Ms. Harris' Weekly Update
April 17th-21st
What's Going On This Week:
- Ms. Harris' Science: This week we will finish our last weather lesson on weather tools and analyzing weather charts. I hope your children had fun making their weather maps and forecasting the weather last week in front of the green screen. The videos are so cute! The weather unit test will be next Friday, the 28th. A study guide will go home tomorrow. Please encourage your child to use the tech book and symbaloo page to help them study.
- Ms. Shipp's SS: This week we will be learning about the important Abolitionists during the Civil War and issues leading up to the war. On Friday, we will have a quiz on conflicts between the North and South and abolitionists.
- Mrs. Leonard's Math:We are starting our end of year review. Students will be revisiting place value concepts this week.
- Mrs. Thurston's Math/ELA: This week we will be reviewing quadrilaterals & triangles -- open notes quiz on Tuesday. We will then start symmetry on Wednesday, reviewing Thursday and testing on all of Geometry on Friday.
In ELA, we will be reviewing Text Dependent Analysis, Sign of the Beaver novel study and working on our Poetry Café booklets for our second grade reading buddies.
- Ms. Harris' GT Math/ELA: This week in math we will be analyzing patterns to identify the rule and extend the pattern. In ELA, we will start a novel study on an Illustrated Classic Novel. On Thursday, students will take a school-wide practice writing test in order to prepare for the SC READY writing test in a few weeks.
Chick-fil-a Night April 25th 5-8pm
Golf Field Trip Thursday 27th
School Clean-Up Day is April 30th 8-11 am
From Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Newsom
Grade-level STEAM performances are coming to you in May!
We are excited to hold FMES’s end of year STEAM performances combining music and technology with all grade levels in May! See the schedule below to know when your child is performing. We hope to see you there!
Where: FMES Cafeteria
When: Varying dates – please see the schedule below!
5/2 – Simpson, Sims, Barkley, Rohring, Mariaca, Blackwell, Whitley (classes will combine and perform together)
5/3 – Feneis, Whitaker, Blum, Smith, Szafran, Salley (classes will combine and perform together)
5/4 – 2nd Grade
5/5 – 4th Grade
5/9 – 3rd Grade
Time: 9:00-9:30AM
What to Wear: Students are asked to wear a yellow or blue shirt, or FMES SHIRT with JEANS.
If you have any questions, please direct them to our music teacher, Christine Newsom – newsomc@fortmillschools.org.
Other Information:
- Just a reminder that Friday is Ms. Thompson's last day as an intern here at FMES. We are going to miss her SO much! If you are wanting to send in an item (teacher supply, art supply, gift card) for the gift basket, please do so by THURSDAY. We'd love to send her off with a huge basket full of goodies for her new classroom. Thanks!
- Upcoming End of Year Dates (CRAZY to think we are now talking End of Year!!!)
- April 25th: Chick-fil-a night 5-8 pm
- April 27th: Golf Field Trip
- April 28th: Last Spirit Day and School Store/1st Responders Lunch
- April 30th: Spring Clean Up Day 8-11 am
- May 4th: PTO Mtg 9:30
- May 9th-12th: SC READY Testing
- May 16th-18th: SC PASS Testing
- May 19th: Field Day
- May 23rd: GT Party
- May 24th: Class Party/Half-Day of School
- May 25th: Last Day/Half-Day of School