April 8 -Week 31
This Week's News
Aquatic Center Water Safety Field Trip!
Our Swimming Field trip will be the Week of April 15-18th. Each class will go two consecutive days.
Field Day Information
Our Field Day shirt store is open! We are incredibly excited to have our first student designed shirt! 3rd grade student Seneca bid on and won the opportunity to design the shirt at the PTA Fall Fest! Funds raised from the sale of Field Day shirts go towards paying for inflatables and generator rentals for Field Day, which will happen on May 20th.
Each grade level has been assigned a shirt color that will auto-populate when you select your student's grade level and teacher. First click the "Buy" button and click the grade level and teacher. The garment type will also auto-populate.
Shirts are $11 and will be delivered already sorted to the school and then will be sent home with your student the week before Field Day. Parent shirts are also available in grey but please be sure to enter your student's name on the name line if you purchase a parent shirt so we can be sure to get that shirt home to you. If you'd prefer to color coordinate with your student, you are welcome to do that as well, just be sure to enter your student's name so we can get the shirt to you.
Students are not required to buy a Field Day shirt of course but we would love the support. If you opt not to buy one, please try to have your kiddo wear a shirt that is the same or similar color to their assigned Field Day shirt.
Shirts must be ordered online and the store will close on April 30. We CANNOT order additional shirts once the company closes the store.
To order a shirt, go to our Spirit store here: https://spiritworx.com/store/17017/
Important Dates Reminders
April 8th Solar Eclipse!
April 9: PTA General Meeting @5:15
April 15/16 - Swimming Field trip for Bates, Nelson and Cruz
April 17/18 - Swimming Field Trip for Willis, Hatla and Allen
April 16: STAAR Reading-Closed Campus to visitors
April 18: STAAR Science-Closed Campus to visitors
April 22: Progress Reports go out
**Ride Changes need to be submitted using this link. Please have them submitted by 2:00 p.m. If you are picking up your child early, please make sure they are picked up no later than 2:30 pm per district policy.
Parents, it's time to buy your 1st Day School Supplies. I know it seems early, but before you know it, summer will be here. It's important you order your supplies before it's too late or supplies run out. Start the school year with the exact supplies your teacher requested, and give your child the confidence they need to conquer next year! Get them today before it's too late!
April's character focus for the month is Courage!
This week we are learning about:
Reading:
This week we will make and correct predictions in our series books by figuring out how other books in the series go.
Social Studies:
This week we will discuss needs and wants. In Daily Geography, we will study an amusement park map.
Writing:
This week we will continue writing about reading. We will explore how different reading strategies and tricks can help support our writing.
Phonics:
This week we will practice reading and writing words with R-controlled vowel teams. In Grammar we will practice alphabetizing a list or words and learn how to use a dictionary.
Math Workshop:
This week, we will wrap up Module 10. Students will take the Module 10 Summative on Tuesday, April 9. There is a pretest attached below. We will begin Module 11 on Wednesday and working on Subtraction Strategies for 3 digit numbers.
Module 11 Parent Newsletter (front)
Module 11 Parent Newsletter (back)
These videos is helpful for parents to watch so that you can see how it is being taught during class. We will cover this concept this week! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions.
Science:
This week we will begin our unit over food chains. The students will learn about producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers. The students will have a test over parts of a food chain this Friday. Linked below is the kahoot we will be using as review in class.
