“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!” – Helen Keller
Important Information
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break.
We are going to see The Wizard of Oz on Friday, April 21st. Children are to wear their school uniforms on the trip.
“Stuffed” Animal Report and Student Self-Assessment is due Tuesday, April 25th. Please let me know if you are having any problems.
Please make sure that your child brings a water bottle to school everyday.
All instruments need to come to school on lesson days and on Thursdays (band rehearsal day). Please check your student’s email for the current schedule.
Academics
Math: We are learning about fractions.
ELA: For Unit 4, Week 5 our essential question is “How do others inspire us?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Narrative and Free-Verse Poetry
- Shared Reading: “Ginger’s Fingers,” “The Giant,” “Captain’s Log,” “Moon,” and “Whale”
- Anchor Text: “The Winningest Woman of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race” and
“The Brave Ones” - Paired Selection: Narcissa
- Repetition and Rhymed Verse Narrative
- Free Verse
- Haiku
- Theme
- Imagery
- Vocabulary Words
- adventurous
- courageous
- extremely
- weird
- free verse
- narrative poem
- repetition
- rhyme
- Week 4 Spelling Words
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- pounce
- placed
- dice
- cents
- price
- space
- mice
- office
- wage
- age
- gyms
- giant
- changes
- message
- pages
- your
- road
- peace
- giraffe
- peaceful
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- Week 5 Grammar
- Irregular verbs
Social Studies: We are beginning a new unit on our growing nation. This week we will focus on ways to travel and how travel has changed over time.
Religion: This week we are focusing on what will happen when Jesus returns to earth. We will also learn about Jesus’ work as a prophet.
TEST and QUIZZES
ELA Reading and Spelling tests on Friday.
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]