Dear Parents,

Before I forget, I wanted to send a great big thank you to Mr. Jackson for stepping in at the last moment to assist in our field trip.  It was a great help.  In addition, I wanted to thank the Hernandez family and the Begin family for your donations to the classroom.  We could still use tissue, hand sanitizer, and reams of loose-leaf paper for the classroom.  <em> </em>If you have any questions or would like to schedule a conference to discuss your child’s progress, please contact me via email:  <a href="mailto:agkrecik@cps.edu">agkrecik@cps.edu</a>.

<strong>Reading</strong><strong>: </strong>We will begin to develop our PowerPoint presentations for our Guided Reading comparisons this week.  Students practiced using PowerPoint in computers last week and seemed to really enjoy the application.  They will be using a checklist to assist them, and I will be grading them based on a rubric.<strong></strong>

<strong>Writing: </strong><strong>Students will continue writing their own fractured fairy tales this week.  We will focus on Varying Sentences and Show, Don’t Tell in minilesson this week to help students improve their writing. </strong>

<strong>Math:</strong> This week students will finish studying Unit 5.  We will complete lessons 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 which focus on making and reading circle graphs.  Students will review all of Unit 5 on Thursday and students will take the Unit 5 test on Friday.  Please look for the Study Packet, and review it with your child in preparation for this week’s test.

<strong>Science: </strong>This week we will prepare different slides for our microscopes and determine appropriate slides for specimens.  Then, we will begin our investigation of an onion.  Science has been neglected during ISAT testing, but I predict we will pick up and breeze through the next few investigations.

<strong>Social Studies: </strong><strong>We will complete our study of the Southern Colonies this week.  Students will take notes in preparation for the test on Thursday.  They can use these notes to help them answer questions for the test.  Students will be given a review assignment on Tuesday to help them prepare for the test.</strong>

<strong>Spelling: </strong>We will resume spelling practice this week.  Please study with your child the spelling words.  The spelling test will be Friday.<strong></strong>

<strong>Enjoy Spring!</strong>