Hello everyone!

I can’t believe we are in our last week of April already. The time is flying by very quickly. This is our last week of testing. I know the students and I will be happy when it is over. We have the NWEA Language today, Social Studies MSTEP Tuesday and Wednesday and lastly the NWEA Science on Thursday. We are going to be having a small celebration on Friday afternoon to celebrate their success at finishing. I will post some more information about that as it gets closer.

We are still moving ahead in most subjects this week. There is also a Garden Club meeting on Tuesday to work outside in the school garden. It is 3:45-4:45 and everyone is invited. We are making great progress out there. We have removed over 25 bags of yard waste and trash already. We will be able to focus on creating the outdoor classroom space soon. I hope we see you and your students there if possible. For our subject area work, we are working on:

Spelling- Abbreviations of common words. The students must be able to spell the word and the matching abbreviation. They will only be given the word on Friday. Our words are doctor Dr., junior and Jr., department and dept., highway and hwy., Missus and Mrs., federalism, Constitution, ratification, rebellion and evaluate.

Math- We are solving story and distance problems using multiple points on a coordinate plane.

Reading-Students are working on their last book with their current strategy group. Book groups will be re-grouped near the end of the work and all students will have new reading strategies to work on. These strategies will come directly from their last NWEA tests.

Science- We will begin looking at the body systems of the human body. This will be the focus of our last science unit this year.

Writing- Students are still working on finishing their animal research papers and Google Slide shows with partners. They will be working in class until the end of the week and then anything left to do will be homework. They will be presenting these next week. We also have a district writing prompt that the students will be completing on Wed. and Thursday.

Have a great day!