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Teacher workday: Friday, April 26th no school for students
Book Swap: Bring in books to trade between now and May 1st
Assessment Day: May 3rd 8:30-10:30 am. Students will ONLY come during this time.
Math MAP testing in class on the morning of May 8th
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Math
We are working in the measurement unit. This week discussed liquid measurement and weight. Next, we'll be learning about time.
Practice 3 digit subtraction. Helpful video Link
Practice round to the nearest 10 and 100 at home! Link
Practice measurement at home. Using a ruler or tape measure have your student measure different items. Think about breaking up inches into halves, fourths and eighths.
Practice time at home too using an analog clock. You can always download an analog clock on your phone to practice if you don't have one at home. Think about using the terminology "half past" and "quarter past and quarter till". This helps student connect fractions with time.
Literacy
This module is called Animal Behavior. This week we read about different noses. We are focusing on seeing how the text and graphic features of the text help us understand the text more.
In writing, we have chosen our animal and we are researching five different questions about them.
Students should be reading nightly for at least 25 minutes. We appreciate your support in ensuring they have a good fit book at home.
STEM Dekalb
Science Blechar
Social Studies Higgins
We will be continuing with rotations.
Science: In this unit, students will create models to build their understanding of the life cycles of both plants and animals.
Social Studies: We are going to end our learning this year with government. We will be focusing on the different levels of government as well as the branches of the government.
STEM: We are using a new robot called a Finch! We will start by measuring out a baseball field and then code the Finch using angles measurement to swing the bad and run the baseball!