Week in Review: May 9-13

After STAAR testing on Monday and Tuesday, the rest of the week seemed to fly by. We are working on persuasive reading and writing in language arts. For our final unit in math, we are learning the standard algorithm for addition, and subtraction will be next week.

We finally finished our timeline and titled it "Our Growing and Changing Nation." It is nearly 31 feet long and the kids are so proud of it! Be sure to check it out next time you are in the classroom.

 And in science, we are beginning to study force, motion, gravity, and magnetism. We learned about gravity on Thursday with an army man parachute experience, and on Friday, we studied force and motion with slingshots and toy cars. It was a fun way to wrap up the week, and I hope your child enjoyed it, as well as learned from it.

We also took some time to choose our unique country name for next Friday's field day. Because I have an owl theme in my classroom, the class voted on Owlympia. On Friday, each student created a flag design and we voted on our class favorite (congratulations to Ari, his design won!), which will be recreated on fabric for our country flag to carry around during field day.

Only thirteen days of school left! When we are down to 10 days, we will begin the official classroom countdown with a special surprise each day. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and don't forget to mark your calendars for Spotlight Night on Thursday May 19 from 6-7:30pm.