Welcome Back from Break!

Hello Families,

We hope you had a wonderful and restful Spring Break! The warmer weather is upon us and the school year will soon begin to wind down. Please continue to stay current and up to speed on the ins and outs of our school and classrooms by reading the Weekly E-blast and weekly blog.

Both classrooms are in DESPERATE need of pencils. Please check with your child to ensure they have all the necessary supplies in order to be prepared for the school day.

For the month of May, we will be doing a novel study on the book Stone Fox. We will need to share books in class. So, if your child prefers to have their own, please consider purchasing it ahead of time. You can use our class Scholastic Book Club to purchase one, Half Priced Books, Changing Hands Bookstore, or even Amazon.



English Language Arts



All students will receive a list of the spelling words on Monday. Students will be required to write a creative paragraph containing 8 to 12 sentences using at least 10 spelling words. This assignment will be done via Google Classroom. The spelling test will be Thursday, April 12th.

We will begin to look at comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

We will talk about the reading skill, Theme.

April is National Poetry Month. Students will continue to discuss, identify, and write all types of figurative language that can be found in poems. We will spend some time writing our won as well.

Prior to break, all students received directions for this month's book project, which is a Book Tasting. Students were asked to select any fiction chapter book. They were given specific guidelines and will receive their place mat this week. All projects are due Monday, April 30th. Our Book Tasting Party will take place on Thursday, May 3rd. An invitation will be coming home this week for any and all parents to join us.

Social Studies

We will spend time reading and working on Chapter 5 in our Discovering Arizona textbook.

Math

We are doing double-digit by double-digit multiplication. We are using the area model and the standard algorithm.

Geometry

Triangles, triangles, triangles!

The students will identify and construct:

• acute, obtuse, right
• equilateral, scalene, isosceles

Religion

The students will gain a deeper understanding of the Mass. They will learn the terminology of the vessels used and the clothing worn by the Priests.