News from Room 201 Dear Families, We are having a busy spring in the classroom. Now if the temperatures would just warm a bit …. I appreciate all of you participating in the recent student led conferences.Please let me know if you have any questions that we didn’t get to address.At the end of this letter I have listed upcoming events that I am aware of over the next couple months.It’s hard to believe that the school year is winding down and that students will be headed off to the middle school.It’s an exciting transition for them.We will be doing a number of activities to help students with this transition. Within the classroom, in math we will be finishing Unit 7 next week.The unit has proved to be a very challenging one with all of the various multistep word problems and work with fractions and measurement that have been introduced.We will continue to work on strategies such as highlighting the question being asked, drawing pictures to illustrate the problem and making an estimate as ways to support successful solution of these problems.Just a reminder that Math Club meets every Tuesday at 8:00. In reading and writing we have just finished our study of the American Revolution and will be starting our Immigration unit.We celebrated the books students wrote last week.They are currently on display in the classroom and will be coming home soon.Last week we began a conversation about immigration and what that means.Students took home a family tree assignment which is due in about three weeks.Within the classroom students will be reading the book the Orphan of Ellis Island and we will be using the book Number the Stars as a read aloud.Students will be reading and discussing these historical fiction books as part of book clubs.Both books help students to understand what it was like to leave one’s country for a variety of reasons and move away from family and friends.In addition students will be creating an immigration journal during writing.Each child will write as though they were a person immigrating to the United States.More information about this and immigration day will be coming soon. During the next month I will be doing individual reading assessments with students.It’s been exciting to see the progress students have made since the beginning to the year.In addition students will be taking the computerized STAR assessment of reading and math. Below I have listed the dates of events that will be taking place over next month. Additional information will be sent as we get closer to some of the activities. It will be a very busy couple of months. Thank you for your ongoing support.Please be in touch with any questions or concerns. Sue
Upcoming Events: May 14Lowell Field TripPermission slips due 5/8 May 16 Bike Rodeo in the CRES parking lot 5:30 -7:30 May 22 Family Fit Night CRES Gym 6:00 -7:00 May 27 Memorial Day - no school May 29 4th Grade Music concert 6pm -7pm June 6 YMS Principal and Counselor come to visit 4th grade at CRES June 7 Immigration day June 13 5th graders come to visit classes at CRES June 17 Olympic Day June 18 Tour of YMS June 21 Last Day of School