Classroom News for the Week of April 2nd

Updates and Notices:

* No school Monday, April 1 for Cesar Chavez Holiday. School resumes April 2nd.

* Students created flashcards before the break of key vocabulary and concepts to review. Please make sure your child studies a little each day. There will be a quiz on Wed. 4/3.

* April 4th is Spring Picture Day

* If you would like to see the types of questions asked on CST, you can view released test questions (from previous years' tests) at the following site: CST Test Released Questions.
CST begins the week of April 8th. Testing is is done in the morning over a period of 6 days. Typically, we do not test on Mondays or Fridays.

What's Going On In Class:

Math: 

Both Grades: Review for CST

Writing:

Writing autobiographies

Note-taking for upcoming biography project

Writing Homework:  

No additional writing homework will be assigned while we finish the book project.

Reading:

This week we will begin reading Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell.  
Skills: summarizing, drawing conclusions, making inferences, supporting opinions based on the text.

CST Test Prep

Reading biographies.

Art:

Theater with Ms. Beret: Improvisation

Drawing illustrations for the book project.

Science:

Grade 4: Life Science: Habitats and Ecosystems

Grade 5:  Review for CST.

Social Studies: 

Grade 4: No social studies this week

Grade 5: The Colonists in America