Clothes...

Parents,
As it is getting closer to our brief Michigan warm weather season, I want to talk about clothes (uniform and free dress). The kids seem to be growing rather rapidly! Some of their clothes are showing that. I have noticed that some girls, in particular, are coming to school with clothes that are exposing them in ways that should be kept private. Please consider this when sending your child to school. In addition, on free dress days, skirts and shorts need to come to the knee (even with tights). These soon-to-be middle school boys are noticing and seeing things that they shouldn't when girls wear clothes that are short. Additionally, often the girls don't sit appropriately when they do wear skirts (knee-length). Can you help with this? :)

Boys are still supposed to wear belts and have their shirts tucked! This is a part of our school uniform policy.
Thanks.
Ms. Barnes

Social Studies Test

The social studies test has been postponed until Monday! Please help your child study this weekend!

Buddy Study

This week students were introduced to palindromes. A palindrome is a word that reads the same forward as it does backwards. For example, "radar." Students also tried to write different phrases that can be read the same forward as backwards like "Sir, I'm Iris". Have your child share some of the palindromes we found in class with you. -Mrs. Harris

Word Study (Buddy Study)

This week students were introduced to palindromes. A palindrome is a word that reads the same forward as it does backwards. For example, "radar." Students also tried to write different phrases that can be read the same forward as backwards like "Sir, I'm Iris". Have your child share some of the palindromes we found in class with you. -Mrs. Harris

Math

Students were given a new math journal this week to begin Unit 7. We are currently working on writing numbers in standard notation, word-number-notation and scientific notation. For example, standard notation is 7,000 and word-number-notation is seven thousand, scientific notation is 7x10^3. Have your child solve this: 8,000 in each notation. -Mrs. Harris

Social studies update

We are just finishing chapter 10: "Neat Stuff We Make & Grow in Michigan." Students learned what a producer and consumer is. They also will create a quilt that has all products made in Michigan. This will be displayed outside of Mr. Curran’s classroom. Make sure you ask your children what are the 3 resources. -Mrs. Harris

Reading Update

In Reading workshop this week we focused on asking questions before, during and after reading a book. Students practiced how to ask effective before questions, during questions and after reading questions. -Mrs. Harris

Writing Update

This week in Writers Workshop we have been putting the final touches on our Literary Essays on the story “The Marble Champ”. Each student has been working very hard and I am sure him/her will have a wonderful piece of work. Once students have completed their essays they will be posted outside of the classroom. Please be sure to stop by and see your child’s work.

Be sure to ask you son or daughter what a preposition means (a word that shows relationships among other words in a sentence). The students have been collecting prepositional words to add to a list we created in class. -Mrs. Harris

Tomorrow there will be:

-Math quiz (exponential notation)
-Monthly Writing Assessment (writing from knowledge and experience)
-Word Study test
-Social Studies Test (Products made in Michigan, producers, consumers, imports/exports, & products grown in Michigan)

Don't forget that Scholastic book money is due too!