The Kersey Chronicles
Rockstars Choosing to Matter in Room 25
ISTEP+ Testing - Round 2 ...
Try This At Home ...
Field Trip Fun
Box Tops
Civil War
Next Week's Set List (Week of April 27 - May 1)
Week at a Glance/Skills for the Week:
LITERACY – We continue book clubs with novels about the Civil War. We will also be practicing higher order skills such as summarizing, synthesizing, inferring, analyzing, and critiquing.
WRITING – We will submit our personal poems to the national poetry contest with The America Library of Poetry. You can visit www.libraryofpoetry.com for more information about this contest.
MATH – We finished Unit 10, and will begin Unit 11.
SPELLING – Unit 23 is on Thursday for those students who are continuing their spelling tests. Core words: Earth, although, systems, its, and among.
SCIENCE – No Science this week.
SOCIAL STUDIES – We will begin researching about spies and women of the Civil War to present information to the other 4th grade classes. Projects will be due Wednesday, May 13th. More information will be sent home about this project. *** Please see the link below about an opportunity to enrich your child's learning of the Civil War. Conner Prairie will have Civl War Days on May 16 and 17. ****
TIPS – No TIPS this week due to ISTEP+ testing.
Upcoming Events
April 27th - May 4th: ISTEP+ Part 2 Multiple Choice Test
May 6th: Early Release Day, 2:55pm
May 8th: Enrichment Presentation, Kevin Stonerock
May 25th: Memorial Day
June 3rd: Last day of school