BIOGRAPHY PROJECT IS COMING!

Information about our upcoming Wax Museum will be sent home on Monday! Students will be presenting a POSTER and dress up as a FAMOUS PERSON FROM MASSACHUSETTS! Students will be bringing home their information in a manilla folder. Please look it over with your child and sign the form so that I know you are aware of the project. We will be selecting books during library time on Monday!

Spelling Lists - Week of April 25,2016

List 2 - sharp, cheese, form, chirp, chicken, farther, father, trunk, felt, click

List 3 - able, handle, castle, towel, travel, purple, eagle, little, nickel, tunnel, riddle, puzzle, pickle, camel, squirrel

Monday's homework - Write each word three times each; Math worksheet #15-1; Measuring Penny projects are due tomorrow!

No homework the rest of the week due to PARCC testing! PARCC testing begins on Wednesday.

Food For Thought

A notice was sent home today about a fraction celebration we will be having on Friday, May 13. Students will be using pizza and Hershey bars to compare fractions. We are asking each child to bring in a dollar by Wednesday, May 11th, to help defray the cost of the items. This activity will NOT take the place of lunch. Please also sign the permission to let your child take part in sampling the pizza and chocolate. Students who are unable to eat the pizza and/or chocolate are welcome to bring in a small snack as an alternative! Thank you!

REMINDER - WE ARE SHOPPING AT THE BOOK FAIR ON MONDAY, APRIL 11 AT 1:55 PM!

HOW TO BE "PRACTICALLY PERFECT" ON PARCC / THIS WEEK'S SPELLING WORDS

This week's spelling words are words that students should be able to spell correctly when answering an open response question. The PARCC test, which will be administered after vacation on April 27, 28, 29, and later in May, has several open response questions based on selections that the students are given to read. Here is a list of words that are important for students to spell correctly:

1. text
2. author
3. because
4. evidence
5. paragraph
6. For instance
7. reason
8. first
9. second
10. next
11. finally
12. differences
13. alike
14. cause
15. effect

So how can a student be "practically perfect" on PARCC? There is no clear-cut answer. In fact, I would rather students to strive to be "perfectly PROUD" of their work! We have been practicing for the ELA portion of the exam in school this whole month. The students have been working very hard indeed! This week we will spend more time getting ready for it. On Friday, the students generated a list of important tips to help them be successful on PARCC:

1. PRINT neatly and clearly
2. Use capital letters when necessary (At the beginning of a sentence, when using proper nouns)
3. Indent when forming a paragraph
4. Be a READING DETECTIVE! Go back into the story to look for details, details, details! Our homework this past winter has helped students prepare for this. I know they can do it!
5. Use ending marks at the close of a sentence.
6. Read ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS AND QUESTIONS CAREFULLY! - Most important TIP!

On the night before the test, make sure your child gets to bed on time. On the morning of the test, make sure your child eats breakfast (whether at home or at school). I will not be assigning homework on the nights of the test! If you have any concerns at all, please send me an e-mail at elizabeth.wilson@leominster.mec.edu.

Reflex Math

We are 82 percent fluent in our multiplication and division facts!  That's awesome! Keep up the good work! Remember to go onto Reflex Math until you hit the green light at least three times a week! The more you go on, the better our chances of earning a pizza party!

Spring Book Fair

The Spring Book Fair is on its way and students will be shopping in the library on Monday, April 11th. Students will be shopping during their library time at 1:55 pm and you are welcome to shop with your child!

Spelling Words For The Week Of April 4, 2016

pilot
favor
cover
tiny
silent
diner
lemon
shady
label
spider
tiger
planet
robot
cozy
frozen
tried
hurried
studying
melon
stomach