Sunday, May 12, 2013

What We Are Learning This Week

The Duke field trip has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 14th.  Students may come out of uniform (shorts, t-shirts, tennis shoes or water shoes, hats, sunscreen , sunglasses).  Please pack a sack lunch.

Friday is a fun afternoon as our class has had great behavior in specials.  This coming Friday we will celebrate this accomplishment.  Students may bring sleeping bags, pillows, board games, electronics, and a special snack of their choosing.  We will begin Fun Friday after the morning classes.

Our class will be presenting our Playground Proposal to the 2nd graders on Monday morning.  This will be the same presentation we did in the Media Center.  We will sell popsicles to the second graders either Tuesday when we get back or on Wednesday.

Math:
 This will be a review week with an end of the year assessment on Friday. 

English:
This is a review week.

Reading:
We will finish Unit 9, Compare and Contrast this week.  We will test on Friday, May 17th.  We will also complete our "in class" Poetry book project for May.

Writing:
We will miss writing this week due to the field trip.  The class has been sharing their persuasive papers.

Science:
The Sound Unit test will be on Tuesday, May 14th.  Please review all notes for the journal and the index cards we made in class.

History:
We will continue Chapter 10 this week, Challenges and Changes- Alabama after 1960.  The test is May 16th.

Spelling:
The final test is this Friday! The words will come from column 2 this week.
Alabama Fact will be from page 8.
Prefix: non-  meaning "not"
Suffix: -able   meaning "can be done"

Upcoming Events:
Monday: Proposal to the second graders
Tuesday: The Duke make up field trip
Friday: Fun Day
May 20th: Fourth Grade to sing on red steps for Church
May 20th: Fourth Grade Musical
May 24th: Last Day of School!!!    Carpool 1 dismisses at 11:40, Carpool 2 at 11:50, extended 11:50-5:30