Looking ahead:
Sun., April 9- Easter Sunday
F, April 14- Walk-a-thon (Rain date April 21)
M, April 17- Field trip to the Indiana Statehouse (We are still missing a few permission slips)
Th, April 27-W, May 10- ILEARN (not testing all days)
W, May 10- Arts Fest
Th, May 11- Field Trip to Conner Prairie (Drivers/Chaperones will be needed; info to be sent home closer to May)
T, May 23- Little Olympics (Rain date May 24; Volunteers will be needed)
Th, May 25- Awards Program (usually in the morning)
F, May 26- Last Student Day of School
Thank you for all the blue supporters today that donated money for Autism Speaks and the Decatur County 4 Kids organizations. It is truly appreciated!
Religion:
*We have been talking about Holy Week as we prepare for Easter this coming Sunday. Students read passages and answered questions focusing on Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.
*We participated in a Way of the Cross Thursday morning during prayer service.
*Have a blessed Easter!
Mrs. Schneider:
Next week we will finish learning about figurative language and will take a test on Wednesday.
We started talking about poetry this week. We learned about the different structural elements in poems. Students will have the chance to write poems of their own soon! We will take a reading test over poetry on Tuesday of next week.
We will be doing some review in writing leading up to ILEARN. We will begin talking about our next unit, fiction writing, soon as well.
We will not have spelling or vocabulary for the next few weeks. Woo Hoo! I want us to be able to focus on other things right now.
Mrs. Volz:
Math
* This week: Adding and subtracting fractions with like/unlike denominators
*Next week: Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions and vise versa, then adding/
subtracting mixed numbers
Simple Solution Heads Up:
Lesson 113 due T Lesson 115 due TH
Lesson 114 due W Lesson 116 due TH
Simple Solution Help Videos
*Simple Solution Help Videos are available on Mrs. Volz’s web page for lessons 113-116. I
work through the tough problems of each lesson. You just have to watch and fill in your
box as I explain it.
*Congratulations to Braxton Radcliffe, Payton Koors, and Jack Dwenger who all
became problem solvers! (That makes 19!!) Great job!
Social Studies
*This week we finished up our study of the Native Americans that settled in the lands of Indiana
and completed our mapping activity. We also began to learn about the European countries that
came to trade and settle here.
*Next week we will see how these two worlds collide; Then we hit our pause button on the Unit to
jump ahead to learn about our Indiana government in preparation for our field trip on the 17th.
Science
*This week: We learned more about Simple Machines
*Next week: Integrate Simple Machines in with Force/Motion/Gravity
Kids' Closet Service Project for Third Grade
Looking for gently used clothes and shoes for children in grades Preschool thru 8th grade.
No pajamas or swimsuits will be collected. Socks and underwear should be new.
We are collecting now until the end of the school year if you can help us out!
The fifth graders are making mats for the homeless out of plastic bags (like Wmart, Kroger, DG, etc) If you happen to have a stash of these at your house that you would like to get rid of, they would gladly welcome them. :)
Mrs. Volz is in need of clean plastic 2-Liter bottles WITH lids. With Easter gatherings upon us, this is a great time to collect these for a Social Studies project for later this Spring. Please wash out and let them air dry. Then you can send them in and I will store them here at school. Thank you in advance for your help with this.