Wow! Can you believe it's May already? I hope the weather gets a little warmer!

Here's what we've been doing and what we will be doing:

Language Arts: We're continuing with our Novel unit. Each student chose a novel from our reading area to read. When they finish, they have a menu to choose from of activities they can do. If anyone has any clay or Play-Doh, could we please use it? Some have chosen to show the setting of their novel this way.
Along with novels, we are also going to start our Play unit. We'll go over all parts of a play and then we'll practice some. Our class will be performing three different plays. Keep an eye out for a date - we'll invite you to come see us! It will probably be around the beginning of June.

Math: My math class just completed working with function tables. Next week we'll be revisiting division. We'll continue to have multiplication fact tests on Fridays. I am sooo proud of most of my class! Their numbers really went up!

Science: We'll be finishing up our Populations unit. We'll be talking about predators and food chains/webs.

Word Study: We'll be working with Latin roots next week. This week when I graded the tests, I attached a practice paper for cursive if that child was having difficulty with a certain letter or connection. Please practice these at home.

Important Dates:
May 3 - 2 hour early dismissal
May 6 - Urbana Elementary School's 50th anniversary celebration and the Strawberry Festival. Please remember that students are not allowed to stay after school this year!
May 25 - Our field trip to the Newspost, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, and the Keys stadium. Keep on the lookout for the permission slip.

That's it for now! Have a restful, safe weekend!
Faith Humerick