4 Day Week

We had an amazing week last week! The amount and quality of learning that happened in our classroom was astounding. I hope that your child came home proud and happy last week. Happy and Proud is our goal for this week as well.


Reader's Workshop 
      We have begun writing our personal narratives. We will write an initial draft, revise, and edit this week. We will also write our speeches on Monday. These will come home Monday night for the students to memorize. I will also send home a letter tomorrow with all of the "at home responsibilities" laid out for you. It is basically memorizing the speech, and putting together a "costume". Please don't worry too much about the costume. They should be basic, and made out of items you can find at home.

Writer's Workshop
     We are focused on Biography writing this week, but we will also be working on some persuasive writing.

Math
     This week we will continue our work with Area. We ended the week using the Distributive Property to solve larger area questions. Here is an example of the type of work we are doing:
Area=length x width
A= l x w
27x8=(20x8)+(7x8)
A=216 sq un

Can you believe that?!?!?! Your son/daughter can solve that problem! It is incredible!!!

     We will also begin learning about data collection and different types of graphs.

Other Items
    -This week is litterless lunch. Students are being challenged to use reusable items to pack their lunches this week.
    -We will participate in Earth Day activities on Wednesday.
    -Thanks to the PTA we will attend an Erie Canal presentation.

Thanks to Mrs. Cousins for being our Mystery Reader this week!