TERRA NOVA TESTING for students in Grades 2, 3, and 4 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Please be sure your student has pencils and erasers, a filling breakfast and a good night of sleep. The Lion King was amazing! Congratulations to all your stars! Springfield is coming quick! Please turn in your permission slip and check ASAP. LA We have started our all class Hero's Journey/Fantasy novel. Each student is also reading their own choice of novel and is completing a packet about the Journey of their hero. Once they have completed the novel and the packet, they will be creating a game based on the Journey their hero takes. Math We will be finishing up the measurement unit this week. The next unit will return to fractions. Science We have begin the Motion and Design unit. This week we will work through many concepts, including forces and Newton's Laws of Motion JA Ms. Kurasz came in to do the final unit of JA on financial literacy. The kids collected their paychecks and entered their deposits and withdrawals on their balance sheet. They had a lot of fun!
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Thank you to Frances for organizing a special guest in our classroom. Deepan Acharya, a refugee, came to speak about his experience of leaving Bhutan, living in Nepal and, finally, coming to the US. He has an amazing story and uses his experience to help others. THE LOWER SCHOOL, THE LION KING, will be on Thursday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. Students in Grade 4 have their own costumes. If you do not know what is required for your child's costume, please contact Mrs. Herrick. The countdown is on! Please send in the permission slip and payment for the trip to Springfield. Let me know if you need a release form for medication. The Upper School is sponsoring a book drive for BERNIES' BOOKS. They would like books for children from Kindergarten through 8th Grade. There are boxes all around Lower School where you can put the books you want to donate. This is a good time for you to go through your children's books and donate them, so you can buy more books at our SPRING BOOK FAIR! April 24-28 in our library. It will be open before and after school!! A portion of everything you buy will support our library! Math We are working on conversion of the metric and customary systems of measurements. The students may have some pages to complete over the four day break if they did not complete the work in class. LA We are learning about the genre of fantasy and the Hero's Journey. They watched a movie from the fantasy genre. They identified the character archetypes of the Hero's Journey and outlined the structure, using events from the movie. You can watch this video or this one (with or without your child) to refresh yourself on the journey. They should continue reading the self-selected fantasy book over the break. They must also complete the Hero's Journey packet. They will be creating a game based on their novel. Science we have started the Design and Motion unit. They learned about force and potential and kinetic energy this week. They have built a vehicle that will serve as the test subject in all our experiments. Junior Achievement The group learned about different roles of the employees and sourcing of materials. Next week they will bank according to the salary determined for that employee. |