Week of 4/29/13 - 5/3/13

We had a wonderful turnout for Open House and everyone was so enthusiastic and excited! Thank you to those who donated books to our classroom from the book fair. It's greatly appreciated. My future son-in-law, a teacher at another school, came to our Open House and said, “I love this school!” I do, too, Matt!!

We'll have MAPs testing on Wednesday and Friday of this coming week. On Wednesday we'll have reading and Friday, Math. Goal setting will occur on Monday. Please make sure your child has a good healthy breakfast and lunch on those days.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 26 – Pretest Monday, Test Friday. HW for “regular” spelling words: Write a story using (at least) 10 of the words and ABC order. HW for “challenge” spelling words: 2 challenge activities.

English: We will continue our unit on personal letter writing. Before you know it, the 2^nd graders will be visiting our classroom!

Reading & Social Studies: We will be continuing our study of Egypt!! It's a cross-curricular unit, involving both reading strategies, learned throughout the school year, and lots of interesting social studies activities as well. There will be a vocabulary test on our Egypt words on Monday.

Science: This week, we will continue the very first chapter in our textbook, “Getting Ready for Science.” Especially focused on will be science inquiry tools and skills and the Scientific Method.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: This week, we will work on chapter 23 on multiplying by a 1 digit number. There will be a quiz Friday.

Important Dates:

5/1 & 5/3 – MAPs testing for Mrs. Klacza's class

5/17 – Early Dismissal

5/27 – Memorial Day (day off)

6/5 – Last Day of School (Summer begins!)

Have a great weekend!! Mrs. Klacza