<strong>**PLEASE SIGN UP FOR A TIME TO A HAVE A CONFERENCE BY THE FRONT DOORS**</strong>

Important Dates:

Monday, April 19<sup>th</sup>:  Walking Field Trip

Wednesday, April 21<sup>st</sup>:  Report Card Pick-up:  NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, April 28<sup>th</sup>:  Field Trip to see Henry and Mudge

Instruction for the Week

Literacy:

Reading:

This week in Reading, students will continue to work on making connections.  Students will focus on making connections to poetry, self, and other texts written by the same author.  Students will learn about how authors write similar themes.  The authors we will focus on this week are Roald Dahl, Eve Bunting, Patricia Polacco, and Andrew Clements.

Writing

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.  Please take a moment to look at it during Report Card Pick-up.

Mathematics:

This week in Math, students will learn about equivalent and mixed fractions.  This is a very hard concept for students.  We will use concrete objects to help students grasp the concept, but please keep in mind that students may still have a little difficulty.

Science:

This week in Science, students will continue to work on the following objectives that were carried over from last week:
<ul>
	<li>observe sounds made by objects when dropped</li>
	<li>compare sounds to develop sound discrimination</li>
	<li>create a drop code</li>
	<li>communicate with others using a drop code</li>
	<li>identify a variety of sound sources and receivers</li>
	<li>observe the vibrations made by various objects that produce sound</li>
	<li>use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations:  observing, communicating, comparing, and organizing</li>
</ul>
Have a wonderful week and see you on Wednesday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Prasad-Heintz