Spring in Full Swing Now

Good Afternoon,

The weather outside has finally changed to where it feels like spring, and the students couldn't be more excited. I am really proud of their continued work ethic and effort each day because it can can challenging when the weather warms up to keep that motivation to keep growing daily in school. It was a great week, and it's hard to believe we are running out of school days this school year. The students have been fantastic, and I am looking forward to finishing the school year strong continuing to push to reach our goals!

Week in Review:

Writing: Writers finished their realistic fiction stories, and its amazing to see the growth they have made as storytellers from the beginning of the year to now! They will now be taking their realistic fiction story, and using that as the first book as writers began planning out a full series of realistic fiction stories to end this week.

Math: The mathematicians have been persevering through story problems, and learning to really understand what the question is asking them to do. Some problems have multiple steps, and the students have done a great job of slowing their process down to make sure they are working towards solving the problem how it is intended to be solved.

Reading: Readers began learning and reading up on a new social issue that their group decided on this week. They thinking work of reading through the lens of that issues has been excellent as students have come away with some wonderful lessons, and takeaways on how they are going to live their lives differently which they posted on Seesaw!

Leader in Me: Our class talked about learning new things to keep the brain "sharp." Ask your child, "What is something you would like to learn more about?"

Content: We began the week with a exploring question of "why do dogs wag their tails?" It was a transition for our discovery of different animal groups and what they do to communicate and survive!

A Look Ahead: 

  • Spring i-Ready testing will be taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday next week (May 17th &18th) Similar to state testing we want to make sure students get a good nights sleep and a breakfast before taking these tests to help give them the necessary energy and stamina to do their best!
  • Friday, May 20th is Field Day at NDLC. What that means is in the afternoon students will be participating in all sorts of fun, active activities outside so want to make sure students are dressed in athletic wear for they will be moving around a lot in the afternoon.
  • 1000 Field Trip, Tuesday May 24th in the afternoon.
  • Half Day Friday, May 27th
  • No School Monday, May 30th
That's all for this week! 

Have a great weekend!

Mr. VW



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