Bonus Homework

What are the similarities and differences of Cinco de Mayo and our own Fourth of July?  If you create a Venn diagram and bring it in Monday morning explaining how they are the same and different you go to the prize box!!!! 

Dog Lover Alert!

Bruno the therapy dog is coming back to the Cohoes Public Library!! Bruno was such a hit that he was invited to come back regularly, every other Saturday at 11am, starting on April 7th. So head on down to the Library to see and read to Bruno again.  He'll be there this weekend Saturday the 5th!!

Bruno is a loving and patient dog who enjoys listening to children read to him. Bruno offers a kind and non-judgmental ear that can put children at ease and help them gain confidence in their reading.  Bruno was rescued by Out of the Pits, a rescue and educational organization for Put Bulls and is certified by Therapy Dogs International.

The school budget vote is May 15 at Gowana Middle School

          Don’t forget to VOTE!

Newsletter 4-30 5-4

Reminders:

4/30 Orchestra Concert – 7:00

5/1 – Drama Assembly in school

5/11 – Bike Safety Awareness

5/14 – 5/18 PARP week ( note was already sent home)

5/23 Science performance test

5/24 Kindergarten registration

5/25 – No school

5/30 Field Day

This week’s ELA topics:

·         Writing – writing about 1 topic using LOTS of details
                        -  "Can the reader infer your meaning?"

·         Grammar – Comparing adverbs

·         ELA – We’ll resume our reading workshop where we read to self and read to someone

·         Spelling – add –ed and –ing to base words

This week’s Math topics:

·         We’ll begin a focus on money.

·         Counting money – change and amounts

·         Uses of money

·         Saving vs. spending

This week’s Science topics:

·         We’ll wrap up exploring simple machines.  Wednesday and Thursday we’ll have lab days where we’ll create simple machines

·         Test Friday!

High School Performance

CABARET 2012

Shenendehowa High School presents its annual Cabaret program on Friday May 4 at the High School West Auditorium.  The performance starts at 7:30 pm and tickets can be purchased at the door for $5.00.  Cabaret 2012 features talented singers from Shen’s outstanding music department in an entertaining evening of favorite musical theater selections.  Included in the evening are songs from Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, The Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen, Cinderella, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Show Boat by Jerome Kern, and The Gondoliers and Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Boys From Syracuse by Rodgers and Hart, Oliver by Lionel Bart, Brigadoon by Lerner and Loewe, Chicago by Ebb and Kander,  The Fantastics by Harvey Schmidt, The Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh, Company by Stephen Sondheim, The Secret Garden by Lucy Simon, Legally Blond by O’Keefe and Benjamin, Jane Eyre by Paul Gordon, and Mamma Mia! by Andersson and Ulvaeus.  The program is directed by Heather Baird and Jon Streker.

A note from our PTA

Call for H-E-L-P…..  The Scholastic Book Fair is only a few weeks away, May 14 – 16.  Our PTA is still in need of volunteers to work.  If you would like to work at the book fair, please contact Lisa McGlynn.  The fair will run daily from 8:00 – 2:15.  You can be there for as little or as much time as you like!  Also a couple more volunteers are still needed to work during Celebrate Reading Night on May 15^th from 6 – 8.  If you are interested in volunteering, please

call Lisa McGlynn by email, shatekonpta@gmail.com  .

Newsletter 4-23-12

Reminders:

Math NYS testing – 4/25, 4/26, 4/27

Rocking Tale of Snow White Performance – 4/27, 4/28

This week’s ELA topics:

·         Writing – friendly letter review

·         Grammar – adverbs

·         ELA – We’ll resume our reading workshop where we read to self and read to someone

·         Spelling - /en/ - sound at the end of words spelled en, on and an

This week’s Math topics:

·         We’ll continue spiraling through our math concepts that have been taught this year. 

·         NYS math test preparations

·         Please make sure that your student has had a good night’s rest, a full breakfast and is on time to school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday!

This week’s Science topics:

·         We’ll continue exploring simple machines.  We’ll create each machine within a small group.

·         Last Friday we discussed Earth day in length focusing mostly on air pollution.  We began an experiment on air quality in school that we’ll be checking on throughout the week.  Our final report will come out Friday.