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Archive for April, 2009

6th marking period

We are almost finished the 2008-2009 school year!  With one more marking period to go I want to congratulate the students for their tremendous effort and success this year!

We are currently working in our Science Kit:Land and Water, conducting many experiments weekly and we will eventually be comparing our data with other experiments. 

In Reading we are on our last theme, six.  The focus skills are main idea, details, paraphrasing, and figurative language.  Don’t forget to use the storytown website below to practice!! Be sure to practice your vocabulary each week!

In math we finished our 6th unit-fractions and decimals and are almost finished unit 7-solids and silhouettes.

Our spring field trip to Kalmar Nyckel will be on May 13th.  Don’t forget to send in those permission slips and money.  It costs $6.50.  Parents are always welcome on the trips.  However this trip costs $10 for parents.

http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/shipyard.asp

HAPPY SPRING!

We are currently working on Decimals in Math and I found a great website for the students to practice:

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/

In S.S. we are working on the Revolutionary War and will be tested at the end of next week and then starting our next Science Unit-Land and Water!

In Reading we are currently on Theme 5.  I have been sending home the vocabulary words along with the Weekly Reports.  Don’t forget the STORYTOWN website that is listed below!