Thanks to our creative and talented team of PTA hospitality for decorating the school for us and providing breakfast on Friday. We truly have the best PTA in the world!
A special thank you to Ms. Melissa Ross for providing yet another lunch and homemade dinner for us! You all gave so generously for Festive Friday, and Ms. Ross was able to provide more meals for us this week. Thank you for your generosity as always. It felt so good to come home on Friday and have dinner ready!
Homework bags will only be coming home for the next 2 weeks. After this I will need to begin packing up anything I can due to the school getting a beautiful make-over this summer! Please do not send them back every day as well. They can come home on Monday and not come back to school until Friday!
REMINDERS
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: STAAR tests for 3,4, and 5th graders. These days, the campus will be closed to any visitors due to testing. Please keep the older students at Caraway in your thoughts!
I will be doing the End of the Year Reading Assessment starting this week until May 20th. This is a time that I will be reading with each child individually to assess their reading level and readiness for next year. For this reason, I will not be sending any more reading folders home. Please continue to visit the library (public or school library) and encourage your child to use RAZ-kids to read at home. Your child knows that they need to complete the quiz for each book before moving on to the next book or next level. The RAZ-kids username and passwords were sent home in November. Please let me know if you are missing your child's username or password.
SPRING PBL PROJECT
This week we will wrap up our PBL project. Our students have learned so much about the benefits of a homegrown garden. They have learned that food could come for free if every person in the community takes a small part in growing a small manageable garden. They have learned about different parts of the plants and how we eat different parts such as roots, stems, leaves, or fruits. This week, we will work on designing our gardens on the paper as well as in our small mini gardens. We will planted our seeds in small egg cartons or strawberry and blueberry containers and will send them home on Friday. The children should be able to find the best sunny spots for their mini garden and care for them from then on. They should also be able to tell you what they need to do after little sprouts grow which is transferring them into bigger containers. They are all very excited about their mini gardens!
READING and WRITING
We will continue reading fiction and non-fiction stories and review different comprehension strategies that we have been working on this year. In writing, we will work hard to finish our Family writing so everyone can see them displayed at our Spring Open House on May 19.
We will continue reading fiction and non-fiction stories and review different comprehension strategies that we have been working on this year. In writing, we will work hard to finish our Family writing so everyone can see them displayed at our Spring Open House on May 19.
MATH
SCIENCE
As part of our PBL project we will work on creating folders to present the information we have learned about plants and sustainable gardens. These will be the final product and they will be presented in the hallway at the Spring Open House on May 19.
This week we will work on solving word problems with objects and pictorial models that involve joining, separating, and comparing sets and represent those problems with number sentences. We will solve problems when the unknown as any term in the problem (the sum, the difference, or the unknown part in part-part-whole). We will also spiral back and remind ourselves about measurement in order to design our own sustainable gardens for our home!
As part of our PBL project we will work on creating folders to present the information we have learned about plants and sustainable gardens. These will be the final product and they will be presented in the hallway at the Spring Open House on May 19.
THANK YOU!
Thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
Thank you for supporting your child's learning at home. Your child's success and education is a result of, us working together! So thank you for being a partner in your child's learning!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
*Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return the folders the next day.
*Tuesday folders come home. Please sign and return the folders the next day.
*Agendas: Please initial the behavior calendar and send it back every day.
*Snack: Please send a healthy snack with your child every day.
*PE: Group A will have PE on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.
Group B will have PE on Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday.
*Please make sure your child wears Tennis shoes on those days*
*You can see what group your child is in on the right side of this blog*
*No more school Library check out!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
May 9-11: STAAR testing (no visitors on campus these days!)
May 16-20: Book Fair
May 19: Spring Open House
May 20: Field Day
Last day Homework bags come back. No more homework!
May 27: Career Fair
May 30: No School- Memorial Day
June 2: End of the Year Party, Last day of School
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