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I hope you enjoyed a wonderful week with your children. I had a relaxing week of family, hiking, gardening, and skiing. :-)
Thank you for your generosity for the Oso Mudslide Coin Drive.
Our goal for this week: Be respectful and stay focused on the learning during group work.
Some items in this Monday's take-home folder:
Sign and return: (no updates), reading logs (in binders)
Review and keep at home: corrected math facts and mad minutes, St. Patrick's Day writing and art, nonfiction text features pages, Math review and practice pages, Plant and Animal Research Writing, and YMCA Kids University Registration forms
SBA: Our Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA, instead of MSP) test dates have been scheduled. If possible, please avoid appointments and vacations during May. Thanks!
-Wednesday, May 7 Math
-Wednesday, May 14 Math
-Wednesday, May 21 English Language Arts
-Tuesday, May 27 English Language Arts
-Wednesday, May 28 English Language Arts
IXL Math practice skills: Fractions: S1 – 3; Decimals: T1 - 13.
Wax Museum/Biography Report: It is almost time for the Wax Museum/Biography report! Although our wonderful CVES librarian will be helping our students find non-fiction books here, if your student has his/her heart set on a specific historical person, please feel free to go to the Snoqualmie Library (KCLS). Each student will need an expository (not narrative) biography book at or just below his/her reading level by Friday, April 25. Biography subjects must be deceased, and students must be able to explain how their chosen person made the world a better place. Ideas for possible subjects can be found here: http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ (Note: not every historical figure is a good subject for this report... think in terms of role models!) More Wax Museum guidelines will be coming home soon.
Important Dates:
4/25 Donuts for Dads @ 7:30am.
5/7 SBA: Math
5/9 Mom's Morning @ 7:30am
5/14 SBA: Math
5/21 SBA: English Language Arts
5/26 No School: Memorial Day
5/27 SBA: English Language Arts
5/28 SBA: English Language Arts
5/26 No School: Memorial Day
6/6 Wax Museum (10:15 – 10:45am parent viewing)
6/13 Dance Man
6/16 Field Day (tentative date; subject to change)
6/18 Last Day of School
Coming Up This Week in Class: We are completing Topic 13 (Fractions and Decimals), wrapping up our "Voyage of Discovery" with Lewis & Clark in reading/social studies, and investigating Energy in science!
With thanks,
Emily Larson
[email protected]