Weekly Update

April 24th- April 28th

Hello Families!

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders: 

• Thank you to everyone who has brought in money and books for Ms. Thompson and our goodbye party for her.  I attached the letter that came home last week to the email for this blog update.
• MAP Testing Dates:  

                 **Thursday morning we will begin the math section of MAP testing                      at 9 am.  Please make sure your child arrives to school on time!                         We will test MAP Math on Thursday and Friday.

Important Dates to Remember:

1. May 2 - Junior Achievement for Grades 3-5
2. May 8-9 Buy One Get One Scholastic Book Fair
3. May 11 - DOC Mother's Day Luncheon
4. May 12 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Dev. Day for teachers
5. May 17 - Last Day of LEAP for 3rd Grade
6. May 19 - Fun Day
7. May 22 - Fun Day Make-up Day
8. May 23 - Read A Thon at 2:00
9. May 25 - End of the Year Parties
10. May 26 - LAST Day of School - dismissal at 11:50

Check Out What We Are Learning:

Writing: This week we will begin a new writing unit: Autobiographies!  We are going to begin writing about important events, family members, pets, etc. in our lives that would be beneficial to include in an autobiography.

Reading:  This week we will take time to read autobiographies and biographies in order to gain ideas for our writing!

Math: We will focus on quadrilaterals and partitioning shapes. Our test will be on Thursday, May 4th.  

Social Studies:  This week we will continue Ch. 4 learning about the Declaration of Independence,  the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the US Capital.  We will NOT take a test over this chapter.  A project about important landmarks, parks, and monuments will be the final grade for this chapter.

Other News:

Missouri 1 Million Strong Challenge:

The Missouri Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance would like to challenge all of the Missouri youth to develop their physical literacy and be physically active 60 minutes per day. This challenge is set for May 1-7, which coincides with National Physical Education and Sport Week. If you would like to take the challenge click here for an activity log. At the end of the week, bring your log to your PE teacher. Keep Missouri youth strong by taking the MISSOURI 1 MILLION STRONG CHALLENGE!

Parent Session for Safe Touch and Internet Safety:

We will hold a parent viewing session next Thursday, April 27th in the library from 6:00-7:00.   Our parents will be able to view the video and handouts for each grade level.  We will have three sessions.  The video is ten minutes.

6:00-6:20      K-1 grade

6:20-6:40      2-3 grade

6:40-7:00      4-5 grade

Velina Critchlow, Concord School Counselor and a representative from Jewish Family and Children's Services will be hosting the event.  If you need more information please call your school counselor.

Have a great week!