Spring Break 2013!

It’s hard to believe that it is already time for spring break! Just a reminder, that we have no school for the rest of this week, and no school next week. We will return on Monday April 8th . It is a late start on that Monday, so we don’t begin until 10:40 a.m. I am hopeful that our weather will keep getting warmer There is also no weekly report this week since we have no spelling and it being a short week.

Math: We continue to work on our multiplication and division facts. We have finished unit 8, working with fractions and have moved on to unit 9. In unit 9 you will see us work with number stories, division with remainders, and multi-digit multiplication. If your child has any difficulty with some of our new concepts please feel free to send me a message.

Language Arts: Does your child ask several questions? That’s a good thing! I am trying to help the children think beyond the text and research things that they wonder about. It is so fun to watch them delve deeper into the many different things that we are learning about!

Next month is poetry month. I will be doing many exciting and entertaining poetry activities with the kids in April!!!

Spelling: We did not have spelling due to the short week. We did take time to talk about grammar, building vocabulary, and we played some fun spelling games. We will resume spelling as usual when we return in April.

Science: We just finished our unit about the Earth and Me. The kids had a great time learning and doing experiments. They learned how to contain an oil spill, how erosion occurs, how products are manufactured, and how natural disasters occur. Our next unit will begin after break and will be our last one of the year. We will be learning about Light and Shadows.

Dates to remember:

March 28th-April 7th: Spring Break!

April 8th: School resumes and late start. We begin at 10:40 a.m.

April 30th: Lansing Field Trip! I recently sent a note home about our field trip. It is very important that you remember that you need to arrive at 7:20 a.m. and we don’t return until 4:30 p.m. If the drop off and pick up times are difficult for you please try to work something out with someone else in our grade (All four classes will be going at the same time this year).

May 10th: 24 Minute Relay

May 17th & 18th: Rockford Relay for Life

May 24th -27th: NO SCHOOL. Memorial Day weekend

May 29th: Field Day

June 5th -7th: Half days of school. Noon dismissal

June 7th: Last day of school

Thanks and have a wonderful break!

Reminder

Tomorrow, Tuesday March 19th, is our spring picture day!