April 4-April 8

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Ms. Austin will be visiting us tomorrow morning!  She’ll be administering a check-in that will show us what kind of thinkers we are.  The activity will have students identifying and completing many complex patterns.

I will be out on Thursday for a professional development opportunity.  If you have any notes about your child’s dismissal, please be sure to email them to Connie Holland directly or send in a paper note. 

This Friday is our Biography Day!  Please help you child come to school dressed as the person they have been studying.  These are simple costumes and I’m happy to help out in any way that I can.  Please let me know if you need any help with ideas or even a costume itself.

Mrs. Thibodeau is back in room 10 this week!  On Wednesday, Mrs. Thibodeau will be sharing the good touch/bad touch video with Team Howard.  We’ll review what a good touch is and what a bad touch is.  We’ll also review what to do if you feel like there was a bad touch.  This is always, always, always talking to an adult that you trust.

We are so lucky to have author, Sharalyn Morrison Andrews coming to Russell School on Friday!  She will be sharing her new book, Brave Nellie with the team.  We are so excited!

Spelling practice this week will consist of your child's individual review/challenge list.  There will be a test on these 10 words on THURSDAY!

THIS WEEK IN...

ELA:  Our main focus this week will be on our biographies.   This is our final chance to finish organizing all of the information we have gathered into a book.  In this book, students are expected to write in complete sentences that begin with a capital letter and have correct ending punctuation.  They are also expected to have good spelling and neat handwriting.  Students will also be asked to provide illustrations that add to their facts.  Another important part of the biography projects are the presentations.  Students will be given time to practice what a good presentation should look like.  They will be asked to stand straight and tall with their body facing the audience.  They will also be asked to project their voice clearly and with expression.  They will also be asked to make occasional eye contact with the audience.

Math:  This week, we will focus on time, money, math facts. To review, our goal for time is to be able to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes with an understanding of a.m. and p.m.  Our goal for money is to be able to solve word problems that ask us to add coins with sums up to $2.00 while also using money symbols appropriately.  Our goal for math facts is to memorize all sums and differences within 20 in a snap.

Read Aloud:  We have started a new book called Dodger and Me.  

Science:  Miss Gilmour will be leading the class through an engineering project involving spaghetti, string, and marshmallows!  It’s definitely going to have a fun one!