Monday, May 17, 2010

NEWSLETTER – MAY 17-21

RELIGION – We will have a Unit 4 Test on Thursday. Students need to begin reviewing this unit.

READING – We will read The Statue of Liberty. We will work on main idea and vocabulary. There will not be a Selection Test.

ENGLISH – We will continue to study adverbs combining sentences.

SPELLING – The new words are: idea, before, lived, became, and add. We will work on base words and endings and the /oo/ sound in tooth. Homework is due on Thursday. The test is also on Thursday.

MATH – We will work on 2 and 3 digit multiplication.

SCIENCE – The Elsmere Fire Department will be teaching a Fire Safety Program. There will be homework and some of it will be for the parents.
They will treat us to a pizza celebration on Thursday.

We are also having a test on Simple Machines on Thursday. A study guide will be sent home on Monday.

· Thanks to the many parents for chaperoning the field trip. Except for the traffic, everything went very smoothly.
· We still need many helpers for Friday if you are available.
· Students will need to bring in some type of sponge or small rag for cleaning next week. I will also send home hardback books that need to be cleaned and repaired if needed.