Exciting Week Ahead!

I can't believe we only one month until summer break! Time is truly flying by. This week will be exciting with the spring concert and field trip! Other things to look forward to this week:

Language Arts: Students will continue their journey in the Wonderful World of Oz. In grammar, sentence diagramming and classification continues. Spalding brings new words and new markings.

Math: Students will continue a unit on data collection. They learn about mean, median, and mode. There will be a test at the end of the week.

Science: Students continue the unit on the cardiovascular system, studying the heart, veins, and blood. This is a three-week unit.

History: Students will continue a unit that looks at the first six Presidents of the United States.

Reminder: Spring concert is on Wednesday, May 2nd. Field trip is on Thursday, May 3rd.

Halfway through Quarter 4!

It was unfortunate having to cancel the field trip, however we do have another field trip on May 3rd. Permission slips will go home this week. Keep your eyes open for them! Here's what else you can look forward to:

Language Arts: Students will continue their journey in the Wonderful World of Oz. In grammar, sentence diagramming and classification continues. Spalding brings new words and new markings.

Math: Students will continue a unit on linear graphing and data collection. Next, they learn about mean, median, and mode.

Science: Students continue the unit on the cardiovascular system, studying the heart, veins, and blood. This is a three-week unit.

History: Students will begin a unit that looks at the first six Presidents of the United States.

Reminder: No School on Monday, April 23rd! Enjoy the long weekend!

Last day of testing!

Only one more day of AzMerit testing left! I know I'm excited to be done, I'm sure the students are ecstatic as well. It makes my teacher heart happy when I watch them go back and review all their answers before submitting their tests. Here's everything else to look forward next week:

Language Arts: Students will conclude AzMerit testing with a test on the second part of reading, on Monday. Later in the week, they begin their journey to the Wonderful World of Oz. In grammar, sentence diagramming and classification resumes.

Math: Students will conclude AzMerit testing with a test on the second part of math, on Monday. They then begin a unit on linear graphing and data collection.

Science: Students begin the unit on the cardiovascular system, studying the heart, veins, and blood. This is a three-week unit. There will be a quiz on Wednesday.

History: Students will continue a study on the creation of the United States Constitution. There will be a test on Thursday.

Reminder: Our field trip to the Arizona Capitol is on Friday!

AIMS Science and ELA and Math AzMerit Part 1 this week

Last week, our students completed the Writing portion of AzMerit. As I was observing them take it, I couldn't be more proud. I saw all the students take their time to make sure they wrote the best essay possible. I'm sure I'll see the same effort this week. Here's what's planned for this week:

Language Arts: Students will continue reviewing for the reading portion of the AzMerit test, which begins on Thursday.

Math: Students will revisit concepts from earlier the year in a review for the AzMerit test which begins on Thursday.

Science: Students will continue reviewing for the AIMS Science test, which is administered on Wednesday.

History: Students will continue a study on the creation of the United States Constitution.

Reminder: French and Fine Arts Night in on Wednesday, April 11th!