“Those who dare to fail miserable can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
Important Information
The stuffed animals reports came out great! Everyone did an excellent job presenting them to the class. They are hanging in the hallway for everyone to see. Make sure you check them out during our Spring Concert.
Next week is Holy Week, and we do not have school on Thursday and Friday. This week’s class notes will cover both this week and next week.
Please make sure water bottles are brought to school every day.
Don’t forget to check the band schedule. We have band on Tuesdays and Fridays. I am sure that more band days will be scheduled as our Spring Concert is approaching.
Academics
Math: We are continuing our first module on fractions. We are taking it slow to ensure everyone has a good basic understanding. Every other day we are doing a regular lesson and then the next day we are doing a supplemental lesson that reviews what we have covered. We will have our test next Tuesday, April 15th.
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 3 Spelling Words
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- basket
- rabbit
- lesson
- letter
- invite
- bedtime
- mammal
- number
- fellow
- chapter
- follow
- problem
- chicken
- butter
- napkin
- hoping
- dances
- dropped
- suppose
- stubborn
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Science: In this lesson, we 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 learning about American heroes. We are going to be focusing on the Founding Fathers, Anne Hutchinson, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Frederrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. ad Jane Addams.
Religion: We are focusing on the story of Holy Week and how Jesus gave up his life in order to save us from sin.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday: Spelling Test
Tuesday, April 15: Math Test
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org
