Welcome back! I hope Spring Break was a nice recharging week for everyone. M-STEP is starting this week for 5th and our class will be starting soon. Due to the splits in the building, our schedule will be changed to accommodate testing in 5th grade. The 3rd grade has their Lansing Trip tomorrow with Mrs. Parana and all students have their big Living Wax Museum project due on Friday. We will have other classes coming through our room on Friday to hear their presentations and look at their props/costumes. There are no make-up projects allowed for this because classes are only coming in on Friday. Students must bring their materials and be prepared by the morning.

This week:

Spelling: We are looking at words that end in /y/ and get replaced by/ies/:

batteries, properties, berries, worries, families, cities, babies, armies, enemies, directories

base, height, length, width, sides

Math-3rd-We are looking at how patterns in multiplication relate to patterns in single digit division problems.

4th-We are still working on types of angles and using protractors to measure and find missing angles.

Science-3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on our life science and body systems unit.

Social Studies- 3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are studying the freedoms provided to us by the Amendments.

Writer’s Workshop- We are working on figurative language. We are writing a narrative and will be including this figurative language within it.

Reading- We are working on informational text features and their purposes, locating examples of figurative language, and lastly, we are going to be looking the framework of different types of poetry.

Please check Dojo for a post about donations of waters, mints, and healthy snacks for the kids to have during testing. We will have them on our M-STEP and NWEA days over the next month and a half. Thanks!

Have a great week.