I hope you all had a great Spring Break. I think this was the best one that I have had as a teacher so far. Please keep in mind though that 2 years ago I blew out my knee when I attempted skiing over spring break. And last year I spent it in snow stormy Iowa while my roommate went to California for the week. Not the best track record. Anyway, I had your kids write about their spring breaks in their journals today and some of the responses were pretty funny. They ranged all the way from "I can't remember a thing I did!" to "I got green Ted Drewe's!" and "I flew to Baltimore and then Florida". The most impressive memory was the kiddo who could tell me what she did at 3:15 on Saturday and then 11:55 on Sunday. I must say, this child is probably very good at staying organized and being on time. But now that we are all back at school, here's the game plan for the week.
Reading
We are working on homophones (sound the same, different meanings and spellings ex. hear and here) and slogans this week. These are both very hard concepts to understand and memorize so any extra conversations and examples you can find at home will help a ton.
Math
We are going to cover adding fractions a bit more to review from our lessons before break. We will also be introducing more money concepts, especially writing checks. This will feed in perfectly to our next social studies topic.
Social Studies
We are going to spend the next couple of weeks talking about government and economics. I will be sending a little more information about this home towards the end of the week. FYI though, we talked about how gas prices are going up and down today. I told your kiddos that you parents are dealing with this right now and they were just shocked to know how relevant this topic was in their lives. Money talks at home a lot of times go farther than money talks at school can. Take this opportunity to teach your kiddos!
Achievement Tests
Our achievement tests are coming up in a few weeks and we will be spending some time in class getting ready for them. We will take practice tests and learn good test taking strategies.
Reminder
No school on Good Friday
In school on Easter Monday
Have a great week!!
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