Happy Weekend! I'm hoping the weathermen are right and we'll have a beautiful Sunday! Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing: Language Arts: We'll be finishing our novels and then starting a self-selection novel unit. With this unit they'll be able to choose their own novel and do activities from a menu. It's always interesting to see what activities students choose to do! Math: My math class is hard at work learning their multiplication facts. We'll be testing them every Friday (I'll be throwing in some addition and subtraction just to keep them on their toes!). We're still working with growing patterns and then will start with function tables. Science: Well, we got our anoles in! Today will be the first day the class gets to observe them and feed them crickets! We'll continue discussing populations of different organisms. Writing: We're finishing up our Just So stories and I'll be typing them for the Quill. I really like to be sure everyone has an entry. Cursive: We're finished with lower case letters and are using it in some of our writing. Now we'll be starting on capital letters. Thanks to all who jumped rope for Jump Rope For Heart! We raised an amazing amount of money! Our next field trip will be on May 25. It's a fun one! We'll be starting out at the Frederick NewsPost... then we'll head to Mt. Olivet Cemetery... then we'll end up at the Key's Stadium for a tour and our packed lunches. I wanted to get the info. out in case you wanted to take off work to come with us! That's all for now! Have a great weekend! Faith Humerick