We wrapped up NWEA testing this week and it was very exciting to see so many kiddos meet/exceed their goals for the Spring. They worked super hard and I am very proud of them. For anybody who was absent or did not finish their tests, we will be having a make-up day on Monday for them to complete those.
This week in reading we will be focusing on the essential question: How can weather affect us? We will continue fine-tuning our predictions skills as well as identifying the theme of a text. In writing we will will continue with an opinion piece that we have been working on where we have focused on strong vocabulary and the inclusion of figurative language. These kids are rocking their opinion writing pieces!
In math we will be focusing on polygons and describing their sides and angles. Our goal as we finish out these last few weeks is to reach 100% syllabus progress on ST math by the end of the school year! We already have 3 kiddos who have met that goal. SO AWESOME! Please encourage kids to work on ST math at home if they are struggling with this goal. It will increase their percentage!
In science we will combine what we know about simple machines, and the kids will be creating their own compound machines! This has been a super fun project and I think that we are all excited to see the end result.
On Wednesday we will celebrate our reading stamina progress by having a "Reading Camp Out"! Kids can feel free to bring a sleeping bag or blanket as well as a pair of comfy slippers! We will spend the day have rich novel discussions, identifying themes, main ideas, making inferences, etc. We've worked very hard to improve read-to-self stamina over the last few weeks so it will be lots of fun to celebrate their success!
This will be my last week with this awesome bunch and although I am awfully sad to be leaving, I am so excited that Mrs. Gleason will be back and get to see how much these kids have grown. My last day will be Friday, May 10th and Mrs. Gleason will return on Monday, May 13th. Again, thank you for trusting me with your fabulous children! I will miss them so much!
I'm looking forward to a great last week! I hope everyone has a wonderful 3-day weekend. :)
Miss Stapleton