A note from Ms.
Smith…
Thank you so
much to all of you for your concern about Gracie. We had her follow up appointment this past
Friday, and it ended up being a pre-op appointment. The tumor in her right leg is benign (thank
goodness), and is not compromising the strength or structure of her leg since
it is mostly on the inside of her bone.
Therefore, at this time, we aren’t going to remove it. Her left knee is what will be operated
on. There are small pieces of cartilage floating
around, so they will remove them and possibly repair a torn ligament. I will be taking the afternoon off on
Thursday to tie up loose ends and run last minute errands, and then Gracie will
go in the next morning for surgery at 6 am.
I will not be
sending the homework bags home this week since I will not be here to collect
them. You may print off the homework
menu and have your child complete the tasks on the back and/or on a separate sheet
of paper. Self-selected reading is
expected for at least 15 minutes every night.
Thank you again
for your continued support and concern!
Reminders:
Tuesday (4/18): Homework Menu
emailed
Wednesday (4/19): Tuesday
folders will come home (sorry)
Library Check out
Spirit Night
at Newks
Thursday (4/20):
Principal's Coffee
Guidance Lesson with
Mrs. Amiri
Friday (4/21): Homework
Menu is due
This
week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We
will be completing our Independent Research Project. The students have chosen sources, read
information, thought about what was important and wrote down brief facts to use
on their presentation folders. We will be
finishing our research in the next couple of days then creating our
presentation. Our plan is to share on Friday and Monday. We will be live streaming our presentations on
Periscope. I will send out a presentation
order on Thursday.
This
week in Math...
We
will be reviewing Telling time to the Hour and we will introduce telling time
to the half hour. We will discuss how the clock
counts by fives. We will relate our study of
fractions to telling time to the half hour.
This
week in Social Studies...
We
will be learning about how different cultures shape our community. Some of the big ideas from this unit are Communities
share different cultures. Family and
community beliefs, customs, language, and traditions are important to families
and communities. It is important to
understand different cultures.
Have a great week!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 20: Ms. Smith out in the PM
April 21: Ms. Smith out all day
April 22: Earth Day Clean up
April 26: Playland Skate Center @ 5:30 pm
May 1-5: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8-10: STAAR
Testing- No Visitors on Campus
May 15-19: Book Fair
May 18: KnOWLedge Night @ 5:30
May 19: Field
Day
May 26: Career Fair
May 29: Memorial Day- No School
June 1: Last Day of School- End of the Year party
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