Week of 4/23/12 - 4/27/12

Can you believe we only have a little over 6 weeks left of school? Where has this year gone? Let's make it good by working hard and finishing big! Students: keep reading and getting those book reports done!! Parents: please go on-line from time to time and check your child's grades.

We have an early dismissal on Wednesday!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 29: Pretest Monday, spelling practice HW due Tuesday, workbook pages due Thursday, final test on Friday.

English: Lesson 8 will cover subject/verb agreement There will be a quiz on lessons 1-8 on Tuesday. After we study the rest of the lessons, I will quiz on those.

Reading: We will be looking at how figurative language is used in poetry.  This week we will specifically be looking at poetry that uses onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole.

Social Studies: We are in the midst of lesson 2 and Thomas Jefferson is the President. We will be studying Lewis & Clark and the Louisiana Purchase this week.

Science: Our Quick Study on lesson 3 will take place on Tuesday. The students will then each create their own ocean floor picture. The chapter 12 test will be on Tuesday, May 1.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: Measurement continues this week with customary capactity and mass, elapsed time, and temperature. The quiz on lessons 4-8 will be on Friday. There will be a test on the entire measurement chapter the following week.

Important Dates:

April 25 -- Early Dismissal
April 25 -- PTO DineOut Fundraiser -- Panda Express
May 18 -- Early Dismissal Day

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza