WOW! Can you believe that we are only a few days away from April?! Time flies by! This week we are working on wrapping up our third card marking. Since we are focusing on some of our end of unit assessments, there will be no spelling words this week.
In addition, to make things a little bit easier we will be taking two quizzes to wrap up our science unit. Our first quiz will be held on Wednesday. Please make sure to take a look at your child’s study guides that went home on Friday for extra help. You can also find them under the Unit 3 study guides tab.
We are also wrapping up our March is Reading Month activities. Make sure to check out our calendar for more details and information about our last week.
Reading- Informational text study. Focusing on identifying the main idea within the text and the supporting details that help guide the main idea. We also will begin looking at nonfiction text features and how they help readers understand the text at a deeper level.
Writing- Citing evidence within a short answer question and developing a narrative writing draft.
Math- Module 4 end-of-module assessment on Monday, and then beginning our module on Fractions as numbers on a number line. Discussing how we partition a whole into parts.
Science-
In science this week we learned about how people create new breeds of animals by selecting
certain traits and only having those animals have babies. Your child learned in particular how the earliest dogs were medium-sized and wolf-like, but using selective breeding, we managed to get the many different dog breeds, from small dogs to big dogs, spotted dogs to plain dogs.
What makes selection possible is the fact that no two individuals are ever exactly alike–there are always small differences, and yet parents do pass on most of their traits to their offspring. You can help reinforce this learning at home by helping your child to notice these small differences in physical traits between siblings, cousins, and other family members, as well as to contemplate which traits have been passed on from one generation to the next.
Social Studies- Discussing the growth of the automobile industry and the push/pull factors of immigration in Michigan.
Leader in Me- Attentive listening is a key concept of Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then to be Understood. Attentive listening means we listen with our eyes, ears, and heart; we try to understand from the other person’s viewpoint; and we check to ensure we understood the message. Make sure to ask your child, “What do attentive listeners do?”
Upcoming Events
Tuesday- ELG tutoring
Wednesday- College Day: Wear your favorite university’s apparel for reading month. Science quiz, Smencil sale, and team sports after-school.
Thursday- Beach day at school. Bring a beach towel and “chill” with a good book. Students will do a read-in in class. So make sure to bring your towel. Social studies test and ELG after-school.
Friday- Battle of the Books Assembly
April 1-5- No School Spring Break
April 10- Parent Teacher Conferences