Friday, May 4, 2012

Weekly Update 05/04/12


Important Announcements:
*Thank you so much for taking the time to come to our Data and Art Show last night!  It was great to be able to showcase the hard work your child did this year. 
*Next week is our last spelling test and reading test of the year!  Both of these will be on Thursday, May 10th. 
*If your child scores 100% on Monday’s spelling pre-test, he/she will be excused from spelling next week. 
*Our Unit 12 math test will take place on Thursday, May 10th. 
*Spring Pictures were sent home this week.  If you are interested in purchasing your child’s pictures, please return the money by May 11th.  If you are not interested in purchasing, please return the photo package to school by May 11th.  Thanks!
*Track and Field will take place on Friday, May 11th.  Your child will need to wear his/her Dog Jog (black t-shirt) that day.  Also, he/she may bring a water bottle from home to use during the day.  It will be your child’s responsibility to keep track of his/her water bottle throughout the day.  

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health
Life Cycles

Spelling
words with prefixes over- and un-

Reading
Story: Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Skills: details; fluency
Daily Five: focus on read to self, listen to reading, partner reading

Math
Interpreting Data, Interpret a Bar Graph, Review, Unit 12 Test

Social Studies
Unit 6

English
Contractions

Writing
Research reports / poetry