Happy Spring!

Dates to remember:

Tuesday     March 24th  Library
Thursday   March 26th  Happy Birthday Andrew F.
                                            SEP Conferences  3:30 to 4:30
Friday         March 27th  Short Day Schedule
                                            Dollar Dress Down Day
                                            Last Day Before Spring Break (No school next week)

     Our classroom is buzzing with activity and there are so many exciting things happening.  So let’s start with math.  We are working on Data and Measurement  and bar graphs are our focus this week.  We have already created pictographs of our minion graphing and on Friday we made those pictographs into bar graphs.   We will be creating and solving problems using various bar graphs. 

     Our poem books are coming along nicely and we will be focusing a lot of energy on them so they are ready to go to the publisher on time.  Please watch for the book forms to come home right after spring break.  I will include a lot of details about the books in the post the Monday after Spring Break.  There may be a small donation of two or three dollars to have the books published.

     We were just invited to participate in what is called a mystery Skype.  In April a classroom of 5th Graders will be Skyping our classroom and we will play a game much like 20 questions, in the hope of figuring out where the other class is located.  In preparation for this activity, we will be practicing by using an online atlas, google, state sites, and various other references to find out information about other states.  This should be very fun and your family can help by picking a state and challenging your student to figure out what state you have chosen.  We will also be doing a practice Skype to see if we can pin down where we are receiving calls from.
 
     Thursday is SEP night.  This particular night will be open house style.  You may come in and discuss your child and their progress thus far in the year.  I will be sending home their SEP form before Thursday and the 3rd quarter report cards will be available after Monday.  Please note, at this point in time, we are beginning to collect data and information concerning placement in the advanced class for next year.  I can not tell you if your child will or will not be recommended for the advanced class, as data is being collected from all 5 classes and then the children will be ranked and placed. Please do not ask me for this information at this time.  As soon as all data is collected, the administration will be contacting the parents of the students on the list.   


HOMEWORK
Reading: Remember to read 20 minutes each night.  If you would like to do your reading online, please use Moby Max, and/or razkids.com for your reading time.  These sites have comprehension components also.

MATH
Ten Marks, Xtramath.org, frontrowed.com, wootmath.com or mobymax.com  These 4 sites really are the best way for your child to practice what they need in math.   
Mobymax.com login: firstname lastname   password: Rams
Wootmath.com login: firstname lastinitial password: Rams
 TenMakrs.co:  Your child has their logon and password for this site    

SORTS
With it being the beginning of the fourth quarter, I will be assessing the students and determining what sorts will be most beneficial for them throughout the last quarter.  With this in mind, we will NOT have spelling sorts this week.  Please remember that spelling is a very visual skill and should always be done in print and not cursive.