5W Newsletter
"Tell me I forget. Teach me I remember. Involve me I learn."
Language Arts
Our Journey's selection this week is called Cougars by Patricia Corrigan. We are focusing on main idea and details as well as monitoring and clarifying text to better our comprehension skills. Our essential question is "What are the most important ideas about cougars?". On Friday of this week (3/18) we will take our vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar tests for lesson 10.
Writing
In writing this week, we are continuing to focus on multi-paragraph writing. We are working on introduction and concluding paragraphs along with color coding our work.
Science
In science this week we are studying animal communication and behavior. We began our work on group presentations on migratory animals this week.
PATHS Kids of the Week
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -- Dr. Seuss
Coming Up
3/18 6:00 Sock Hop Intermediate in Urbana
3/24 No School Spring Break
3/25 No School Spring Break
3/28 No School Spring Break
Kid President - What Kids Really Want From Vacation
Here is a tip to all parents from kid president. Something to keep in mind with upcoming breaks and vacations :)