Happy Friday

Happy Friday!

I hope you all have had a wonderful week!  I am absolutely LOVING this beautiful weather.  Yesterday, we were able to get out to the track for a little bit.  I told the students we might be doing that more as it is warmer outside!

I can't believe the end of the year is so close.  You can feel the excitement already building about the end of the year.  We had a conversation this morning that it is important to continue to do their job at school and that we have a lot of fun things planned for the rest of the year.

Reading
This week, we worked on summarzing fiction stories.  We taught them a different strategy other than "Somebody, wanted, but, so then" this week.  We focused on identifying the main idea, details and the most important words and then using this informaiton to create a one sentence summary.

Next week, we will be working on a similar strategy with nonfiction passages.  We will identify the main idea, details and then use this informaiton to create a one sentence summary of the nonfiction passage.

Writing
This week, we wrapped up our rough draft for our best pet opinion writing.  Next week, we will edit it and then publish our writing.  We are planning to use the laptops or iPads to publish writing.

Math
This week, we wrapped up our geometry and fraction unit.  I will be sending home this test and the subtraction tests next week.  Please review them with your student then sign and return it to school.

We took our pretest over measurement today.  We will start our measurement unit on Monday.  We will start with non-customary measurements, then move into standard measurements.  We will also be talking about different units of measure and tools to measure.

Science
We are continuing to observe our plant experiment.  The students are noticing what the plants need to survive.  We will wrap up our experiment by the end of next week and see if our hypthesis that plants need sun, soil and water is correct.

Homework
We will have homework for the next 2 weeks and then will be finished with homework.  The students will have optional homework after that of reading and math facts each night (starting the first full week of May).  If they do math facts and reading (15 minutes each) for at least 3 nights (starting in May), they can eat lunch in the room on Friday.

Field Trip

• April 29: Jazz Ensemble at Hickman High School, leave RBE at 9:30 and return by 11:30.
• May 11: Runge Nature Center, leave at 8:30, return at 2:00

Important Dates

·      April 22: "Earth Day" - Wear green or other "Earth Friendly" attire

·      April 29: Field Trip to Hickman High School for a Jazz Concert – leave 9:30 & return 11:30

·      May 10: PTA Meeting (5;30)

·      May 11: Field Trip to Runge Nature Center – leave at 8:30

·      May 13: Variety Show

·      May 20: Field Day

·      May 20: "Summer Fun" - Wear your most colorful, fun, floral outfit to kick off summer (no swim suits)!!

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the warm weather!

Mrs. Ross