Weekly Update

We had a great week and were productive! It was nice to have a week back on schedule. Next week proves to be off schedule with the visit to the Middle School on Wednesday and a picnic lunch on Thursday with our big sisters. These are all fun activities! Here are some curriculum highlights.

Math: On Thursday, the girls took a quick quiz on unit 6 and these came home in the Friday folder. I gave them a practice test that was the exact same format but with different numbers. The only difference was an additional EdPuzzle to practice problem solving. I plan to grade this separately and we will go over it on Monday and make corrections. For the rest of the year, we will work on computation with decimals and area and perimeter. Next week, we will have our last facts contract of the year! We will end with one more review of all facts. For the weeks following, we will review concepts from the whole year.

Language Arts/Reading: We are really enjoying Number the Stars and will continue to read it next week. The girls are doing well with the comprehension checks. To finish up all of our Wordly Wise and spelling lists, we are studying the lists for just one week. I am allowing the girls to use their flashcards to help on the WW assessments. This week, I discovered a cool feature of the website Quizlet. It is called Quizlet Live and here is a description of it from their site:
Quizlet Live is an engaging in-class game where students work in teams to correctly match terms and definitions. The first team to match all terms and definitions correctly in a row wins the game. 

The girls loved it! Here is a video to show it in action.

Reminders and Announcements

• Sloane is our carpool helper next week 
• Middle School visit (5/8 from 9:00-1:00) The girls will get a bird's eye view of fifth grade.  
• Big Sister Lunch on the Green- 5/9 (A bag lunch will be provided for your daughter if she usually eats dining room food.)
• Lower School Book Fair (5/15 and 5/16)- Our class is going on Wednesday from 12:10 - 12:30.
• Immigration Day- 5/17 (The girls will receive more details as the day approaches.)
• SCAVENGER HUNT!
• Final Assembly Information is here! Please be mindful of the rehearsal schedule if you need to make any appointments for your daughter:

Thursday, May 30 – Kenny Center

1:00 – 2:00

Friday, May 31 – Kenny Center

9:00-10:00

Monday, June 3 – Kenny Center

8:30 – 9:45

Tuesday, June 4 – Kenny Center

1:00 PM – LS Final Assembly