Weekly Update April 20-25

Announcements:

-Math Study Group:  There will be math group this Thursday, April 23rd as well as Thursday, April 30th. 

-Report Cards: Thank you for your patience with the quarter 3 report cards. The Skyward issue has been resolved and report cards will be coming home this Monday, April 20th.

-Badger Testing: I will send home a Badger testing schedule with the times for the test next week. Until then, here are the dates for each test:
Math: May 4th,5th, and 7th
ELA: May 12th and 13th


-JDRF Kids Walk: Our class is so excited to organize the annual JDRF Kids Walk. JDRF's goal is to improve the lives of individuals with type 1 diabetes all while finding the cure. We are partnering with a JDRF representative and have already had two Skype calls with her and her staff member. Your child is on a specific planning committee. Here are some things the students are working on: creating a website for our event, contacting businesses for donations, planning the assembly and an educational presentation, creating posters, planning entertainment for the event, and booking the venue for both the walk and the assembly! They have really taken ownership of this event and are enjoying the process!


What are we learning???

Math:
This week, we will be finishing up unit 6 with equivalent fractions and inequalities in math class. As always, I will be updating the Student Links page with games and lessons to review these skills at home. The Unit 6 test and written response will be this Thursday and Friday, April 23-24.

Science:
The students will be completing a project in which they need to research energy saving strategies for their fictional first home. They will each be researching a different component of the house and will create a poster listing energy efficient options relating to their topic. Later this week, the students will have the opportunity to do a poster walk and read each other's research. From there, they will be able to choose what energy saving upgrades they would want to do to their house. It will be very interesting to see what they come up with!

ELA:

For poetry this week, we will be analyzing and discussing three poems: Dream Keeper /Dreams by Langston Hughes (We didn't get to this one last week), Harlem Night Song by Langston Hughes, and The Amherst Train by Emily Dickinson. Throughout the week, we will continue to write various types of poems and publish them in our Poetry Notebooks




Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Ball

mball@gibraltar.k12.wi.us