Weekly Update!

The girls did such a great job leading chapel on Monday. This is my favorite picture so far this year. I think it really captures their sweet personalities. Click here to access the video from that morning.

We accomplished quite a bit this week. In math, we started a new unit on measurement. The girls have been working on converting and adding and subtracting both metric and customary units of measurement. I continued to encourage the girls to take neat and organized notes. This is a shorter unit, so I am thinking the test will be on the Friday we return from Spring Break (March 22nd). We will spend that Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday reviewing for the test. It isn't necessary for the girls to memorize all of the conversions, so they will be allowed to use their notes during the test. 

In Language Arts, the girls have been really enjoying their persuasive writing projects. Sophia handed out ribbons, Grace recited a poem, Annabelle and Abigail acted out a skit, Julianna and Paige showed us their iMovie, and Harper presented her diorama (which had moving parts). In addition, we discussed how to recite a poem and watched a video from Learnzillion.com. This will help the girls when they recite their Langston Hughes poems. I've already had a couple volunteers, so we are off to a great start! Also, I am really impressed by how the girls' illustrations reflect their own interpretations of their poems. Finally, we practiced finding examples of different literary devices (i.e. personification, similes, and metaphors) in a fun picture book called Verdi by Janell Cannon. 

On Friday, I explained the upcoming book report project where the girls will be creating an online poster using Glogsteredu. We explored the different features of the program, looked at several example posters (see below), and the girls logged into their accounts. They seemed very excited about this project, and I look forward to seeing their creations.

In History, we are wrapping up the 1910's. The girls read information about the Titanic and completed several activities. They listened to the song that played as the ship was sinking, and completed math problems, which compared the number of passengers by class. Finally, they ordered the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic chronologically. We will briefly discuss WWI this week.

Furthermore, to align with our upcoming study of the 1920's, we started a short novel called A Song for Harlem. The girls are enjoying reading about Lily Belle Turner and her experience attending a summer writing camp in Harlem in the 1920's. After a few chapters, the girls will take a quick comprehension check on Quia. 

This week we are celebrating Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' birthday. A flyer went home last week, but here is the schedule again:

 Monday: Cat in the Hat

• Wear your favorite hat 

Tuesday: Green Eggs and Ham

• Wear green 

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday 

• Wear wacky/mismatched clothes 

Thursday: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 

• Wear red and blue 

Friday: Daisy-Head Mayzie 

• Wear white, yellow and daisies! 

We will wrap up the week on Friday with Innovation Day where the girls will be making Dr. Seuss style hats with their Big Sisters. The girls can bring in anything they want to create their hats. Some suggestions include: fabric, newspaper, cardboard boxes, brown paper bags, paper towel rolls, and anything else you can think of! I have basic supplies in the classroom (along with some wooden dowels), and we will have packing tape and safety pins on hand as well. Thanks for your help in sending in items for this fun activity!    

Reminders and General Information

Information needing a parent response is highlighted.

**Parent How-To Videos for accessing Quia, Newsela, and That Quiz!

**Read Nira's e-mail. It has a lot of really great information! 😀

**Maypole- A Fourthie Tradition!! All details are here (Fourthie site> Everything Else)

**Bring in items for Innovation Day

** Please consider our play rehearsal schedule when making dental, doctor etc. appointments for your daughter. Practice begins on 3/22.

**Last day for "Growing Up Healthy" is Wednesday. Mrs. Blanton has all assignments, lessons, etc. on a website. Take a look here. 

**Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day- Please sign up here. 

**Final Assembly information is here!

**Homework- for family planning

**Carpool Helper(s)-  Abigail will represent our class.

**Special Week- No Special Week girl this week. 

Class Leadership Week of 3/4/19

Ambassadors/Flag Raisers- Grace and Sirena

Attendance- Julianna and Serpell

Girls: Your blog question is...What date is the Unit 5 test? Can you use your notes? Post your answers here.