Friday, April 4, 2014

Busy Minion News - Week of April 4



This Week  We read the folktale, “Roadrunner’s Dance,” this week in Literacy.  With the story, we extended our study of birds and adaptations with a “Who Am I” trifold Picturing Writing project.  We finished up Unit 5 in Math and mostly did a great job on the assessment.  We completed our Aurora poetry books as well.  We also continued to make progress on our super hero publishing.  We also created a congratulations video for Tyler who spent the week in Colorado competing in the USASA National Snowboarding Competition.  Tyler earned a Gold Medal in the GS race.
Next Week  We will read the article, “Animals Come Back to Our National Parks,” in Literacy.  Students will also begin another long-term project at home, based on our National Parks.  We will begin Unit 6 in Math and start looking at how fractions relate to decimals.  We will continue working on super hero publishing and hopefully begin to think about ideas for our NH Cups video.  We will complete our “What Bird Am I” projects
REMINDER:  Spring Vacation is April 21 – 25.  Career Day is May 9.  Science NECAPS will be on May 6, 7, 8.  Belknap Mill field trip is on May 16.  The Smarter Balance Test pilot will be on May 12, 13, 14, 15.  Project Night is May 20.