<span style="color: #800080">Important Dates:</span>

<span style="color: #800080">Wednesday, April 28</span><sup><span style="color: #800080">th</span></sup><span style="color: #800080">:  Field Trip to see Henry and Mudge</span>

<span style="color: #800080">Every Tuesday/Thursday @9:00am:  Dance Practice</span>

<span style="color: #800080">Tuesday, June 8</span><sup><span style="color: #800080">th</span></sup><span style="color: #800080">:  Chicago Play</span>
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Instruction for the Week</strong></p>
<em><span style="color: #ff6600">Literacy:</span></em>

<em><span style="color: #ff6600"> Reading:</span></em>

<span style="color: #ff6600">This week I am assessing students on their final reading levels to see the progress each child has made this year.  I am testing each student on their comprehension as well as their fluency.  You will receive all this information with their final report card in June.  As I am working with each student, your child will be working on his or her April Book Reports.  These book reports will be part of their Reading grade and their Research grade on their report cards.  March Book Reports were handed out during report card pick-up.  Each report asks about the characters, setting, theme, plot, and evaluation of the book.  By creating these reports, I am able to see if your child comprehends the text they chose to use for the book report.</span>

<em><span style="color: #ff6600">Writing</span></em>

<span style="color: #ff6600"> We will continue to work on Poetry.  Students are choosing the poems they would like to submit for the poetry bulletin board outside of the classroom.</span>

<em><span style="color: #ff0000">Mathematics:</span></em>

<span style="color: #ff0000"> Students will continue to work on fractions.  This week, they will review mixed and equivalent fractions.  On Thursday, students will take the Chapter 8 Assessment on fractions.  On Wednesday after the field trip, students will have review games to practice for the test.  I will provide the review guide for parents to work with their students on Tuesday. I do not need the sheet back, this is a guide for you.</span>

<em> <span style="color: #008000">Social Studies:</span></em>

<span style="color: #008000">It has come to my attention that our class has had difficulty with behavior during recess recently. There are seven adults on the playground during recess.  Classroom teachers are not there at that time.  I have spoken to students several times to report all incidents to the adults on the playground because by the time I hear about the incident (45 minutes later), students have had time to come up with their version of the event and this makes it very difficult for me to mediate the situation when I am not aware of whose version is correct.  Students are so used to being told what to do during classroom time that they have difficulty during unstructured time such as recess.  This week we will work on Character Education and focus on key ideas such as:  bullying, cooperation, friendship, and teamwork.</span>

<span style="color: #ff00ff">Thank you to all the parents that came to Report Card Pick-up.  I am sorry that we could only speak for a few minutes.  If you would like to meet for an extended period of time, please let me know.  I am now able to meet everyday after school.  J</span>

<span style="color: #ff00ff">Have a wonderful last week of April!</span>