Week of April 11th-15th!!!

I am so sorry I fell behind the last couple weeks with our website. I had the stomach flu last week, and crazy things getting ready for conferences, MAP testing, Spring Break, etc. Anyway, I will be back every week until the end of the school year. Can you believe we have about 28.5 days left of school?!? We are assuming our last day will be May 20th, but haven’t gotten official confirmation from the board yet. Here is a look at our week:

Wednesday, April 13th: PTA meeting @ 6:30
Thursday, April 14th: Kindergarten Round-Up from 4:30-6:30

We start MAP testing 2 weeks from tomorrow! Our first testing dates are April 27th and 28th.

ELA: We are working on making inferences about a story. This is about the 3rd time we have reviewed this skill this year, so we are doing more of a review. It is still quite difficult to answer questions about the story when you have to use clues instead of right-there answers. We are also focusing on the prefix de- meaning both down/away and not/opposite. Some sample words include: deduct, descend, decrease, deform, deplete, and deactivate.
1. grammar game for all prefixes/suffixes this year
2. Inferences Activities and Games

Science:
In science, we are working on a research project about Missouri birds we might see at Walker Elementary. Students are using the chrome books to find facts about a bird of their choice, paraphrasing the information, and creating a brochure for their bird. We are learning about trusted websites, how to summarize information, how to make a brochure, and how to share the information we learned. Look for these to come home in a few weeks after they have been displayed at school. We will also discuss camouflage and adaptations at the end of the week.

1. Hidden Animals game– a fun game where you have to find the animals camouflaged in their ecosystem
2. Conservation Department website with information about Missouri birds.
3. Animal Adaptations game

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