Week of March 18th-22nd

Home Stretch of Reading Month!

• Students have individual passports to track their Reading Counts points and other Reading Adventures. Passports are collected every Friday and returned the same day.

• It's important for students to read at home so they can get as many points as possible!

• There are raffles each week for students who have earned the required 3 points per week. Our class goal is 100 points per week.

• If students also complete the Reading Adventures in the passport, they will have an opportunity to get an additional raffle ticket.

Calling All Colors
Over the next few weeks, students will be participating in Calling All Colors.  The program is designed to bring children from Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph together for a series of multicultural educational experiences. The program consists of two workshops that take place at the Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor at the Fettig Youth Center. While at the workshop, the children participate in a variety of hands-on activities with their partner class, both in large and small groups. Feel free to contact the Program Director if you’d like to volunteer your time (maryaliceyogi@gmail.com).

Important Dates for reading month:
-Reading Month Celebration: Friday, March 29th
-PJ Day: Friday, March 29th (1/2 Day)

March 25th-Calling All Colors (Knuth only)

March 26th-4th Grade Program

March 27th-Calling All Colors (Deis only)

March 29th-1/2 Day (beginning of Spring Break)

April 8th-School Resumes

Next Week's Schedule:

Monday: F Day
Tuesday: A Day
Wednesday: B Day
Thursday: C Day
Friday: D Day (1/2 Day)

What we've been up to:

Reading: We have been working on comparing and contrasting.

Word Study:  We have been practicing with our mb, gn/wr/kn/stle words. Test will be early next week.

Math: We are currently working on breaking apart larger multiplication problems, using the order of operations, and writing and solving 2-step word problems. 

Science: Our current unit is teaching us about force. We are learning about magnets. Ask your child if they were able to open their door with a magnet!

Social Studies: We will begin Chapter 4 when we return from Spring Break. Thank you for practicing the paragraph and studying the information for our Chapter 3 test.....we appreciate you!

Writing: We are continuing our informational unit.  Students are working on their chapters, conclusions, and glossaries. We will be turning our final drafts into digit books using BookCreator! Our goal is to have these ready for the Technology Festival April 14th.