Field trip information: The permission slip is due today along with $10. On Thursday please send your student with a sack lunch and a water bottle, both labeled with their name. Students need to be in uniform but can wear hats, and should wear sunscreen as well. We will be leaving the school at 9AM.
Here is a look at our learning this week:
Language arts: This week students will work on identifying the central narrative thread in a passage from a story called The Real Princess. In Spalding students will have the choice to write their words in cursive or manuscript for homework. Students can also choose to switch it up and do some words in cursive and some in manuscript. I really appreciate you help and partnership in monitoring correct letter formation at home! In grammar next week students will review classifying sentences and all parts of speech we have learned! On Tuesday students will be introduced to a new part of speech, our SEVENTH part of speech: CONJUNCTIONS! On Wednesday students will review conjunctions and classify sentences containing conjunctions and compound parts!
Math: In math this week we will wrap up our unit on capacity! We will compare different units of measurement, including a cup, pint, quart, half gallon, and gallon! We will discuss different scenarios in which using a specific unit would be necessary. Would you put cups of water into a pool to fill it up? Why or why not? We will work hard to solve word problems involving capacity, and comparing capacity. We will review concepts learned in units 1-12, focusing on subtracting money and multiplication, and then on Thursday we will assess our knowledge of units 1-12.
History: This week, we will learning about the hardships encountered on the journey west and get a little taste of pioneering on our class field trip!
Science: We will create a catapult and see how far we can launch PEEPS!
