“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Important Information

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather. Please make sure your child bring a water bottle to school each day.

Some children have been forgetting their Chromebooks or not charging them. Please remind your child to bring the charged Chromebook to school everyday.

Information on our field trip to Round One was sent home two weeks ago. Please make sure the permission slip and money is handed in by Monday, June 1st.

We have run out of tissues. If you have a spare box, please send one in. Thank you so much!

Yay! We have earned a whole class reward for great behavior.l We voted, and the class decided on no homework beginning May 18th!

Last week, Mr. Stainkamp sent home a notice regarding the Spring Concert and Memorial Day. Please make sure that it is returned to school.

Academics

Math: We are in Module 15. We will be working on comparing fractions. Children can use ToyTheater fraction strips to help with their homework. The link is in Google Classroom.

ELA: For Unit 6, Week 1 our essential question is “Why are goals important?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.

• Genre: Narrative Nonfiction: Biography
• Shared Reading: “Rocketing Into Space”
• Anchor Text: “Looking Up to Ellen Ochoa”
• Main Idea: Central Idea and Details
• Author’s Claim
• Text Features
• Vocabulary Words
  • communicated
  • essential
  • goal
  • motivated
  • professional
  • research
  • serious
  • specialist
  • The Spelling words for the week are
  • • pilot
    • diner
    • tiger
    • favor
    • lemon
    • planet
    • cover
    • shady
    • robot
    • tiny
    • label
    • cozy
    • silent
    • spider
    • frozen
    • tried
    • hurried
    • studying
    • melon
    • stomach

Social Studies: We are learning about immigrants and the promise of America. We will also be learning about the Homestead Act.

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.

Religion: We are learning about Jesus’ first disciples, and also about Jesus at the wedding in Cana where he turns water into wine.

TEST and QUIZZES

Friday Spelling Test

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