Monday, May 21, 2012

Newsletter 5-21-12

Reminders:
5/23 Science performance test
5/24 Kindergarten registration
5/25 – No school
5/30 Field Day
Please make sure to return permission slip and fee for upcoming field trips ASAP!

This week’s ELA topics:

·         Writing – begin writing our autobiographies
·         Grammar – homophones to, too, two, there, their, and they’re
·         ELA – I will be reading with students one on one and assessing their progress as 4th graders so far J
·         Spelling – homophones

This week’s Math topics:

·         We’ll review our math multiplication test
·         Triangles
o   Classify by angles
o   Classify by sides
o   Quiz Thursday!

This week’s Science topics:

·         We’ll begin reviewing for the NYS 4th grade science test.  The test can include topics taught K-4.
·         This week we’ll review electricity and magnetism and see how it relates.
·       Please note that our testing time this week is not only during the morning.  It is imperative that your student is here all day and ready to learn. J

This week’s Social Studies topics:
·         The Albany Congress
·         New York and the French and Indian War
·         Chapter 4 test Thursday!!