May 9-13th

First of all, I would like you to know that our class is doing so well on their testing! We are improving our scores from 3rd grade and from our Interim/Practice test earlier this year! I am very proud of everyone for working hard and focusing so well to do their best! We are almost done!

This week in reading we are going to be taking our Science Sage Test. Tuesday and Wednesday will be our Science test in Reading time. We will also be reading our Literature Circle books and taking about enjoying reading. Our spelling list will be Frequently Misspelled Words #2 and students should turn in 20 points worth of activities on Friday. They should also turn in their Reading Log on Monday.

This week in writing we will be starting our Plays. We will get our parts, start memorizing our lines, and practice our play. Students need to have their lines memorized by next Wednesday. They should be copying down their lines so that they can take them home to practice them. If any other parents want to come help us with our plays we would be happy to have you! We always need help practicing our plays and making our sets. We will be working on these at 1:00 each day during writing time.

This week for math homework we will be practicing our multiplication facts. I've noticed that students STILL need to practice these! This will also help students for 5th grade when they will need to know and pass off their facts again. Students need to complete 1 side of their facts sheet each night, but are welcome to time themselves on the other side if they want to. We will do some games during math time this week as well as practice our dance for the dance festival.

This week in social studies we will focus on studying and reviewing for our final social studies test. Students should have brought home a green study guide last week to study for the test. They should also be studying for this at home.

Lastly, our field trip is this week on Friday! If your student has not brought back their permission slip yet, they need to do that ASAP or else they will not be able to come with us. Please make sure on Friday if your student is bringing a home lunch that they remember it and that they come dressed for the weather. We will be outside for a bit of the field trip including lunch. If you have volunteered to come help us, thank you so much! Please look for a separate email to come soon with the details you will need to know.

This Week's Homework

Monday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              FMW #2
                        Math

                              x 2 Facts

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test

Tuesday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              FMW #2
                        Math

                             x 3 Facts

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test

Wednesday:   Reading   

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             FMW #2

                        Math

                            x 3 Facts

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test

Thursday:       Reading     

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             FMW #2

                        Math

                              x 4 Facts

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test

Friday:            Reading       

                             Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                        Social Studies

                              Study for Test