Sunday, May 7, 2017

Weekly Update

Important Info.  
  • We are done with MAP Testing, as we decided to combine two sessions last Tuesday!  That means students get to figure out what is in the MAP effort box!
  • To also celebrate students' efforts on MAP testing, this Thursday, 5/11, the Bubble Bus and Ice Cream Truck are coming to Long!  Students need to bring $1 for ice cream!  
  • There is No School this Friday, May 12th! 
  • On Monday, May 15th, we will head to the lead mines in Bonne Terre, Missouri for our final field trip!  Please make sure to turn in permission clips and money.  
  • The 4th grade all-district Strings rehearsal is now scheduled from 9:15-11:00am on Thursday, 5/18 in the district auditorium. 
  • Field Day is Friday, May 19th.  This year we will have the parents lead the students from station to station and the teachers will be running the stations.  We still need parent volunteers.  There will be 3 time slots to choose from: morning (8:30am-12pm), afternoon (12:30-3pm), or all day (8:30am-3pm).  Please use this link to sign upSignUpGenius
  • Long's Grant's Farm Night is Friday, May 19th. Our Cardinal's game night is May 31st!  

Writing/Spelling
We start our poetry unit this week!  We will learn all about different types of poetry and we'll review figurative language!   Our last Spelling test of the year is Thursday, May 18th!

Reading
In Reading we continue to meet in book clubs and reading groups.  We also continue to close read texts, looking for theme, author's craft, mood, vocabulary, figurative language, character traits, and more.  

Math
We are now reviewing all big topics learned this year.  This includes long multiplication and division, fractions, solving multi-step word problems, geometry, etc. 

Science/Social Studies 
The Forces and Motion Test will be next Tuesday, 5/16.  After this unit, we will begin our last unit, a Government mini-unit.  

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