April 8th - 12th

 Hope that all of you have had a great week. Sorry that I did not post last week. I got busy with Easter and the week got away from me.  It seems long ago now but we did have a great time on our field trip to the Stunt Ranch. I am really not sure who had more fun me or the kids. My favorite part was making snow and jumping into an air pillow like a stunt person.  We have had a busy week. The students have been busy  working on a variety of projects including power points on animal adaptations and books that they have read. 

We will be starting our review for STAAR this next week in math and will continue with our review in reading. The students have been doing and excellent job with staying focused and working hard. Please continue to encourage them to read at home and also talk with them about their books as that is best way to build their  reading skills.

Just to give you a heads up, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday of this week. I am lucky enough to get to attend the NTSA Science Convention in San Antonio. Unfortunately, I will not be back in time for the Spring Festival so I will miss being in the dunk tank for the first time in a long time. I do hope all of you attend. I do have a silent auction item that will be available. I am offering teacher time. It will include a day of going to the park and having a picnic lunch on Mount Bonnell. So make sure you bid.

Here is a look at events that will be coming up :
PTA General Meeting - Tuesday April 9th 6:30 pm - Kinder will be performing
Walking field trip to Mills Pond for a short tour - April 10th
WBE Cookout - April 12th - during our regular lunch time - 11:22 - 11:52
Spring Festival - Saturday April 13th from  2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
School Spirit day - Superhero day - April 16th
Parenting Workshop - " I'm Stressed" Pro center - April 19th  11am - 12 pm
STAAR TESTING Campus closed - April 23 - 25th
Third grade takes math on the 23rd and reading on the 24th
Field trip back to Mills Pond this time all day  ( will need parent volunteers ) April 26th  9 to around 1pm
Jumpoline Fundraiser - April 30th   5pm - 7pm

 Here is a  look at what will be doing in class this next week :

Reading - Review over Literary Non-Fiction and Poetry - we will be reviewing the important elements of each and working on answering questions.
Writing - Students will be working on a personal narrative in response to a prompt. The prompt is  write about something that you were afraid of  and  how you got over it.
Science -  We will finish our unit on inherited traits in animals and begin looking at inherited  traits in plants. This will include a walking field trip to Mills Pond to investigate differnet plants. We will then begin our look at life cycles.
Math- We will begin our review for STAAR . This week we will focus on addition and subtraction , patterns in a table and geometry.We will use a variety of hands on, partner work and independent practice to review these skills.
Social Studies- We will continue to look at people who have made an impact in history. This week we will focus on Lewis and Clarke.

HOMEWORK
Read daily for 30 minutes and 60 minutes on the weekend.
Monday and Wednesday math homework -  Monday  Money and Probability , Wednesday  - Addition, subtraction and place value
Tuesday and Thursday  reading sheet - Tuesday -  Aesop, Storyteller of all time. Thursday - There was an old man with a beard.
Please make sure that reading is documented.