Today your child is bringing home a field trip and reward note.

Tomorrow the reading log and the Math ch. 8 study guide is due.  The test will be tomorrow.

The artifact and card are due on May 2.

Today, student #10 is bringing home the publishing center materials.  Please edit and revise with your child before typing.

Thanks for your ongoing support.

Thanks for all of your support with the Science Fair.  The students did a great job on their projects!  Most students took theirs home last night or today. I have 3 that were left to take home on Monday.

The Publishing Center books will be on display in the media center on May 11, so we are working hard to finish our stories. Each student is writing a realistic fiction story.  As children finish their stories, I will be sending home a gallon bag with the bare book, story, about the author page, and dedication page along with instructions.  Please edit and revise the story with your child before typing and pasting.  Return everything back in the gallon bag by May 7 so that your child can do the cover and illustrations.  Also please send in colored pencils for the illustrations.  Five children took their materials home today.  They were student numbers 11,13,15,18,and 22.  Please keep the materials in a safe place.  As more students finish, they will be sent home.  I  will post which students are taking them home each day so keep checking the backpacks!

Reminders:

1.  Read 20 minutes.
2. Math Ch. 8 study guide due May 1.
3. Artifact and sheet due May 2.                                                                               Thanks for your ongoing support!

Today your child is bringing home a note about our classroom museum that we will have on Wednesday, May 2.  Please send in an item from the past and complete the artifact card that is on the bottom of the note coming home.  Please help your child complete the artifact card neatly and write the answers in complete sentences.  We are looking forward to learning about many things from the past.

Thanks in advance for your help with the historical artifact museum!

This week for Leader in Me we continue to work on Habit 7:  Sharpen the Saw.  It reminds us that it is important to keep our brains sharp by learning new things.  Ask your child, “What do you want to learn?”

The spelling list 28 is available on Spelling City to practice for the test on Friday.

Continue working on the Science Fair Project which is due this Thursday.

Today your child brought home the Math Ch.8 Study guide.  It was started in class,but it needs to be completed and reviewed for the test.  Please have your child return the completed review with a parent signature on Tuesday, May 1st for the test that day.

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Thanks again to the nine volunteers that joined us on the field trip today!  The boys and girls had a great time and learned some new things about Dearborn’s history. They are each bringing home seeds that they planted while learning about the pioneers being farmers!  In the past, I have had students send me pictures of their big pumpkins, etc.  They are also bringing home information about activities at the museum.Good luck!

We will have another field trip in May.  Details will be coming soon!

A new activity that we are doing for reading is reading articles from Read Works.  This week I assigned six articles about transportation.  After reading each article, your child typed on the computer 2-3 sentences about what was learned.  If your child is not done, your student can do this at home on the computer and count it for the reading log.  The information is as follows:  www.readworks.org/student

Class code:  UFQYXF

Your student knows the password.  Have fun reading!

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Tomorrow morning is the field trip. We will leave the building 9-9:10.  Thanks to all that have volunteered.  Please be at the building by 9 so that you can ride on the bus with us.  We will be back to school around 11:45.  (I have two parents that let me know that they are  meeting us there).

Please send a snack as usual for your child.  We will have lunch at school when we return.  We will walk between buildings at the Historical Museum, so please have your child dress for the weather.

Reminders:

1.  Spelling Week 27 test tomorrow.
2. Read 20 minutes.
3. Work on Science Fair.

Thanks for your ongoing support!

We are concluding our work on Habit 6:  Synergize with  last week’s lesson.   Ask your child, What is humility?

This week’s lesson begins work on Habit 7:  Sharpen the Saw.  We will learn the benefits of physical movement.  At the end of the week, ask your child,”What new physical activity would you like to try?”

On Spelling City this week is Week 27.

Reminders:

1.  Read 20 minutes daily. The reading log is due tomorrow.
2. The Science Fair Project is due April 26.