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Spelling: None today due to a planned project. We will have a spelling test when we return. The unit 9 spelling worksheets are available here.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each were collected today.  

Reading: We had paper (Time for Kids) and coffee (Hawaiian Punch).

Writing: None due to the half-day schedule. Students are continuing to research their “I-search” project topics. It might be a good idea to visit McFarlen or Baker Park Library and look for more books, and use the computers, too, to find more information about the selected topic. This project will be due on April 27, but will likely be presented on April 30 via PowerPoint.

Math: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Science: None today due to the half-day schedule. Kid’s Inquiry Conference applications have been passed out and are due on April 18. Kid’s Inquiry Conference will be April 27 at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Social Studies: We will have a test over the French and British in Michigan when we return. Students learned about and polished petosky stones today. Ask your student to show you their petosky stone!

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

The Weekly Wrap (our week in 60 seconds):

• Spelling: irregular verbs, test when we return 
• Cursive: ten cursive sentences 
• Reading: Literature Circles nonfiction groups, visualizing 
• Writing: I-search nonfiction project, research
• Math: Division using partial quotients method
• Science: None due to half days, KIC applications have been sent home 
• Social Studies: Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, test when we return

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, April 20: Tiyanna and Alex H. Click here for a list of volunteers.
• Thank you to the nine chaperones who have volunteered for the Mackinaw trip. At this point, we have no more availability for additional chaperones. Spaces may open up as the trip gets closer.
• Upcoming Events:  New writing piece due (April 27); Kids’ Inquiry Conference (April 27); Straits of Mackinaw field trip (May 11). See the class calendar for more information.
• We are looking for donations of medium and long cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: We reviewed irregular verbs and their base words (am/was, bring/brought, eat/ate). This will be the skill on tomorrow’s spelling test. The unit 9 spelling worksheets are available here.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due Friday. 

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. We also went to the library and students checked out informational books for their “I-search” project.

Writing: None due to the half-day schedule. Students are continuing to research their “I-search” project topics. It might be a good idea to visit McFarlen or Baker Park Library and look for more books, and use the computers, too, to find more information about the selected topic. This project will be due on April 27, but will likely be presented on April 30 via PowerPoint.

Math: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Science: None today due to the half-day schedule. Kid’s Inquiry Conference applications were passed out today and are due on April 18. Kid’s Inquiry Conference will be April 27 at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Social Studies: We added notes to our minibooks about the French and British arriving in Michigan. A test over the French and British in Michigan will be tomorrow.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, April 20: Tiyanna and Alex H. Click here for a list of volunteers.
• Thank you to the nine chaperones who have volunteered for the Mackinaw trip. At this point, we have no more availability for additional chaperones. Spaces may open up as the trip gets closer.
• Upcoming Events:  New writing piece due (April 27); Kids’ Inquiry Conference (April 27); Straits of Mackinaw field trip (May 11). See the class calendar for more information.
• We are looking for donations of medium and long cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: Students worked on their unit 9 spelling worksheets today. The worksheets are available here.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due Friday. 

Reading: We worked on identifying different genres today by previewing new library books and deciding where they fit in our library.

Writing: Students researched their “I-search” project topics on the Internet. It might be a good idea to visit McFarlen or Baker Park Library and look for more books, and use the computers, too, to find more information about the selected topic. This project will be due on April 27, but will likely be presented on April 30 via PowerPoint.

Math: Students learned a new way to divide called the “partial quotients method.”

Science: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Social Studies: Students shared their Literature Circles responses for Pontiac’s Rebellion and had a discussion. Homework is to finish worksheet pp. 10 and 12. A test over the French and British in Michigan will be on Thursday.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, April 20: Tiyanna and Alex H. Click here for a list of volunteers.
• Thank you to the nine chaperones who have volunteered for the Mackinaw trip. At this point, we have no more availability for additional chaperones. Spaces may open up as the trip gets closer.
• Spring Conferences are on April 2, 3 and 4! Click here for a schedule.
• Upcoming Events:  Spring Conferences (April 2, 3 and 4); New writing piece due (April 27); Kids’ Inquiry Conference (April 27); Straits of Mackinaw field trip (May 11). See the class calendar for more information.
• We are looking for donations of medium and long cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: None today due to new seats. The unit 9 spelling worksheets are available here.

Cursive: Ten cursive sentences of seven or more words each are due Friday. 

Reading: Today was a reading day for Literature Circles.

Writing: None today due to technology. We are currently working on an “I-search” research project. It might be a good idea to visit McFarlen or Baker Park Library and look for more books, and use the computers while they’re at it, to find more information about the selected topic. This project will be due on April 27, but will likely be presented on April 30 via PowerPoint.

Math: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Science: None today due to the half-day schedule.

Social Studies: We wrote Literature Circles-type responses for Pontiac’s Rebellion, and will have a discussion next time.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Juice Volunteers for Friday, April 20: Tiyanna and Alex H. Click here for a list of volunteers.
• Thank you to the nine chaperones who have volunteered for the Mackinaw trip. At this point, we have no more availability for additional chaperones. Spaces may open up as the trip gets closer.
• Spring Conferences are on April 2, 3 and 4! Click here for a schedule.
• Upcoming Events:  Spring Conferences (April 2, 3 and 4); New writing piece due (April 27); Kids’ Inquiry Conference (April 27); Straits of Mackinaw field trip (May 11). See the class calendar for more information.
• We are looking for donations of medium and long cardboard tubes (have plenty of short ones, thanks!) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!