May 24, 2010

Field Trip- Tuesday
Please remember to send a bag lunch with your child.


Picnic- Friday
We will be eating lunch at 12:10. The PTO will be serving McDonald's hamburgers, chips, fruit snacks, and a juice box. If your child does not want the lunch the PTO is providing they may bring a lunch from home.

Games will be from 12:30-2:00.


Reading
Theme: Talent Show
Genre: Realistic Fiction
The story for this week will be The School Mural. A group of school children will be celebrating their school's fiftieth anniversary by painting a mural on one wall of the school. Everyone helps: students, parents, and teachers.
Target Skills
Comprehension: problem solving
Strategy Focus: questions
Vocabulary Words: event, mural, pride, project, scene, sketches
Phonics: ed, ing

Math
There will be a chapter test on place value. We will add and subtract three-digit numbers with and without regrouping.

Science
Students will learn that in order to grow up healthy they need foods from the 5 food groups and physical activity.

Social Studies
We will identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and natural landmarks.