Congratulations to Yarely for reaching 100 nights of reading!  She enjoyed lunch in the classroom this week.

After break we will begin Volume 2 of our math program and the kids will be receiving new math books. Since we are done with Volume 1 books, kids will be bringing these books home. They are theirs to KEEP! We encourage them to work on any of the remaining pages, but these do NOT need to be turned in. ;-)

We finished our week by watching Wreck-it Ralph as our reward for earning 2,500 Frederick Five hands!!!! Our next goal will be 3,000 hands in order to earn an end of year celebration.

All students are expected to continue reading and practicing math facts through Spring Break. Any students that fill their Spring Break reading and math log will get to eat lunch in the classroom when we return from break.

We are thrilled to have AVID for Adventure return to our school this spring. AVID is an outdoor education experience that our students will get to experience for one day on April 25th. The program involves a huge rock climbing wall, kayaking, bike riding and an educational portion without even leaving school!  Our amazing PTA is paying half of each student’s registration fee, but all parents do need to go on-line at www.fes-pta.org and click on the link to register their students and pay the remaining $10.00. Please be sure to read the green note that went home in Friday Folders this week.

Reminders:
Keep using MyOn for nightly reading! This can be recorded on the home reading log.

What will we be learning after Spring Break?

Reading: We will begin Theme 10, Work that Matters. Our reading strategy will be visualizing. Our vocabulary words will be contribute, police, volunteer, participate, influence, and emergency.

Writing: We will write a piece about one specific experience from our Spring Break, as well as continue with our All-Abouts.

Math: We have pre-assessed students for our next math unit on double digit subtraction. Students will be regrouped when we return in order to begin this unit. Like addition, we will focus on efficient strategies to subtract 2 digit numbers.

Science: We will continue our study of weather and the tools meteorologists use to analyze and predict the weather. So far we have discussed thermometers, rain gauges and clouds. We will continue with wind vanes and anemometers after the break.

Social Studies: We will begin a new unit on personal financial literacy, which will include concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity.

Word Study/Spelling: Remember there will be no homework or spelling list to study over the break. We will take our spelling pretest on words with suffixes(helpFUL, sadLY) on the Wednesday after break.

Weekly Peek...

April 1st - 5th: SPRING BREAK

Monday: Music
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: LATE START, PE, Library, Computer, PTA at 6:30
Thursday: Music
Friday: Art

Upcoming Dates:
April 25th: AVID for Adventure
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day