Monday, April 28, 2014

Weekly News

Important Dates:
April 29 - Parent Dual Immersion information meeting 6:00 pm
May 6- Pizza party from box top competition
May 8- CBM (Reading) Testing / Bike to school day
May 21- Bobcat award cut off
May 23- Field trip - Clark Planetarium
May 26- Memorial Day, No school
May 27-30 French Week
June 2 - Field Day
June 4th- Last Day of school!

Announcements:
The end of the year is quickly approaching!  The final bobcat award cut off is also just around the corner.  If your student wants to earn that award, its time to start focusing on the goals they need to complete.  I will send home another paper this week for those that have not earned it yet so they know what goals still need to be completed. 

English: 
Our question of the week is "What traditions and celebrations involve our country's flag?"
Spelling Pattern: Our pattern this week is a little different than usual, it is on abbreviations so it should actually be pretty easy this week. 
Comprehension Strategies: We will be working on summarizing.
Vocabulary: We are working on multiple meaning words.
Conventions: We will be learning about quotation marks.

Math:
We will be reviewing the last few topics.  Topic 18 will be assigned online.

French:
This week are learning the ps, d, t, and h sounds

Social Studies:
We will be learning about French speaking countries in Africa.