Friday, May 3rd
Next week we have PE on Tuesday and Friday.
Dear Parents,
Our trip to the Morrison Natural History Museum was a success! Our paleontologist guides captured our attention with a wealth of information. Thank you for supporting our field trips this year.
We still have a bit of end of year testing to complete for the district. We completed our end of year math assessment, and next week we will complete the final iReady reading assessment.
On Monday, May 6th we have a guest author, Patrick Hodge, visiting our class. Patrick is one of the teachers at Thorne Nature Experience, and he recently published his first children’s book. He will be reading the book to students and talking about his writing process. You can preview the book and order a copy for your child via this link:
Literacy:
We started our poetry unit, and students are reading and writing different types of poetry. We will continue this unit through the end of the school year. Today, we met with our sixth grade writing buddies. Students revised and edited chapters one through three of their story and made a plan for chapter four. Our third graders will be working on writing chapter four early next week. Third graders will receive a published copy of their book during our last meeting with our sixth grade buddies on Friday, May 17th.
Math:
We are working on Unit 5: Write Equations to Solve Word Problems. Please remind your child to continue studying their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. All of these operations will be used in this unit.
Science/Social Studies:
Our current science unit is about Earth Materials. So far, your children have explored the difference between rocks and minerals. Students also investigated identifying minerals by completing a scratch test and referencing the Mohs Scale of Hardness.
Homework for next week:
- ReadingPlus or iReady lessons at least once per week.
- Complete nightly math assignments, Monday-Thursday.
- Read at least 20 min nightly.
- Check in with your child about their Mystery State assignment.
- Practice math X and / facts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and subtraction and addition facts through sums of 20 daily.
Important Dates to Remember
May 6th-Author Visit
May 13th-Coffee at Kohl 8:30
May 14th-3rd Grade Field Daze 12:30-2:15
I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Aisha Galt
