Dear Parents,
     Happy Thursday!! It is for me cause it is my Friday.  I will not be here tomorrow due to preparing for my daughters' graduation party and watching one of them run at State Track in the morning.  Whew! It has been a busy week.  One more week to go.  This week is Gavin's last week, he will be traveling with family next week.  We are praying they have a safe trip and can't wait to see him again next year.

Language Arts -  We have read about 11 chapters in Charlie and Chocolate Factory.  We discussed funny vocab words and how we would feel if we won a golden ticket.  We will continue to work on vocab and reading chapters so we can get through the book and watch the movie.  I will touch on a few more grammar things and parts of speech also.  We also will finish sharing our book reports. We have a lot to get done!  

Math- We are working on estimating quotients using compatible numbers. We are using the multiplication table to help us with this strategy.  Next week we will learn how to use the standard algorithm to divide.  It is the way that you have learned to divide.  By Friday I hope to have them doing division problems comfortably.

Social Studies- We are learning a few good facts about the Southwest Region this week and then we will move onto the West Region next week.  I finding the facts like climate and important things about the History of the area that helped to shape the United States to cover with them.  Remember the "big" map test will be next week.  It will happen like Thursday or Friday morning. I am not sure which yet.  Study, study, study!!

Sorry things are so short but we are winding down to the end!!!  Have a great weekend!

God Bless,
Mrs. Sickels