What's Happening in Room 34...

Things To Know...

• You should have received an e-mail and an envelope regarding MAP testing and the request for encouragement notes from you this past week.  

• We will begin MAP testing next week and our testing schedule is as follows:

• Monday, April 22nd:  Afternoon ELA  testing
• Wednesday, April 24th: Morning ELA testing
• Thursday, April 25th: Morning ELA testing
• Monday, April 29th: Afternoon Math testing
• Thursday, May 2nd:  Morning Math testing  

• MAP Spirit Week is this Week!  
• Monday - Read directions carefully (wear sunglasses)
• Tuesday - Get a good night's sleep (pajama day)
• Wednesday - Work out all the wiggles (workout clothes)
• Thursday - Crestwood Kids Rock (wear Crestwood spirit wear)

• Please send in your encouragement letters by this Thursday!  Thank you for your support!  

• The students can share what they did over the weekend with their peers on our new Padlet! Your child can access it by going to padlet.com/kbranding1/weekend . The students are familiar with Padlet because we use it in the classroom regularly, so they should have no problem sharing a picture or just a few words.  I look forward to sharing it during our class meeting tomorrow.

• The students will have their Growth and Development lesson on Thursday with Nurse Eva.  The boys and girls will have their lesson at different times.  If you have any questions on the content or would like more information, please let me know.

• We will be starting our Nature Unleashed science unit soon, and we will be spending a lot of time outdoors observing and making discoveries in your schoolyard ecosystem.  Your child is encouraged to bring in an old bath towel or beach towel to use during our outdoor learning.  With the beautiful weather ahead, I also like to take the students outside to read and write. 

Dates to Remember... 

           Wednesday: Literacy on the Lawn   

           Thursday:  Spelling Test
                             Growth and Development
                             Scholastic Book Orders Due
           Friday: No School! 
                  
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

Alek's Topic Leaders Last Week!

• Nathan completed 21 topics!
• Makaylee completed 19 topics!
• Stella and Cullen completed 17 topics!

Keep up your hard work!

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will be working on reading strategies this week as they read short passages and answer questions from their reading. They will practice previewing the questions before reading, use FUN (find the answer, underline it and number it), and use keywords to help identify the answer in the text.

Writer's Workshop:

• Our chosen poetry anthology topic is "Food". The students are having fun with their creativity as they write poems about food.  

Math:

• This week we will focus on geometry in math.  The students will learn about lines segments, rays, parallel and perpendicular, and angles.  We will also be spending time this week using a protractor to measure and create angles.

Science:

• As the students finish their Boston Tea Party STEAM project, they will have the opportunity to test their tea crate and see how water proof it is!