The greatest week is upon us! Holy Week! We have chapel everyday this week where hear about the last days of Jesus. In class we are reading Mark 14-Mark 16. They were allowed to pick the "event" they thought was very important and explain why they believe it is important. So far, they have all chosen something different which is great for class discussions.
If you have not already paid for a t-shirt for the musical please do so as soon as possible. The sheet came home in their Tuesday folders (green sheet). Similar to the Christmas Eve program, they have a musical memory sheet (yellow sheet). Each week, the songs will be broken up and they will be given a section of the song to remember. This week, they are focusing on Refrain A of song 1. We will always practice together in class, and while with Mrs. Dennen they will practice pacing and tempo. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to Mrs. Dennen or myself. Religion: We did not wrap up the Joseph unit Friday, so we have placed it on the back burner for now. We have shifted our focus to Holy Week, and Easter. When we return from Easter break, we will pick up where we left off and wrap up the story of Joseph. Math: We closed out topic 13 today. They all finished the test in record time. I do believe today's test was the fastest test they have taken in math. They all chimed in and said it was easy. We went over the answers outside of the explanation questions and they all had good things to say about their scores. I should have them graded by the end of day tomorrow, so if you would like to know their score before the test comes home next Tuesday let me know. :) We are going to move into topic 14, which is on time, capacity and mass problems. We will focus on time to the minute, elapsed time, time word problems, estimating liquid volume, accurately measuring liquid volume, estimating mass, accurately measuring mass, and solving word problems that involve mass and volume. This topic should be fairly simple for them considering all of these things have been covered. We will start the topic off with time. Reading: The essential question for the week is: "What are the different kinds of energy?" Today we spent some time identifying the 10 kinds of energy and discussing how they are used. We also discussed the two forms of energy (kinetic and potential). We read one informational text about solar power and how solar panels are used. As we had a class discussion, I was pleased to hear them using what they had learn at the beginning the lesson. They all had great questions, and provided great feedback. As stated in the last newsletter, since it is almost the end of the year, a lot of the things we are covering in terms of the different genres of text, and comprehension skills, are coming back around. This week we are focusing on expository text, cause-effect, prefixes/suffixes, and homophones. In Grammar we are focusing on pronoun-verb contractions. Monday they struggled with separating regular contractions from pronoun-verb contractions. As we went over them again today, and completed some activities together, they were more confident and no longer struggled. The key for them to remember is that it needs to be a pronoun (she, he, they, your, its). We are also wrapping up our stories and some friends have moved into typing them. These should be completed by the end of next week. Technology: We recently acquired a subscription with Keyboarding Without Tears. The students absolutely adore it. They understand they are learning how to type, and they are learning where the keys are. However, as normal children would, they see it as a game as well. Ever since we started the program they always want to make time throughout the day to type. A few of them have asked me for their log in so they can work on it at home. If it is alright with you, then I will give those who want the login information their codes. Important Dates:
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