We finished up the last of the NYS tests on Friday! The class worked hard and did their best on all of the testing. I'm very proud of them! It's hard to believe it's May. We are truly in the final stretch! Have a great week.
We have some exciting class news! Amato Tiu was entered in the annual creative writing contest and his essay was one of three chosen in the 3rd-5th grade category! This is a statewide competition!! He will be presented with a special award next week. Look for pictures of this on the blog. We are so proud of him! Way to go Amato!
This week...
Reading
We started another set of book clubs. This time students will be reading a variety of books by Andrew Clements. The choices were Frindle, The School Story, The Landry News, and Jake Drake: Class Clown. They will have some assignments in their reading notebooks to go along with the book they are reading. We are continuing the read aloud, The Land of Stories, and the class LOVES it. Many of them want to read the second book!
Writing
We will continue the persuasive writing unit. Students have chosen a "seed idea" and have started gathering evidence to support their thesis.
Math
We will be continuing the geometry unit. There will be less math homework as the year progresses. We have finished the core math units and now will be going back and doing some supplemental work and working on preparation for fourth grade.
Science/Social Studies
In science, we are still working on the solar system. In social studies, we are starting a unit on Brazil.
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