Welcome to our last week together before Spring Break. Wishing you all a wonderful week of joy, relaxation, and great family memories. We are looking forward to some extra fun this week during our classroom studies and activities:
- On Tuesday, we'll meet with our first grade buddies to celebrate the Spring Equinox by writing and creating spring acrostic poems.
-Thursday will be our popcorn reward party for the great job 4th graders did in the Readathon.
- Friday is the Rocky's Way all school spring bingo party. We will play bingo as a whole school at 3:00 on Friday, March 22
Other activities and learning include the following:
READING:
-We are completing Unit 6 lessons this week as we continue to learn about and read Pourquoi tales. We will have the Unit 6 reading test after spring break.
-For Word Work, we are going to focus on poetry terms and vocabulary as we will begin a writing unit on poetry this week.
*There will be no word work test on Friday, March 22. Word work and spelling tests will resume after spring break.
- We continue to read daily for our 40 book challenge. Students should be at approx. 32 books by the end of March to be in line with the 40 book challenge. If students are able to read and document 1 book per week, they will be able to reach the 40 book goal.
*Remember to read for 20 to 40 minutes each day at home for daily reading homework.
WRITING:
Students will write Spring acrostic poems with their first grade buddies. We continue to work on uppercase cursive and writing using March writing prompts to practice and hone writing skills.
*We will also begin a poetry unit this week and compose various types of poems. The final copy will be created using a blank book where students can compile their creations along with illustrations.
MATH:
-We will continue with Unit 5 math as we work on area and perimeter. The Unit 5 math concepts will be reviewed and tested after break. We'll complete March Number Corner concepts by continuing to work on function tables, fractions, and multi-step story problems.
*Continue to study multiplication and division facts to develop and maintain fact fluency. This will be important as we work on computing larger numbers during Unit 6 lessons after spring break.
- Students will explore Concept Quest math enrichment problems on Wednesday with Mrs. Wilder
*Math HOMEWORK:
Homework will be assigned on Monday, March 18, and due on Wednesday,
March 20.
Homework will be assigned on Wed., March 20, and due on Friday, March 22.
Social Studies
Students continue to focus on and study the Midwest Region of the United States. This will include reviewing the states and capitals and the state locations. We'll also explore the economy, history, and land forms of the Midwest Region.
*The test on the Midwest states, capitals, and state abbreviations will be on Friday, March 22.
ART:
This week, students will work with Mrs. Prin as they create an optical illusion and contrasting color hand design.
