With the beautiful Memorial Day weekend behind us, our focus for the next several weeks will be to complete units and shore up skills learned in fourth grade.  That being said, here is the goal (always subject to change due to interruptions for fun events!)

Math:  Some time will be spent on graphing, but the majority of time we have remaining will be used to reinforce skills learned this year. (fractions, decimals, place value, multiplication and division)

Language Arts:  We will continue to read Superfudge.  We will also do comprehension work finding the main idea and supporting details.  Reader’s theatre will be continued (the students are enjoying this!)  Adverbs are studied while the students write sentences using the parts of speech we have focused upon this year.

Religion:  We are discussing the teachings and miracles of Jesus.  I have been reading stories from a great book I discovered in our school library.  It is bringing the gospels alive for them!  It is by the Daughters of St. Paul and is titled  The Teachings and Miracles of Jesus.

Social Studies:  California government will be discussed as we read and explore the final chapter in our books.  The Wax Museum project is also a focus. 🙂

Science:  We wrap up the year with slow changes on earth.

Please make sure your child is prepared for the Wax Museum event.  I would like to have all boards here by June 8th.  Each student is responsible to put together a costume for his or her character and to memorize a short paragraph.  Thank you so much for your help.  Our room moms are working very hard to make this event special and I know it will be enjoyed by all!

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Mrs. Sharon Redmond