Friday, May 7, 2010
Shakespeare Starts!
Monday will be our first Shakespeare session with our teaching artist Scott Lilly. We have been reading the play and most children have been cast in roles. Other children have been told to rehearse for a few available roles (some kids are so good it's hard to cast them in one role).By Monday, each child will know who they are playing.
Please make sure you have return your Shakespeare form and the $7.00 for costumes and supplies. Thank you!
Please make sure you have return your Shakespeare form and the $7.00 for costumes and supplies. Thank you!
Whew!
We finished with the two major tests and the class performed admirably. There is still the Science test during the week of May 24 and June 7.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
May Units of Study
Literacy
We have started reading and writing Poetry during the last days of April. We will continue that work in May as well as publish a number of poems. Each child will submit their favorite poem to the school's poetry anthology.
We are also reading and learning our lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hopefully by May 7th, every child will be cast in a part. It is important to remember that every one has an important part in the play despite the number of lines given and our goal is to really have fun with Shakespeare's story.
We will resume Word Study, starting with regular and irregular plurals.
Math
In class, we will continue working with fractions, decimals and percents, focusing on how these concepts are a part of our daily lives. Multiplying and dividing decimal amounts will be introduced. Finally, we will finish the month looking at properties of shapes.
Social Studies
Last month we began reading about Revolutionary New York and learning about the War for Independence. This month we will continue this study and look at key moments and people in the American Revolution outside of New York.
We have started reading and writing Poetry during the last days of April. We will continue that work in May as well as publish a number of poems. Each child will submit their favorite poem to the school's poetry anthology.
We are also reading and learning our lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hopefully by May 7th, every child will be cast in a part. It is important to remember that every one has an important part in the play despite the number of lines given and our goal is to really have fun with Shakespeare's story.
We will resume Word Study, starting with regular and irregular plurals.
Math
In class, we will continue working with fractions, decimals and percents, focusing on how these concepts are a part of our daily lives. Multiplying and dividing decimal amounts will be introduced. Finally, we will finish the month looking at properties of shapes.
Social Studies
Last month we began reading about Revolutionary New York and learning about the War for Independence. This month we will continue this study and look at key moments and people in the American Revolution outside of New York.
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Answer is ...
The area of a rectangle that is 13 ft long and 4 feet wide is 52 square feet. Great job to those children who still got the correct answer despite the fact that there was a choice of 52 feet as a distractor!
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