“He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin

Important Information

Permission slips for our field trip to Round 1 went home last week. Please make sure that you complete the form and send back the $35 by Monday, June 1.

Beginning this week, children may wear uniform shorts to school.

Please double check with your child to make sure that she or he has all necessary supplies. Many children do not have pencils, and they need to be replenished. Thank you for your assistance in this.

Academics

Math: We are continuing our unit on Fractions. We are focusing on relating fractions and area. Our test is on Thursday.

ELA: For Unit 5, Weeks 3-4 our essential question is “How do we get what we need?  ” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.

• Genre: Fairy Tale
• Shared Reading: ““Juanita and the Beanstalk”
• Anchor Text: “Clever Jack Takes the Cake”
• Paired Selection: “Money: Then and Now”
• Summarize
• Theme
• Author’s Purpose
• Character Perspective
• Vocabulary Words
  • admit
  • barter
  • consider
  • creation
  • humble
  • magnificent
  • payment
  • reluctantly
• Week 4 Spelling Words
  • • tries
    • tried
    • trying
    • dries
    • dried
    • drying
    • hurries
    • hurried
    • hurrying
    • studies
    • studied
    • studying
    • plays
    • played
    • playing
    • chapter
    • bedtime
    • letter
    • obeyed
    • worrying

Science: In this lesson, students explore the extreme trait variation of different dog breeds — and pet pigeon breeds! In the activity, Pigeon Pairings, students analyze trait similarities and differences among parent, offspring, and sibling pigeons. They interpret this data to discover that the variation and inheritance of traits creates a pattern that explains why we see such extreme traits in artificially selected animal breeds.

Social Studies: We are focusing on a growing nation. We will be learning about traveling by trails, rivers, wagon trains, and the railroad.

Religion: We are learning about Jesus as a boy in the temple and Jesus’ baptism.

TEST

Thursday Math Test

Friday  Spelling and Reading Tests

Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org