Week of March 23, 2026

Important Dates: 

Wed, 3/18-Wed, 3/25- Terra Nova Testing

Tues, 3/31- Noon Dismissal, Living Stations 

Tues, 4/7- Return from Easter Break

Saturday, 4/18- 8th Grade Car Wash

Wednesday, 5/6- Home and School Meeting

Friday, 5/8- Noon Dismissal

Wednesday, 5/13- May Procession

Wednesday, 5/20- Noon Dismissal 

Thursday, 5/21- 25- No School 

Thursday, 5/28- Variety Show

Monday, 6/1-Friday, 6/5- EOY Exams

Monday, 6/8- Noon Dismissal

Tuesday, 6/9- Field Day, Noon Dismissal

Wednesday, 6/10- Noon Dismissal; 8th Grade Graduation

Thursday, 6/11- Last Day; 10 am Dismissal

ELA 4:  

• Module 5: Art Everywhere Essential Question: How far can your talents take you? 

• Anchor Text: How Can Photos Take Us Back in Time? (video) and Let's Dance Around the World (Informational Text); Reading Skills: Text Structure, Central Idea, Text and Graphic Features

• Decoding: final long e

• Target Vocabulary

  • Big Idea Words: sculpture, creativity, inspiration, expressive

  • Target Vocabulary: curator, foreground, background, rhythmic, distinctive, highlight, horizontal

• Spelling- Final long e

• Grammar- prepositions and phrases

• Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -ity, -ty, -er, -or, -ist

• Speaking- Fluency

• Writing- Research Writing- Making a Stamp on History

• Listening- Novel Read Aloud

ELA 5:  

• Module 5: Project Earth Essential Question: How can caring for the Earth and its living things improve life now and in the future? 

• Anchor text: Living Green (Play) and The Good Garden (Informational Text) Reading Skills: Elements of Drama, Literary Elements, Figurative Language

• Decoding: recognize root words

• Target Vocabulary

  • Big Idea Vocabulary: contaminate, benevolent, imperil, endangered

  • Critical Vocabulary: contradict, conscious, implying, cascading, depleted, reduce, packet, spectacle, retreat, toddles

• Spelling-  adding -ed and -ing

• Grammar-Prepositions and Phrases

• Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -ive, Latin Roots dict- and spect-

• Speaking- Fluency

• Writing- Research Writing- Making a Stamp on History

• Listening- Novel Read Aloud

Religion

• The Sacraments of Healing 

Spanish

• weather and seasons