Week of May 4th

Hey Families! Are you as tired of this dreary, rainy weather as I am? I am so ready for the sunshine!! I want to plant more flowers too! These next few weeks, that will draw our school year to a close, will be quite busy! Here is what this week looks like:

Reading: Literature Circles

Math: Money, Area, and Permimeter - Of course we continue to do a daily review of old concepts.

English: We will finish up our poetry unit. We also do a daily English review.

Spelling: List 30 on spellingcity.com Your child should always have a list to take home as well.

Social Studies: West region topics, Location test on Tuesday, Capital test on Wednesday - Your child should have brought home a study guide last week to put on the frig or other safe spot. Your child should bring home his/her social studies book if that did not happen.

Science: Plants, Butterflies, continued study of physical science. We have learned about solids and liquids and made homemade icecream on "I" day to illustrate a liquid turning into a solid.

Our auction will be on Monday! Yeah! It has been so much fun and very interesting to watch. Some of the kids really get the big picture and have managed to save a lot of money, some not so much. :) Every child will get something at the auction though. The children with the most money, however, will have the biggest buying power! I also gave bonus money to the children who chose to do extra learning or reading. Read Beads, Reading Counts, Spelling Enrichment, and Mastery Club participants all earned extra money! Thanks again for the great donations! You are so appreciated!

Hopefully your child brought home the invitation to our special events for moms. The event is on Friday, May 8th at 12:30. There will be a sign in by the office. Hope you can come!

Please send the $5 admission money for Leonardo's. If you are volunteering, it is a $4 admission as well. Sorry, I think volunteers should be free. Thanks in advance for your promptness in this matter.

The last book orders for the school year went out last Thursday. They are due on Tuesday. There are some great deals on books for summer reading. I highly encourage summer reading!!! The kids (everyone of them) have made super gains this year in not only their reading fluency, but also their reading comprehension. We don't want to lose what has been gained. Don't forget the public library is a great source for books too!