Dear Families,
The
children are working hard on their research projects. It is wonderful to watch them read books and
collect data. They are fascinated by
their animals and what they are learning.
Next week we will introduce how to make an iMovie. We will start the projects next week and
finish them after spring break. In math,
we spent the week working on counting money.
They have been very successful with it. We will finish up money next week and continue
our study of place value. In writing, we
will begin our unit on opinion writing.
In both writing and reading, we are working on silent e. We are talking about word endings and how
they are different from short vowel words and long vowel words. Next Friday, we will have visitors from the
University of Arizona Entomology Department.
In
your child’s folder this week, the homework assignment is to make a SMALL
house. We will be making a community
that the students will be able to interact with and write about. Our unit on community will start after Spring
Break. We have a walking field trip the
Thursday after spring break, April 13.
Please sign the permission slip and fill out the medical form and return
it to school as soon as possible. Your
child must have a signed permission slip to go on the field trip. I will send out a sign up genius next week
for volunteers.
We have
many important dates coming up right after Spring Break. There is Robotics. We are still looking for
volunteers for our Robotics times on Fridays, April 14, 21, 28 and May 5 from
9:20 to 10:20. Please let me know if you
are available to help out. The more help
we have, the more the children will get out of the class, so if you can make
the time, we would love to have you. The
children will be presenting a play that they have been preparing in music
class. It will be on Wednesday, April 19th
from 8:40 to 9:10, please join us. This
is their regular music time.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Berk