Week of 4/1 - 4/5

April 4, 2024

Dear Parents,

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break and enjoyed the variety of weather we had here locally.  

Please be on the lookout for today's Corrected Work Envelope.  Enclosed will be a packet regarding a book report/project that was just assigned.  Please read it carefully, sign the green tear-off, and let me know if you have any questions.  Be aware that the book your child chooses can be any fiction genre, but NO graphic novels are allowed.  However, it needs to be a book that he/she has never read and it needs to be within his/her AR range.  This project and two-minute commercial presentation are to be worked on at home. The project and oral presentation are due on May 1st.    

On an entirely different note, a sheet is coming home today in the Corrected Work Envelope regarding Fitness Week, which begins on April 15th.  Please read through it carefully.  Our class is assigned the color, "royal blue".  Starting on April 15th, please dress your child in as much royal blue as possible each day.  Fitness Week shirts will be coming home soon.  

As a reminder, 4 new AR points are due by Tuesday, April 9th.  Due to the book report assignment, there will be no new required AR point amounts assigned for the rest of April.  The final AR points will be assigned in May.  

Sincerely,

Mrs. McLoud

This Week's Agenda:

Language Arts 

Dictionary Skill - Guide Words 

Daily Silent Reading

Read Aloud -  All the Money in the World, by Bill Brittain           

Class Book Creation- "Fortunately/Unfortunately" (Final Drafts Continued) 

Cursive Lower Case - Lower Case "g" 

Reading Focus - Making Inferences (Continued); Finding Text-Evidence

"A New Cereal on the Shelf" Book Report Assigned

Math

Both Groups: Multiplication Tests

McLoud Group:

Comparing Unit-Fractions With Different-Sized Models Representing the Whole

Placing Fractions on a Number Line with Endpoints 0 and 1

Mid-Module Review (Test on Monday)

Picture Pie Fraction Art

Zearn Lessons

Fishman Group:

Place Any Fractions on a Number Line with Endpoints 0 and 1

Place Whole Number Fractions and Fractions Between Whole Numbers on the Number Line

Practice Placing Various Fractions on the Number Line

Comparing Fractions and Whole Numbers on the Number Line by Reasoning About Their Distance From 0

Social Studies - Geography and the Way We Live

Introduction to Explorers ("Brown Gold" Class Activity - Rescheduled)

Would YOU Want to be an Sailor on an Explorer's Ship?  (First Draft Writing Assignment)

Art

Regions Illustrations (Final Touches)

Health

"Feelings Circle" (Friday)

Notes/Reminders/Info Dates

Mid-Module 5 Math Test (McLoud Group) 4/8

Report Book Approved 4/8

4 New AR points Deadline 4/9

Multiplication Test 4/11

Report Book Finished Reading 4/19

Project and Oral Presentation Due 5/1

Open House 5/2