Upcoming Events
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May
10: Runge Field Trip
o Sack lunch needed
o We will get ice cream at the
end of the field trip.
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May
15: Field Day
o Please send clothes for your
child to change into after Field Day.
- Here is the link for field day donations: ttps://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0548AFA922A13-field1
- Here is the link for field day volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0548afa922a13-field
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May
17: Family Lunch Bunch
o 11:00 - eat lunch with child
in pavilion
o 11:30 - recess with child on
playground
o 11:45 - writing celebration
in the classroom
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May
17: Crazy Hair Day
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May
23: Variety Show
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May
27: No School- Memorial Day
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May
28: Last day of school
o Dismissal at 12:10
Lots of Learning!
Math
- Your child brought home
his/her geometry test on Monday. If you have not already reviewed,
signed and returned this test please do so. We have you sign and
return to make sure that you are aware of how your child is doing in math.
- This week, we started our
last math unit - I can't believe how quickly this year is coming to an
end. We talked more in depth with fractions. Your child is
expected to be able to partition a shape into halves, thirds and fourths,
and be able to identify what a shape is partitioned into.
- Next week, we will
continue to reinforce fractions, learning about subtracting multiple digit
numbers, and reviewing counting coins.
Writing
- This week, the students
worked EXTREMELY hard on editing and revising their Which is Better
writing. We worked on adding voice to our writing - this is
something that we are going to continue to work on for the rest of the
school year.
- Next week, we will start
publishing our 10 page book!!!! This is typically is our students
favorite piece of writing and they will be super excited to share it with
you at the Lunch Bunch/Writing Celebration on May 17.
Reading
- This week, students were
introduced to dramas (no no the drama that sometimes happens in second
grade but reading plays). Students are expected to be able to
identify the setting and characters in a drama, and how the dialogue
advances the plot of the story. We also talked about what an Act is
versus a Scene. We discussed the idea if math is the act then
stations are like the scenes. We started with a drama that is
familiar ("The Three Little Pigs").
- Next week, we will be
continue to reading dramas but in a less familiar story. We will
then move into identifying the main idea and supporting details of a
nonfiction text.
Fundations
- We started talking about
long o vowel team of oa, oe, and ow. We learned that "oa"
comes when the long o sound is in the middle of a word and the
"oe" & "ow" comes at the end of a word. We
also discovered that "ow" also can be in the middle of a word
like grown or thrown. Today, the students made a up a rule about
when "ow" can be found in the middle of the word - ask your
child about it!!
- Next week, we will
continue to talk about the long o vowel teams and have our end of the unit
test. We took a checkup today to see how the students are doing with
this skill and they made goals based on what they need to work on.
Ask your child what they need to focus on for the test (some students got
a 100% on this checkup and did not make a goal).
Science
- We continued to work on
food chains. We know that all food chains start with the sun and
then a producer (plant, nut or seed). Then, comes the primary and
secondary consumers. This week, we added decomposers and scavengers
to our food chains. Mrs. Ross taught the students a fancy word for
decomposer - ask your child what it is!!
- Next week, students are
making their very own food chain based on an ecosystem and then moving
into learning about food webs.
I hope that you have a
wonderful weekend and please let me know if you have any questions! :)
