Week of May 1, 2023

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

     I would like to thank everyone for all of the thoughtful notes, cards, gifts and gestures of kindness that you sent to me during Teacher Appreciation Week. I am eternally thankful and appreciative. 

                              

5/3 Wednesday

FAST Testing PM3 for ELA (State)

5/3 Wednesday

Board Games Day (During Math)

5/15 Monday

FAST Testing PM3 for Math (State)

5/19 Friday

4th Grade EOC Exam for Science (District)

5/25 Thursday

4th Grade End of Year Carnival

     Now that we have covered all of our math benchmarks, we will spend the next two weeks reviewing all of the material from this school year. Our FAST PM3 will be on Monday May 15th. The test will be one session. Students must work for a minimum of 100 minutes, but there is no time limit for them to finish. So students can work at their own pace and not feel rushed. 

     In addition to reviewing the benchmarks that students have worked on this year we will also discuss some test taking strategies. 

     Our classes will be writing a book!! For the third year in a row I will be working with Studentreasures Publishing company. Each student will have two pages in their classes book. One page will feature original text and the second will showcase the students' illustration that goes along with their text.

      Our book will be titled Science Is...A Collection of Acrostic Poems. Students will be completing their pages in class. Coming home today is an order form for you to order your child a copy of the book. Please look over the order form. If you are interested in ordering follow the directions on the form. There are directions for paying online and by sending in cash or check. Please write your child's name on the form where it indicates. At the bottom of the form their is a place for you to sign. By signing the form you are giving your permission for your child's work to included in the book. There is also a place for you to check that you are not interested in ordering at this time. If I get back all of the forms. I will get a free copy of the book that will be on display in our classroom. The cost of the book is as follows:

Softcover Books--$22.95

Standard Hardcover Books--$27.95

Deluxe Hardcover Books--#32.95

If you order online there is a discount. 

These are the books written by my previous classes.

Monday: Math: Week 6 Review Packet

Tuesday: Math: Week 8 Review Packet

Wednesday: Science: Food Chains pages 75-77 (pink book)

Thursday: Math: Freckle: Distance and Time Problems and at least 1 Math Challenge Activity

Science: HMH: Unit 11 Lesson 2 How Do Organisms Obtain and Use Food? and Lesson 3 What Are Food Chains?

Have a Wonderful Week,

Aesha