Thursday, May 16, 2013

Week of May 13


Upcoming Events:
J May 24 Field Trip to Nature Center (rescheduled due to rain this week)-Depart at 8:30---Please have your child wear good walking shoes and dress in layers.  If you signed up for your child to bring a cold lunch from home please send things in reusable containers.
JMay 24 1 hour early out due to the Memorial Day weekend
JMay 29 Last Day (dismissal at 11:00)
Classroom awards at 8:30 and attendance and track and field day awards at 8:55.

Notes:
JWe had a wonderful root beer floats on Friday to celebrate those that read 100 books! 

Things to Work on:
J Reading books for fun!

What we have been up to:
Reading: This week we practiced some track meet words for fun.  Next week will be our last spelling test for the year.  During our reading time we completed some end of year assessments and began putting our portfolios together. 
Math: This week we finished our last math unit.  We will take our test next week.  Students really enjoyed this unit on measurement.
Science/ Social Studies: We have started our new social studies unit on meeting people.  We have discussed the new vocabulary word: immigrant.  This week students worked with a partner to compare a different country to Iowa.  Some examples of countries that students are comparing are: Madagascar, Nigeria, Mexico, and Canada.  We are comparing food, land, clothing, and holidays.

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