Upcoming Dates

Hello, Families!

I hope you had a restful three-day weekend. With the end of the year quickly approaching, please bear in mind the following dates:

• Wednesday, May 15: Grammar Test over indirect objects & quotes
• Thursday, May 16: Cereal Box Reports due
• Friday, May 17: Test over 13 Colonies--study guide sent home Tuesday 5/14
• Wednesday, May 22: Science Test
• Thursday, May 23: Last day of Math
• Friday, May 24: Last day of school

Although this schedule may seem ambitious, please know that we are spending time in-class working to accomplish these tasks. This is possible for a number of reasons; for example, we have completed our introduction of new Riggs words. Students will take their last Riggs spelling test this Wednesday. 

In Language Arts this week, students will review and be tested on their knowledge of indirect objects and the conventions of quotations. Students are also interviewing a classmate to write a biography on a person in the class. These biographies will then be typed up and distributed to students as a keepsake from this year. If you are willing to donate the time to type up completed biographies, please let me know. As every biography is four paragraphs in length, there is a great opportunity for volunteering! In literature, we will learn strategies to determine the meaning of an unknown word. We will also read the next three chapters from Little House on the Prairie.

Science this week will consist of student presentations of their cereal boxes and a study of the "Space Race." 

In History, we will wrap up our learning of the New England colonies and move on to the Middle colonies. Students will learn about the Dutch settlements, William Penn, and Quakers. We will spend a day on review prior to the test. 

If you have questions or concerns about anything in the classroom, please feel free to contact me. 

Please see the above "Classified" advertisement for volunteers. Any time that you are able to donate will be greatly appreciated. 

Yours in Learning,

Ms. Headrick