Happy Thursday!! I hope everyone is having a great week! Looks like tomorrow will be a great day for the kids to have off. Remember we do not have school tomorrow because the teachers have to travel to Des Moines to an inservice. I hope they enjoy the day. They need it. They are a little unruly today, which is because it is nice and out "Friday". We have lots to accomplish in this last month. We will work very hard. I can't believe the year is winding down.
Language Arts - This week we read the Owen and Mzee. This was about a baby hippo and a very old tortoise. They came together kind of tragically and became friends. It is shocking that these two animals would be able to get along so well. The story was an idea of a 6 or 7 year old. She wrote the story with the help of her father, and one of the doctors who worked with the animals. It is a very fun story connecting their friendship to human friendships. It shows how animals lives are similar to humans. We did an activity on comparing and contrasting this week. They looked at similarities and differences of the two animals. Grammar this week was a review of the use of commas. We also talked about the suffixes -ly and -ed. We have one more week for a story then we will have a Unit 5 test and be done with the textbook. We will spend the rest of the year on some writing activities and maybe sharing in reading a fun book together as a group. I would apply the skills we have learned this year to a regular fiction book. This helps them see the connection of what we are learning really does apply to their every day reading.
Math - We have worked on Partial Products for division this week. We learned how to divide using subtraction and partial products. The kids took a while to catch on but finally got the process down! The next part of division will be long division which is the regular way you learned division. This process will take a while for them to grasp. We will spend several days next week working on this. We find it natural to do but teaching it the first time is very confusing. Trying to get them to keep the process down is hard. We may sturggle a little but we will get there.
Social Studies - We are ending the first chapter of the Midwest. We will be testing next week. I gave them maps of the Midwest today. They will have a map test on Monday. Remember this is very important for them to learn the maps. They will have a end of the year test over all 50 states and capitals. We will continue to work on states in our notebooks also. We will cover a little bit more material on the Midwest then move to the next two regions.
Friday, April 27th - Just a last minute reminder we do NOT have school tomorrow. Teachers have to get up early and head to Des Moines to meetings! I hope everyone has a great day and enjoy the sun.
Monday, April 30th Just a heads up that I will be gone Monday morning at a doctor appointment with Molly. We are finally going to get some answers on her shoulder. I plan to be back by noon, but if something else arises I have the whole day prepared for a sub.
I am shocked our year is coming to an end. I am enjoying your students this year. They have grown up a lot. Some still have some growing to do but we have really made progress this year. Next year they will make even more!
God Bless,
Mrs. Sickels
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