May is a busy week.  Let me know if I can help in any way.