This Wednesday will be a free dress fundraiser to raise money for earthquake relief in Ecuador; a minimum $1 donation is requested. The annual school Jogathon is this Friday, May 13th. This is one of our biggest fundraisers, and Mrs. Benner has promised extra free dress days, depending upon how much money is raised. You can be part of this effort through your donations, as well as by purchasing Shout-Outs and Spirit Signs to show your SHS spirit. Please send in the signed permission envelope with your donations by this Friday morning at the latest.
If you have not signed and returned your child’s progress report, please do so as soon as possible.
What we are working on this week:
Religion: We continue learning about the 8th commandment and how it applies in our lives.
Math: We are working on fraction addition and subtraction. Students will complete ixL Math skills Q 3, Q 15 and Q 21, all of them focusing on fraction concepts.
Spelling: We will begin studying the words from Unit 32, but the test will not be until next week. We are also doing review unit 30; those pages are due on Thursday.
Grammar: We continue our work with adjectives.
Writing Workshop: We begin writing our opinion essays this week.
Vocabulary: We will begin our study of Unit 16; the test will be next week.
Reading: The reading log will be due next Monday (click here for a copy) Reading log summary and Fluency Homework #32 will be due next Monday as well.
Social Studies: We are reading issues 18 and 19, learning more about California during the Gold Rush, about Biddy Mason, and about our acceptance as a free state in 1850.
Science: We continue our study of erosion, learning about the effects of river systems and glaciers. We will have a test next week on chapter 7. We will prepare a review sheet this week.
Thanking you for your continuing support,
Mrs. Mary Dwyer
