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June 3rd-7th
Reading - We wrapped up our biography units this week with our projects and wax museum event.
Math - We continued talking about volume and capacity this week. We moved from estimating volume and capacity to measuring exact volume and learning how to read different measuring tools such as graduated cylinders and measuring cups.
Writing - Students fine-tuned their speeches and practiced reciting them to different partners. We also wrote paragraphs describing the adaptations for our animals in our science activity.
Science - We continued talking about animal adaptations this week. Students randomly chose a card with a habitat on it, and they had to design a creature that had three separate adaptations to help it to survive in that environment. The students had a lot of fun designing their animals!
Social Studies - Our Wax Museum event was wonderful! It was so much fun to see the kids' hard work come to life! They did an amazing job with their research and their speeches, and it was so great to see them show off their work.
Other - We had a great time on our hiking field trip on Tuesday. We also got to go inside CSDA and meet their principal for next year!
~Reminders~
Tuesday, June 11th ~ 3rd grade concert - Flyer with details went home in backpack mail and via email.
Friday, June 14th ~ Field Day - students should bring a water bottle to school and a dry set of clothes, including socks. All sunscreen and bug spray should be applied before they come to school.
Tuesday, June 18th ~ Last Day of School - Half day
~Mrs. Starkey
May 27th-31st
Reading - We are still working hard on our biography projects!
Math - We wrapped up elapsed time this week and began to talk about volume. We explored the difference between milliliters and liters, and terms like capacity and volume.
Writing - Students are moving on to writing their speeches for their wax museum presentations. They are working on writing organized paragraphs with common ideas, while still applying conventions and spelling skills.
Science - We have been talking about animal adaptations this week. We did some fun animal exploration stations to learn about structures and functions that animals have to help them adapt to and survive in their environments.
~Reminders~
*Please bring all costumes and pieces to school Monday or Tuesday of next week. This is to minimize stress about forgetting something on the day of, and to ensure that they have everything that they need.
*We are asking students to try and look if a rock this weekend, if they are able, to bring in on Tuesday for a rock painting activity that we will be doing as a whole grade. The rock should be able to fit in their palm. Feel free to send in an extra or two if you have access to multiple. We will do our best to have some extras for students as well.
Please take a look at the flyer below for our last food pantry collection of the school year. A physical copy also went home in your child's backpack mail.
Tuesday, June 4th ~ Field trip to CSDA. Please apply any suncreen and bug spray before coming to school.
Thursday, June 6th ~ Wax museum, see attached flyer from a few weeks ago for details.
Tuesday, June 11th ~ 3rd grade concert - Flyer with details went home in backpack mail and via email earlier this week.
Friday, June 14th ~ Field Day
Tuesday, June 18th ~ Last Day of School - Half day
~Mrs. Starkey
May 20th-24th
Reading - We continued to work on our biography projects. Most students are transitioning from the research portion to the first draft of their speeches.
Math - We began our unit on measurement and time this week. We reviewed time to the minute and worked on elapsed time.
Writing - This week we reviewed paragraph writing, and completed a writing prompt that was a letter to our 4th grade teachers introducing ourselves.
Social Studies - We had a wonderful presentation this week from Sheryl Faye who studies and impersonates historical women. She came and performed Amelia Earhart for us!
Other - We also had a guidance lesson on being an Emotion Detective.
Please also take a look at the Weekly Newsletter from admin. For the remainder of the year it will not be sent out through Power Announcements, but will be linked here: https://www.myrmms.org/our-school/rmmsnewsletters
~Reminders~
Monday, May 27th ~ Memorial Day - No school
Tuesday, June 4th ~ Field trip to CSDA. Please apply any suncreen and bug spray before coming to school.
Thursday, June 6th ~ Wax museum, see attached flyer from last week for details.
Tuesday, June 11th ~ 3rd grade concert - Flyer with details went home in backpack mail and via email earlier this week.
Friday, June 14th ~ Field Day
Tuesday, June 18th ~ Last Day of School - Half day
~Mrs. Starkey
May 13th - 17th
Reading - This week we began our biography unit. We talked about elements of a biography, as well as discovered different types of biographies. We read an informational, story-style, and poetic styles of biography stories and learned about some amazing people such as Temple Grandin, Eugenie Clark (zoologist) and Edwin Binney (creator of Crayola).
Math - We reviewed our two fractions units this week by applying our skills to a project based learning activity where we pretended to run a pizza shop and had to use our knowledge of fractions to make various decisions about the shop.
Writing/SS - We began researching for our biography projects. Students chose a person to study and began using multiple resources to gather information on them. We talked about how to pick out important information and organize it in our notes when conducting research.
~Reminders~
If you would like to order books from the Scholastic Book Order, you can click here and use our class code: P4WPP. Next week I will be submitting the last book order so that it will arrive before the end of the year.
Monday, May 27th ~ Memorial Day - No school
Tuesday, June 4th ~ Field trip to CSDA. Please apply any suncreen and bug spray before coming to school.
Thursday, June 6th ~ Wax museum, see attached flyer below for details.
Friday, June 14th ~ Field Day
Tuesday, June 18th ~ Last Day of School - Half day
~Mrs. Starkey
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