NEWSLETTER – MARCH 8-12

RELIGION – We will work on the Unit 3 Review. This should be completed by Wednesday. The test is on Thursday.

READING – We will read America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle. We will work on generalizing and fact/opinion. Students should study vocabulary for this story. The Selection Test is on Friday.

ENGLISH – We will continue to work on pronouns and contractions.

SPELLING – The new words are: face, door, cut, done, and group. We will work on compounds and adding suffixes er, or, est, and ist. Homework is due on Thursday.

MATH – We will begin our study of division. We’ll divide by 2 and 5. Students will need to study these facts and continue studying multiplication. The better they know the multiplication facts the easier the division will be.

SCIENCE – We’ll study mass and volume of matter. Our test is scheduled for next Friday, March 19. A study guide will be sent home.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will study making products and industry.

· A separate note about the field trip is being sent home tomorrow.
· Last day to take A.R. tests for this quarter is March 19.
· The published books have arrived. They will come home soon.
· We don’t have any March birthdays, so if any of the summer birthdays would like to celebrate that would be great.
· Please be sure that your child has a simple snack. Anything that requires a spoon is too messy since we work while we eat.