Hey Parents,

The kids had a great time during our Colonial Day this past Friday.  I hope you were able to see some of their crafts.  This is our last week of the Explorers Unit.  On Friday we will have our culmination performance.  As always the students are really excited to share with you some of what they have learned this unit. 

We will finish The Witch of Blackbird Pond this week.  Before we started reading the book the students wrote predictions about what they thought was going to happen in the book based only on the title and the cover art.  It will be interesting to see them compare their predictions with the actual content of the story.  On Friday the students will complete a comprehension quiz on the text.

This week for grammar study we are discussing proper adjectives, adjectives that compare, and spelling adjectives that compare. 

In math this week we will continue topic 10.  We will finish this topic by discussing improper fractions, mixed numbers, and ordering fractions.  The test will be on Wednesday.  Topic 11 will begin on Thursday.  This topic covers adding and subtracting fractions. 

Thanks,

TRENT