Week of 3/30

Hey all!

How 'bout this weather?! I am ready for winter to officially leave!! I'm ready to wear my flip flops and plant my flowers!! Here is what's happening this week:

Math - Measurement focus .......... both metric and customary - and of course the all important constant review of previously learned material ............. One way or another, we can hopefully get some things stuck in their pretty little heads!

Reading - Comprehension - We are trying to become good reading detectives and make sure we have all the clues/evidence before making a decision about an answer. I am really proud of what good detectives your children are!! We are using a technique called UNRAAVEL. It's pretty neat.

Science - Human Body - We have made tracings of all our bodies on white paper and everyday we learn about new organs and add them to our bodies. It's pretty cool. I am learning a lot too!

English - We started writing the rough drafts for our books on Thursday. This is so exciting! Every child will get their own published book and the best part is........ it's FREE!! I am going to sooooo need your help to pull this project off though! We will write the stories at school, but if you have access to a printer, I will need your help to type your child's story up and print it off on the special paper that comes with the kit. When your child's rough draft is complete, I will send the book kit home with directions. When the story is printed on the special paper, send the kit back and your child can then work on illustrating the pages. The completed kits are due April 6th. We will then mail them off to be published!! It will be a very special day when the books come in!

Spelling - I forgot the list at school, but will put it on the spellingcity.com site on Monday.

I will not be assigning any more homework this year. The end of the year is always busier than ever for most families, so I think it will help to end homework this last 7 1/2 weeks. I do encourage reading at home though!! :)