From Mrs. Collins' Desk....

Today, students who earned the Games to U and the Kona Ice treat from the magazine sale received those rewards!  All who participated in the rewards had a great time.


Next week is a busy week.  Tuesday will be a half day for students.  On Wednesday, we will be taking the Downtown Walking Tour around the State Capitol and having lunch at the Spaghetti Factory.  If you have volunteered to drive, please be at school by 8:20 to receive important information.  We will be leaving school at 8:30.  This is such a fun learning experience!  My fingers are crossed for fabulous weather.

Mrs. Parrish has selected May 4th for the fourth grade Field Day.  This is another fun-filled day to look forward to.


Reading News:  This week (week #23) students were given 5 new stems for Word Wall.  They will be assessed on week #22 and #23 on Thursday, April 19th.  Also, students in the Black, White, and Yellow Book Clubs will be finishing their book and have a journal due on Thursday, too.  The students in the Orange Book Club will be reading pages 126 through 167, and they will finish their book the following week.  Next week, we will be reading the story, The Malachite Palace.  We will be reviewing the skills of identifying the problem and solution, using context clues, selecting the cause and effect, and antonyms/synonyms.  Lastly, be looking for a Scholastic Book order to be coming home soon.  



Math News From Mrs. Drake: The students did a wonderful job with the decimal chapter in math. I was excited to see so many high test scores! Our next chapter will cover adding and subtracting fractions.  This chapter should seem familiar to them because of all the fraction practice they have had this year. Chapter 10 test will be the week of the 23rd.


Social Science News From Mrs. Baugh:  Hopefully, all students have had an opportunity to take their Tennessee trip and have either completed their poster or are finishing it up.  The posters and reports are due Monday, April 23rd.  After orally presenting the reports in class, the posters will be displayed in the halls for all to enjoy.  After Friday's social studies test, we will be spending the next few weeks studying about Tennessee.  I look forward to teaching about the history of our great state.  In science, we will be concentrating our study on the subject of "Light" as we begin lesson 4 of chapter 6 on Monday.  As you can see, we are busy, busy, busy.