Week of 4/11/11 - 4/15/11

Geospace was very interesting and the students made some great “spaces” using various 3-dimensional shapes. Check them out at Open House on Thursday! Thank you to Mia's mom and Andy's mom for helping out.

A field trip to the Robert Crown Center has been scheduled for June 3rd. There will be an information meeting for parents on May 23rd. Permission slips and more information will be sent home in a few weeks.

Coming up this week:

Mrs. Klacza's Reading Class: This week we will continue reading the novel Toliver's Secret and use some important skills as we read, particularly drawing conclusions, inferring, identifying author's viewpoint, and cause and effect. We will specifically focus on cause and effect toward the end of the week.

Spelling: Lesson 25. Pretest Monday/test Friday. Homework will be due on Thursday.

English: We will continue our pronoun chapter with possessive pronouns, contractions with pronouns, double subjects, and using we and us with nouns. There will be a test on unit 6 on Thursday, 4/21.

Social Studies: Chapter 11 begins this week, “The Young United States.” Lesson 1 discusses George Washington, again, only now he is the President.

Science: We continue chapter 11 on weather this week. A quick study “quiz” (which is always open note/open book) will be on Wednesday. We will then move on to lesson 2, the water cycle.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: As we finish up chapter 12, we will learn how to compare and order fractions and convert fractions to decimals and vice versa. There will be a test on the entire chapter on Friday, 4/15.

Important Dates:
4/14 - Open House and Book Fair
4/20 - TGFD Graduation at 8:30 (all are invited!!)
4/21 - Early dismissal
4/22 - Easter break (no school)

Have a wonderful weekend! Mrs. Klacza