The Week Ahead 4/27-5/1

This will be our final week of state testing. The final test the students will take is the Math Performance Task. We will be taking the test at 12:50 on Wednesday. I've been very pleased with the effort students have given on their state assessments. Just a reminder that this is the final week of no spelling packets and reading log homework. We will continue with that routine starting next Monday, 5/4.

Last Thursday the students gave their body system presentations. The groups did a nice job presenting their information. See the pictures of the groups with their posters at the bottom of the post. (I realized that I forgot to take a picture of the immune system group. I'll get a picture of them with their poster next week and email it to their families).

Next week we will continue our Arts for Learning unit on Everyday Heroes. Last week we created a class list of qualities that make a hero. Then we began learning about Roberto Clemente and choosing some qualities that describe him as well as listing the evidence we have of those qualities. Next week we will begin using collage to represent qualities. I'm excited for our first artist visit that will take place on Thursday, 4/30. The artist will be visiting again the following week as well!

In math our fact practice will focus on dividing by 12's. Our lessons will combine our understanding of fractions and decimals by having students compare fractions and decimals. For example they will be given a set of numbers like 14 5/10, 14 40/100, 14.04, and 14.55 and told to label them on a number line or place them in order from least to greatest.

Make sure your student studies for the Continent Club Check on Wednesday, 4/29.


Upcoming Dates
  • Wednesday, April 29th - Math State Test (PT)
  • Wednesday, April 29th - Continent Club Check
  • Thursday, April 30th - Artist Visit
  • Monday, May 4th - Artist Visit
  • Tuesday, May 5th - Artist Visit
  • Wednesday, May 6th - Artist Visit









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