What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know...

Enjoy our pictures from our field trip to Gempp!

• We had a wonderful time on our field trip to Gempp on Friday Gempp!  Thank you, Mrs. Bakai, Ms. Mebruer, Ms. Roy, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Kutrip, Mrs. Morales and Ms. Hicks for joining us!

• The scholastic book fair will be at Crestwood this week!  It is BOGO (buy one and get one free!).  We will preview the books on Monday and the students will be able to make purchases on Tuesday through Thursday.

• The students will be given the Northwest region states tomorrow.  It will include a labeled map and a blank map to practice.  They will be quizzed over the states on Wednesday.  A word bank is included on the test.

• Mrs. Bakai is presenting Junior Achievement lessons to the students. They really enjoyed the 1st lesson last week and looking forward to two more lessons this week! Thank you, Mrs. Bakai!

• The students have until May 14th to complete their 4th-grade ALEKS pie to participate in our class pizza lunch! 

Dates to Remember...  
            Wednesday: States test  
             Thursday:   Pajama Day to raise money for the Heines  
             Friday: Field trip to Ulysses Grant's Home

What's Going on in Our Classroom...

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will work on a Google slide presentation with their book club members to present and share the book they read with their classmates.

Writer's Workshop:

• We will focus on different types of poetry and begin our poetry this week!
• The students want to learn how to write in cursive so we will begin this week!  All the students know how to write their name in cursive and they have been practicing reading cursive.  

Math:

• I have noticed that several students struggle with telling time on an analog clock.  We will be taking time this week to review telling time.  We will focus on "quarter till..", "quarter after..."  Practicing this at home would be a great way to reinforce this skill.

• The students who have not mastered their multiplication facts will be working on QuickTables during morning arrival this week.

Science:

• The students will continue to learn about different specialized structures plants and animals have to survive in their environment.  They will begin a Mystery Science activity near the end of the week to learn about food chains.

Social Studies:

• The students will be learning the location of the 50 states over the next few weeks.  The states will be introduced to the students by region.