Hello families!! We have been working extremely hard in class on MANY various topics. We have been reading and taking notes in a biography to learn about an important person in history. We will be having a Wax Museum, April 2 from 2:30 - 3 in our classroom. Preparations for this are taking place in the classroom. We will begin to discuss any home responsibilities (dressing like the person they have read about). More specific information will come home this week.
In math, we have been investigating fractions and learning about data. We will continue our fraction work and begin to learn geometry vocabulary, Please continue to work on math facts. We have been taking multiplication math fact quizzes for 9 weeks and I have 2 students who have "mastered" these quizzes. I would like to see that number increase dramatically over the next couple of weeks. Thank you for all of your support.
We have been discussing the upcoming ELA and Math tests. I am introducing the format of these exams to the students as well as teaching test taking strategies. The past two weeks and continuing this week, we have been learning what it means to write an essay. I am not putting a lot of emphasis on these exams, just telling them it's a "show what you know" exam. We are working mainly on increasing our stamina by being able to sustain attention over a long period of time. If you have any questions regarding these exams, please don't hesitate to contact me.
We have completed solar system research and are now in the works of putting our research into paragraphs about each planet. by the end of this week, I hope to be ready to turn these paragraphs into a final project!
Important Dates:
March 20th: No School (unless we have a snow day before Friday)
March 25th: Palace field trip (AM)
March 26th: A visit from Pine Hollow Arboretum (AM)
April 2nd: WAX MUSEUM (2:30 - 3:00 in our classroom)
April 14, 15, 16th: ELA Exam (AM)
April 22, 23, 24th: Math Exam (AM)
