It's May!! I'm not sure how that happened! It also feels like we did a month's worth of work in one week! We learned about rivers and how they flow to the ocean, specifically the Penobscot River flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. We talked about the source and mouth of a river, river banks, erosion and even through in some other vocabulary terms such as delta, tributaries and deposition. We painted our own rivers. Some were non-fiction and some were fiction. Ask your child what they're river was made of! We then wrote stories about them. We will begin our unit on oceans on Monday.
We started reading Charlotte's Web. It's such a great book to talk about friendship with! We actually "met" Charlotte today!
We finished up our 7th unit in Math. We started getting ready for Unit 8 which is on fractions and shapes. We talked about how the denominator, bottom number, tells how many equal pieces whereas the numerator, top number, tells how many of those pieces we're talking about. We practice reading the fraction like this: 3/4 = three fourths or 3 out of 4 pieces or 3 quarters. We even did a little addition with fractions! We learned how to find the perimeter of shapes, even when we only know two numbers! Unit 8 is our last math unit of the year!
UFLI for next week will be the u_e pattern. We will also be learning about the ed ending and how it can make three sounds (ed, t, and d).
We sadly said good-bye to Miss Ortiz today. She was really great with the kids. It was a hard good-bye. We wish her well and KNOW she is going to be great when she gets her very own class!
End of Year Dates
Wednesday, May 7 - Spring Concert (6:00 pm)
Friday, May 16 - Last book order of the year is due.
Tuesday, May 20 - Reading NWEA
Wednesday, May 21 - Math NWEA
Friday, May 23 - Field trip to The Grand to see One Morning in Maine (Bus leaves at 8:45).
Friday, May 23 - Last Flex Friday
Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day - No School
Tuesday, May 27 - Tie Dye T-shirts (Please bring a plain white t-shirt on or before this date.)
Wednesday, May 28 - Field trip to UMaine farm (10:00, Bus leaves at 9:40)
Monday, June 2 - Dragon Days begin
Thursday, June 5 - UMaine touch tank (1:20)
Wednesday, June 11 - School wide barbecue
Thursday, June 12 - Last Student Day - Field Day - 11:30 Dismissal.
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