Mrs. Fraser, May 12, 2014

END OF FOURTH QUARTER

The end of the 4th quarter is quickly approaching.  Please note that last day for students to turn in re-do assignments or re-take tests will be THURSDAY, MAY 15^th.   Please check your child’s grades on Powerschool and make sure they have turned in all assignments.

FIELD DAY

 Wednesday, May 14 our elementary grades are  celebrating with a Play Day in the  afternoon on the West Field.    Pizza lunch is also being provided.  It should be a great afternoon with bounce houses, water slides,  and other exciting activities. A flier will be coming home about this fun afternoon.

ELEMENTARY DRAMA

Friday, May 16 Grades 1-6 are invited to see the elementary drama class directed by Mr. Broesma perform the play “The Bible in 30 Minutes” in the North Lobby Chapel from 8:00-9:00 AM.  Be sure to be on time!  Mr. Broesma’s 5th and 6th grade drama classes always deliver a highly entertaining production.

CLASS REWARD

Last Friday, May 9 our class reached our goal of 100 marbles in the Super Behavior Marble Jar!!  We will celebrate making wise choices with a pizza lunch on Thursday, May 15 and class time together watching the movie FROZEN in the afternoon.  You will still want to send a morning snack.  Mrs. Dansby will provide a lunch dessert.  Water will be provided.

BIBLE

We continue our study in Unit 5 of God’s Law in Exodus with our “Journey from Egypt to Canaan” Booklet.  We will focus on the Old Testament Exodus stories of Moses and Jethro,  The Giving of the Law,  The Ten Commandments:  Love God Above All, and The Ten Commandments:  Love Your Neighbor.

MATH

This week we begin Chapter 9 Division Facts.  We will be learning more about division of whole numbers.  You can expect to see work that provides practice with dividing by 10, 6, 7, and 9.  Students will learn about fact families and how to use a multiplication table to divide.  Vocabulary will include:

Dividend–the number that is divided in a division problem

Divisor–the number by which a number is divided in a division problem

Array–an arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in equal columns and equal rows

LANGUAGE ARTS

We will study the tense of verbs:  present, past, and future.  We will also study irregular verbs with special forms.  We will also practice prompts in personal letters focusing on organizing ideas to include all 5 parts of a personal letter:  date, greeting, body, closing, and signature.  We will concentrate on using complete sentences, correct grammar, indentation, capitalization, and punctuation.  We will also complete our Scholastic Reading Inventories this week on Friday, May 16 during Computer Lab to measure our lexile level growth in comprehension.  We will review cursive handwriting techniques for connecting letters and writing fluently.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

Final Scholastic book orders were placed on Friday, May 9  and will be shipped to arrive on or near Friday, May 16.

SCIENCE

We are beginning a unit in physical science on electricity and electrical safety.   Silas Emerian’s father,Jayson Emerian, is a licensed general contractor and electrician.  He will be visiting our classroom on Monday, May 12 at 12:30 to talk about understanding electricity and electrical safety.

SOCIAL STUDIES

We will begin Unit 5 Standing United with Chapter 9:  America’s Cherished Ideals which includes national and local symbols, American landmarks, identifying state capitals and borders, songs and words of liberty, and telling fact from fiction.

 WATER BOTTLES