Newsletter 4/13

Our Weekly Learning      4-13-17
News and Information Monday is our Field Trip, please make sure your child wears tennis shoes and comfortable clothes.  Don’t forget to send their lunch (unless they ordered a sack lunch from the cafeteria) Don’t forget to register for summer school!   You can find the link on the school website. Art Night is just around the corner.  We are needing volunteers.  If you would be available to help please go to the volunteer link:  https://goo.gl/J575Zh On Saturday, April 15th they are having a Make-A- Wish party for Mason Guccione at the Clever Fire Station from 3-6. Next Week we will be having a SPIRIT WEEK for Caden, our Make-A-Wish recipient, who wants to go to Hawaii!  Pay $1 or more each day to participate. Each $1 will earn a ticket for the prize drawing which will be held on Friday. Monday-Wear Sunglasses/ Tuesday-Wear Hawaiian Attire/Wednesday-Wear Blue/ Thursday-Wear a Hat/Friday-Wear Orange
Language Workshop This week we continued our author study on Kevin Henkes. We read the stories Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and A Weekend with Wendell.  We learned about prefixes.  We talked about re-, un-, and pre-.	Math Workshop This week we started Topic 11- Subtracting with Tens and Ones.  We are learning how to subtract using the hundreds chart and to regroup to subtraction.
Writing Workshop This week we started our informational writing assessment. They wrote on their own using the writing process. They were expected to write a topic sentence, 3 facts, and conclusion.	Word Study We used our word study time to finish up our handwriting and extra writing time. We also caught up on things that we have not finished.
Next Week We will continue Topic 11- Subtracting with Tens and Ones. We will start our Project Based Learning (PBL) project with weather. We will become weather experts for our school. It will be our job to inform our school community about severe weather and how to be be safe in case severe weather strikes.	Important Dates April 14 No School April 17-21 Make-A-Wish Spirit Week April 18 Art Night April 25 Make-A-Wish Night at the Ballfield April 27/28 Kindergarten Screening (if you have a child entering kindergarten next year, call the office to schedule a screening time)