June 13-17

The days in June just seem to fly by.  Here are some of the things that have kept us busy learning this week:

In Language Arts we have been putting our writing skills to work in a variety of ways.  Students did a great job finishing up their stories.  They are now typing their work into a google document.  If you want to check out your child’s story, it is in their google drive.  We have also been gathering information about the small crawling and flying animals that share our environment through observation, reading books, and watching videos.  We have then been writing about what we have learned about these amazing animals and their important roles in our ecosystems.


In Math, we have been learning about different types of graphs as a way to show data.  We learned how to read bar graphs and how to use the information from the graph to answer questions.  We also learned about pictographs and how you can use a single picture to represent a specific value.  


Our Science experiment this week was an exploration of taking something that sinks and making it float by changing. It was an opportunity to use their knowledge from last week's experiement and applying it to this challenge.


As we are coming up to the end of school, you will notice that your child is coming home with some of their notebooks.  I am trying to send a few things at a time so that we don’t have the kids too loaded down on the last day.  Please check your child’s folder and backpack daily to ensure that these items are taken out and stay at home.


Have a wonderful weekend!


Upcoming Events

Thursday June 23 - Sports Day and Fun Lunch (don’t forget sunscreen and a hat!)

Tueday June 28 -Report Cards available - Last Day of School

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