Friday, April 28, 2017

May 1-5, 2017

We've made it to May! I'm so proud of these boys and girls! They have learned so much and grown a lot too!  This week we will begin our End of Year Assessments.  It will take us a couple of weeks to get through everything.  

Reminders: 
Monday (5/1): Homework bag will come home. 
Tuesday (5/2): Tuesday folder will come home. 
Wednesday (5/3): Library- no check out. ALL BOOKS are DUE! If your child owes money for a book it must be paid for by May 5th in order for them to attend the Book Fair.
Thursday (5/4):
Friday (5/5): 

STAAR Testing for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade will be May 8th, 9th and 10th.  Our campus will be closed to visitors those three days.

This week in Reading Workshop...
We will continue to review the strategies that Strong Readers use to help them understand what they read.  We use our "strategy tool kit" as a reminder of what we have learned this year.  At the end of First grade readers naturally use their comprehension strategies! It's fun when we can name what we do as readers.

This week in Writing Workshop...
We will be completing our end of the year Family Writing.  It's so exciting for the students to see how much they've grown when they compare their beginning of the year family writing to the end of the year.  These pieces will be displayed at KnOWLedge Night. 

This week in Math...
We will be moving on to a unit on Inequality and Comparison Subtraction.  Students will be thinking about the equal sign and what is on either side of it.  Comparison subtraction deals with quanties that are compared with each other.  An example would be, Mrs. Caballero baked 12 cupcakes.  Lyla baked 15.  How many more cupcakes did Lyla bake that Mrs. Caballero?

This week in Science...
We will begin our unit on Plants.  We will study seeds this week.  I would love for the students to bring a seed in by next Tuesday (May 2) to observe with our class.  This can be a seed from a fruit or veggie that you eat at home.  We will observe these and discuss the plants they will grow into.  

Have a great week!

DATES TO REMEMBER:
May 1-5:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8-10: STAAR Testing- No Visitors on Campus
May 15-19:  Book Fair
May 18:  KnOWLedge Night @ 5:30-7:00
May 19:   Field Day
May 26:  Career Fair
May 29:  Memorial Day- No School
May 31:  Class Awards Ceremony/End of the Year Party- 8:30-10:15

June 1:  Last Day of School

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