What's Happening in Room 30.........

Important Announcements:

• You will be receiving your child's 3rd quarter reflection in the mail later this week.  The students did a wonderful job reflecting on their behavior and academics. They took the activity seriously and came up with great goals for 4th quarter.
• The 2nd and 4th grade music concert is Wednesday night at the LHS auditorium!
• Spring Break is next week!  I will not assign any homework over Spring Break, other than reading, but I do encourage the students to work on ALEKS a couple of times throughout the week.  Several students have finished the 4th grade level and are continuing on to 5th grade!  I am hoping to see everyone complete the 4th grade level by the end of the school year.

Word of the Week: etiquette (from Wonder, our read aloud)  It is important to show proper dinner etiquette when you are at a nice restaurant.

Dates to Remember:  

Monday:   Chess Club
                    Mr. Stevens' Book Battle 
Tuesday:   Environmental Club
                    Read, Right, Run
Wednesday:  4th Grade Concert at LHS
Thursday: Choir @ 8:00
                     Mad Science Club
Friday:  Spelling Test
                                                            

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop: 

• The students will continue to practice close reading and annotating passages to help formulate thorough responses to questions as they work with their reading partners. 

Writer's Workshop:

• After reading Oliver Button is a Sissy, the students will write a different ending to the story following specific guidelines.
• We will begin our Poetry Unit this week!  The students will use Padlet, an online bulletin board, to share ideas and thoughts on specific poems presented to the class.

Math:

• We began studying perimeter and area on Friday and will continue through the week.  They will learn to relate perimeter and area through fun, hands-on activities.

Science

• We will begin our Matter Unit this week.  We will incorporate metric measurement activities as we study mass, volume and weight.