We are still in need of empty tin cans for our Rendezvous!  Please don’t forget to save them for us and bring them in!  Thanks a million!!

If your kiddo has any missing or overdue library books, please get them turned in!  Our last library day for the year will be on May 16th.  If anyone has missing books, they will not be able to participate in field day.  🙁  

Also, if you see any of our classroom books floating around your house, we need those turned in ASAP.  I am still missing some of my “big head” biographies (from the Wax Museum) and a few of our reading group books.

Thanks a million for your help!!

Just a heads up…online signups for the talent show are on May 5^th. Each student will have no more than 2 minutes allotted for a total of 10 – 12 performances.  We will have a dress rehearsal to make sure all music and costumes are school appropriate.

The talent show will be May 23rd at 1:15.

May 9th will be the last day to turn in Box Tops, Labels for Education, and Coke Caps for the year.

The grade that has brought in the most of these items for the entire year, will win a PIZZA PARTY! 

Just a quick reminder–Tomorrow is DOLLAR DRESS DOWN DAY and EARLY OUT!  

We are getting ready for our Fourth Grade Rendezvous!  In Social Studies,  we are studying about explorers and pioneers.  We have learned that they didn’t have money, and had to trade for supplies.  

The permission slip/explanation is posted under the “Monthly Projects” tab at the top of the blog.  There is also a hard/paper copy being sent home this week.  

The first part of our Rendezvous Day will be pioneer activities.  Students will rotate through the fourth grade classrooms and participate in each activity.  After lunch students will set up the economic part of the Rendezvous and “sell” and “buy” their products.  

The students will be earning “pelts” starting on Monday.  This will be what they will use as their “money.”  

For our Rendezvous (May 22nd) we are in need of empty tin cans for a project.  They need to be the smaller soup can size, not the giant sizes, please!   

You can bring them in whenever you get some empties!  🙂

Thanks a million!!

One down, seven more to go!!  The kids did a fantastic job today!  Our next test is Thursday at 2:00 (I kept thinking it was 1:00–but I was mistaken.  It’s 2-3).  

Well, here we are!  It’s time for Testing!!  🙂  We will be taking our Writing tests this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 1-2!   

This was our discussion today:  

School is like a sport:  

First you learn how to do it…

then you practice, practice, practice…

then you play for the championship!

We have learned the stuff…we’ve practiced…now it’s time to show off everything we know!!  It’s time for us to bring home the trophy!!  🙂 (Can’t tell we have a lot of sports buffs in here, can you?!)  

Please make sure that your kiddo gets a good night’s sleep, a good  breakfast, and lots of encouragement from you!  

There are no reader response journals due this week!  🙂

Just a quick reminder that if you are absent, check out the Absent Work tab to get your missing work.  This way you’ll be totally caught up when you come back!!  🙂