We have enough donations for the auction! Thank you for the many items -- it will be a grand finale to our school year.
NOTE: we are still accepting boxes of tissues -- one or two more boxes would get us through the last days of school.
Important Dates:
Specialists for June 1 - 3: Monday -- art; Tuesday -- PE; Wednesday -- music
Monday, June 1: Virtue Assembly at 3:00 (Spirit Wear tops; uniform bottoms)
Monday, June 1: Westward Expansion Assessment (study guide will be sent home soon)
Tuesday, June 2: End-of-Year Auction 12:15 - 1:45
Wednesday, June 3: last day of school
Poetry Memory Work: Our quarter 4 poem is "The Yak", by Hillaire Belloc. The poem can be found on the Poetry Work tab at the top of this page. We are practicing all three stanzas in class now, and the sign up sheet to recite will be posted now. Please spend some time practicing the poem with your child. Reminder: the poem should be ready to recite by end of day on Tuesday, June 2.
History: Our test over the study of Westward Expansion will be on Monday, June 1. A study guide has been sent home, but is posted on the study guides tab at the top of this page as well.
Writing: Final, published fairy tales are due by Monday, June 1. Most of these have been turned in. Please check in with your child and/or Infinite Campus to confirm that your child has completed the fairy tale assignment.
Science: We have wrapped up our science units for the year. If time allows, we will play a review game that is a culmination of key information and vocabulary from all of our units.
Grammar: We will continue our study of linking verbs. Linking verbs link/connect the subject of the sentence with an equal noun (called the predicate nominative) or an adjective (predicate adjective). Linking verbs can be tricky because many of them are also helping verbs. The key to determine if that word is working as a linking verb or a helping verb is to see if the sentence has an action verb. If it does -- that means the word is working as a helping verb (linking verbs are NOT used with action verbs).
Here are links to jingles we have being working on and practicing in class: