"Sweet April showers
Do spring May flowers."
-  Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry, 1557 

We began our last week before April vacation with math and our P.E.A. Reading Buddies.  Students read a book called If You Traveled On the Underground Railroad with them.  We will be beginning our Black American Unit when we return to school in May.

We will finish our Fraction Unit this week.  Hooray!  Students are excited to move on to measurement, multiplication and geometry after vacation.  They will have a one-sided assignment each night for homework this week.

Our Spelling Rule involves the V-C-E Exceptions this week.  In these words the silent e does not make the vowel long.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice for homework each night.  

Please be sure to sign and return your child's gold report card envelope if you haven't done so yet.  

Have a fantastic week!  :)

"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."
-  Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant 


We began this beautiful week with math, reading and a visit from our PEA Reading Buddies.  We hadn't seen them since March so it was great to get back into our regular routine.

Our spelling rule this week involves split vowels.  These vowels are heard separately though they may look like a team.  The words poem, quiet and museum are all examples from this pattern.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

We continued with our Fraction Unit this week.  Students did an excellent job answering number stories involving fractions on the board.  We will continue to work on fraction word problems, number lines, mixed numbers and greater than/less than questions this week.  Students will have a one-sided homework assignment each night.

We are wrapping up our European Immigration Unit now.  We will move on to Nutrition this week.  I look forward to completing experiments in this unit with the class and studying healthy living choices.

Enjoy this wonderful sunshine and the warmer temperatures!  :)

"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."
-  Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant 

We began our week with the math portion of the Smarter Balanced Test.  Students did a wonderful job and seemed to find it easier than last week's test.  

Our spelling rule this week involves -ight and -eight words.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.  

We will continue to study fractions in math this week.  All homework will be done in class.  

Report cards will go home on Friday.  Please keep the report card for your child's records.  But please remember that the envelope needs to be signed and returned to school. 

I look forward to seeing parents at conferences over the next couple of weeks.  Thank you!  :)