Dear Parents,  
           Happy Thursday!!!  One more Thursday after today.  One more post or letter for the year.  We will be doing a lot of assessing over the next week.  Almost every night your child should have something they are looking over.  We have two end of the year tests to take.  One in Language Arts and one in Math.  The math one they took at the beginning of the year, so we will see how much they have grown.  I will be sad to see this class go, they have been a fun group.

Field Trip -  Thank you to all the parents who drove last Friday.  We had a very nice day!!  The weather was a little chilly but sunny.  Some of you have great pictures of the day because your child took pictures of everything!!!  We would like to thank Grandma Kay KInsella for treating all the students to an ice cream cone at Dairy Queen before heading home.  That was a nice surprise!!

Language Arts -  We are finishing up the last story this week.  We will do the Unit 6 test next week and maybe start the End of the year test also.  The last story is a fun one but a long one!!  It is about a guinea pig which is a class pet and it was lost.  Someone left the cage open.  When the students finally find the guinea pig named Chocolate, they have a pleasant surprise.  Ask your child what that surprise was.  Parents, don't panic, these last tests are hard to study for.  For the unit test you can go over the target skills in the book, but the end of the year, there really is not studying for.  We are assessing what the students have retained this year.

Social Studies - Projects are winding down.  The class has all ready taken their last test for me.  We will be moving right into the Western Region today.  We will work hard covering the material on the West right up until the last time we meet.  I am sure you are all ready to kill me because I keep giving all these great ideas for family vacations.  I am sorry.  There are so many great things to see outside of our Region.  Things that your students really seem interested about.  I think it is fun to take them places and show them those things they are truly interested in.  Molly is really wanting to go to South Dakota.  Maybe I can make that happen!!

Math - We are taking a test over Chapter 7 (division) today.  I am looking forward to see how the students are doing in this area.  They have done a good job of working hard to learn the process.  Some have had to work harder than others.  We will be working on some geometry and fractions up until the end of the year.

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God Bless,
Mrs. Sickels