Week 5

Dear Parents,

This week we covered the following work:

English

· Adjectives: Taste and Smell

· Adjectives: Sound and Texture

· Adjectives with er and est

· Opposites

Reading

· Words with oa and ow

· Words to know:again, both, gone, or, want, turn, hard, toad, road, hoptoad, know

· Sort it Out! – Story vocabulary

· And Then What? – Comprehension Check

Math

· Lesson 12.3 – Algerbra Readiness: More Than, Less Than

· Lesson 12.4 – Even and Odd Numbers

· Lesson 12.5 – Find a Pattern

· Chapter 10 Test

· Chapter 11 Review/Test

Science

· Introduction to Where Plants and Animals Live

· Lesson 1 – What lives in a Forest?

· Lesson 2 – What Lives in Oceans and Wetlands?

· Lesson 3 – What Lives in a Dessert?

Important Dates for this week

· Friday, 18 March – Spelling Test

· Friday, 18 March – Science Test

Work for next week:

Spelling words – Test, 18 March

Use, cute, lucky, up, pump, grump, ugly, dunk, come, from, some, munches

Dictation:

When I am grumpy my mom tells me that I am cute and gives me some muffins and peaches to munch. I also drink lemonade.

Words for sentences:

· Hydrant, ignore, lemonade, mantel, mix, muffins, peaches, pilot

Sports Day:

Sports Day is coming up on Saturday 19 April. Students have been divided into three teams (RED, BLUE and GREEN). They have to wear their team color (RED, BLUE or GREEN t-shirt) on Sports Day.

Please could you look at the list below and make sure that your child has that color t-shirt for sports day.

· Red Team – Masatoshi, Finn, Imogen, Evelyn, Victoria

· Blue Team – Michael, Wilson, Makoto, Allyson, Yvette

· Green Team – Richard, Aoi, Clément, Mami, Ayane

Please ensure that you child is at school by 8.00

Thank you

· Thank you for sending the money for pottery to school. J We look forward to the day.

SPIRIT WEEK:

We will be celebrating Spirit Week from March 14 – 18. Please dress your child appropriately each day, (see below). Although this is not a compulsory event, in the past the children have enjoyed dressing up.

· Monday: Funky Hair/Most Colorful Clothes

· Tuesday: Nerd Day

· Wednesday: Students be your teacher/Teachers be your student

· Thursday: Green Day (St. Patrick’s Day)

· Friday: Favorite Character – from book, movie, your hero… you choose

Regards,
Robyn Wood