Week 37

Week 37:

Last weekend ended with a wonderful trip to the beach. Thank you to all the families who sent food to help make our party a huge success. It was fun to play on the beach, learn more about the wildlife from the docents from the aquarium and splash in the water. A great preview to 6th grade camp next year!

The week also ended with the arrival of Mr. Woods' baby! Addison Woods made her first appearance on Friday night at 7lbs 2oz and 21.5 in. long. The Woods family is doing well and is looking forward to settling at home to enjoy her sweet little face. As a result of Addison's birth, Mr. Woods will be out for the remainder of the year. We are excited to have Mr. K with us for that time.

Reminder: Monday is a half day. Students need to be picked up at 11:10am or have other arrangements made.

On to academics:
In reading this week we are going to continue our work with the American Revolution. In our non-fiction reading, we are continuing to work on identifying important information using our knowledge of cause and effect. We are going to learn more about the what lead to the start of the American Revolutionary War. In our fiction reading, we are going to continue enjoying the book Spy! We are still using the comprehension packet to review all of the reading strategies we have worked on over the course of the year. Students will continue to bring home homework this week.

We are going to start our health unit this week. We are going to be using our new curriculum: Flash to cover the required materials. For students who are not going to be participating, we will have a place for them to be with work that they will be responsible for completing. Please let Mrs. Therriault know if you have any questions about this.