Upcoming Events: May 6-10
- Monday: Rosary
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday: Mass @ 8:45
- Thursday: Field Trip to the Water Festival
- Friday: No classes, Teacher Professional Development
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| Mrs. Anderson's Class |
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| May Crowning Mass |
Religion – We continue to study our unit on the 10 Commandments. This will be followed by a unit on Mary and the Rosary. We will be participating in two K-5 Rosary services in the church on Monday, May 6 and Monday, May 20. 5th grade will be leading the Rosary on the 6th.
Reading/Language Arts – Mrs. Schaffer’s class completed their research for their Lit Circle Books/Special Needs presentations and presented them this week. Next week Mrs. Schaffer’s class will begin the whole class book Bridge to Terabithia. Mrs. Anderson’s class will end the year with Literature Circle books by the author Peg Kehret. Mrs. Alsin’s class started Literature Circle groups with books surrounding the theme of children with special needs.
Math – The students will begin work on exponential notation and Powers of 10. We will discuss how the movement of the decimal works to change the place value
Social Studies - We continue exploring our great state of Iowa, gathering information on a number of specific topics from cites, to businesses that started here, to famous people from the state of Iowa, and more. Students will continue to gather information and then put it together in their finished project. If your child is choosing the book, I have ordered them and I will pick the books up from The Learning Post for students. The cost is usually around $3.75.
Language Arts – We began our unit on informative writing by reflecting on the word curiosity and what it means. We also developed I Wonder statements and looked at a variety of nonfiction texts. This is all a part of the brainstorming process. We will continue brainstorming next week and move into choosing our topics and learning how to research.
Spelling – We will not have spelling due to our short week and field trip.
