Welcome Back!

       This week we will be working on drafting our personal narratives. This is the large writing project that goes with our biography unit. So far the students have read their biographies (some students have read their book multiple times), used post-its to make note of important dates and events, organized their notes, and outlined their narratives. I hope you are able to attend our Wax Museum at 2:30 on Friday, April 26th!

      We will wrap up our fraction study this week and begin working on units of measurement. We will also continue to work on geometry terms. The students made flash cards and have been quizzing each other and playing games with these terms. We learned six different names for triangles last Friday. Three names relate to the length of the sides and three names relate to the angles. See if your child can name all six! 

      This week we will also work on organizing our ideas when writing an essay. With the NY State ELA just around the corner your son/daughter will need to know how to write an on demand essay within a certain time constraint. We will work on some basic ways to organize our thinking to make the testing experience as low stress as possible. 

     We will also complete our cursive study! We will need some practice before we can begin to write entirely in cursive, but we are very close! 

     Also, if you haven't already please go onto your son/daughter's glog and leave a comment. Your child must complete their assigned comments by Monday morning. The instructions for this assignment went home on March 25th (blue paper). 

A few more items:

 -During the month of April I am asking that you and your child edit their informational writing piece together and type this assignment at home. Instructions for this assignment will come home at the end of this week.

  -There will be no current events in April.

  -Please continue to practice math facts at home each night. If you feel your child has become fluent in the multiplication facts, try a few division facts.