Welcome back from Spring Break! We are starting fourth quarter and only have 10 weeks left of school. Summer will be here before we know it. Check out the following important dates:

Monday: read 20 minutes, reading log, Bookmobile
Tuesday: read 20 minutes, reading log
Wednesday: read 20 minutes, reading log
Thursday: read 20 minutes, reading log
Friday: reading log due, Honor Roll forms due, last day for March Reading Counts

ELA: This week we will learn words with the -ness suffix (kindness, goodness, happiness, and darkness), and words with the non- prefix (nonsense, nonfiction, nonresistant, nonstop, and nonviolent). We will also discuss reading scientific, technical, and historical nonfiction writing to explain events, procedures, and ideas. Check out the following websites for practice:

1. Practice Video
2. Build a Sod House history game
3. Online Practice Test

Science:
In science, we are starting our final unit on plant and animal adaptations. We have discussed body features animals have that help them hunt, defend themselves, find food, etc. Check out the following websites:

1. Animal Adaptations Study Jams
2. SwitchZoo– make new animals with lots of adaptations
3. Adaptations Pictures Game