Today begins the third trimester. I will be sending home student work packets tomorrow, and progress reports will be going home next Tuesday. We continue to celebrate Read Across America; starting today and during the coming month students can earn a ticket for each book they read. These tickets will be entered into a drawing for prizes, to be held on April 13th. So let’s get reading even more! Before our Easter break, all students need to select a published poem to memorize for the annual Speech Contest, which takes place in April. The poem should be 15-20 lines long. No props are allowed. Students should make two copies: one for themselves and one for me. We will be going to Stations of the Cross on Thursday at approximately 1:45 p.m. You are most welcome to join us if you can! Friday is a half-day.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Since next week is a short week, I have adjusted some homework due dates and some test days as well.
HOMEWORK Students will be working on the following ixL skills: Math E 5 and E 6 (using the partial quotients method we are learning in class), and Language F 11 and 12; (due next Wednesday, March 28th). We are doing fluency #27 this week, and students should be reading for 20-30 minutes per night. Students should complete the Math Boxes on page 137 and 141 by this Friday.
DAILY WORK
Religion: We continue working on the commandments.
Math: We continue working on the partial quotients method of division. Click here for a sheet of sample problems. partial quotients
Reading Workshop: (See the note above about Read Across America). We continue reading biographies for this mini-unit. Students should be jotting as they read, and when they are done with a book they are to write a summary. Click here for the questions to be answered in the summary. biosummaries
Writing Workshop: We are putting the final touches on our personal essays.
Spelling: We are working on Unit 27; the test will be next Wednesday.
Vocabulary: We continue work on Unit 12; the test will be next Tuesday.
Grammar: This week we turn our attention to adverbs.
Science: We will be learning about weathering and erosion.
Social Studies: We have finished learning about the rancho period. We will have a test on issues #14 and 15 on Thursday. Click here for a copy of the study guide, which we started to fill out in class today. study sheet 14-15
Thanking you for your continuing support,
Mrs. Mary Dwyer
