Sunday, April 29, 2012

Week of April 30, 2012

It's hard to believe we are entering our last full month of school.  We still have a lot to accomplish before summer break!  Here is what to expect this week:

MATH
Students may retake the divided by 4 test up until Thursday, 5/3.  The divided by 5 test is on Friday, 5/4.  On Monday, we are testing on Chapter 23which will include multiplication of 10 and 100; estimating products, multiplying 2-digit numbers and multiplying 3-digit numbers.

READING
We are going to wrap up our poetry unit this week with a poetry quiz on Tuesday, 5/1 and a graded poetry reading on Wednesday, 5/2.  Then we are going to begin our magic unit which allows students to practice fluency and comprehension. 

SPELLING
The lesson 24 pretest (contractions) is on Monday.  Workbook pages 209-210, ABC order and the cursive worksheet is due on Friday when we take our test.

ENGLISH
Students will be taking the unit 5 test on capitalization and punctuation test on Friday, 5/4.  We will also begin our expository writing unit.

SOCIAL STUDIES
We will finish up lesson 4 this week and take the chapter 3 test on Wednesday, 5/9.  Culture Day presentations will begin on Monday, 5/7.  Please have your child turn in their presentation idea by Monday, 4/30.

SCIENCE
We are going to begin chapter 14 on heat, light and sound this week.

Have a wonderful week!


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