Hello All!

I haven’t been updating the blog as much lately, because from what I have gathered, most of you prefer to just receive an e-mail.  I thought I would give it a try again!

On Friday is our egg drop!  It should be a lot of fun.  The only rule is that you can’t hard boil your egg.  Otherwise, be creative and use your science skills!

Some assignments that we have been working on and that need to be completed are:

1.  The Women in History reports

2.  The 4th graders were supposed to write an adventure story about the travels of a seed for Botany.  They should include 3 ways that seeds travel in their story.

3.  The 5th graders labeled the parts of a leaf.  They are supposed to write the functions of each part.  Also, they are supposed to build a sculpture of a building from Ancient Greece and write 10 facts about the building.

4.  The 6th graders have been working on Singapore math assignments.  The current assignment is Lesson 1.4 #16-21.  Many of them need to use the materials in class for this particular assignment, so I gave them until tomorrow to have it done.  They will get a new assignment tomorrow, though, so ask them about it!  They also have some assignments from Ms. Amy to work on.

5.  All of the students are working on a new continent study.  We have been working on these for a few weeks now in class.  These are due on May 9th and will require some work to be done at home.  I have given them questions and guidelines in class, but they need to be put into a report format.  Also, I would like them to pick one area of their continent to present to the class.  It can be food, clothing, architecture, flag, song, geography, plants, animals, etc.

Our SAGE testing begins next week!  Please mark your calendars and make sure your children are not absent on the following dates:  April 24, May 8, May 15, and May 22.  It is very important that your children are present and that they get enough rest and eat a good breakfast on these dates.  As always, they can and should be practicing IXL and SAGE at home as much as they can.

Thanks for all of your help and support!

Kirsten