Dear Parents,



This week we covered the following work:



English:

· Cumulative Review – Unit 1: The Sentence

· Cumulative Review – Unit 3: Nouns and Pronouns

· Cumulative Review – Unit 5: Verbs

· Cumulative Review – Unit 7: Adjectives

· Cumulative Review – Unit 9: More Capitalization and Punctuation

· Writing Instructions



Reading:

· Gramp’s Stories – Story Vocabulary

· Apples, Apples, Apples – Comprehension Check

· Sounds the Same – Homophones

· Writing Acrostic Poems

· Words to know – carry, kind, put, saw, butter, were, work, person, liked, stopped,

moving

· We read: Johnny Appleseed



Maths:

· Lesson 17.3 – Inches

· Lesson 17.4 – Centimeters

· Lesson 17.5 – Compare Weight

· Lesson 17.8 – Logical Reasoning



Science:

· Review for the test

· The Water Cycle



Work for Next Week:



Spelling Words:

To, too, two, buy, bye, here, hear, tail, tale, no, know



Words for Sentences:

Thought, taught, porch, grandfather, grandchild, experiment, neighborhood, homeless



Dictation:

Two people, a grandfather and grandchild, sat on their porch, while a homeless person came by and asked them if the know about a fun experiment with water.



Sports Day

On Wednesday afternoon, starting at 12:00, we will be having Sports Day. There may be some alterations to the teams, so I will let your child know on Monday what color team they are on. I am sure your child would appreciate your support.



Oral Presentations

Your child needs to stand in front of the class and give us instruction on how to do something. It can be as simple as making a cup of tea or a sandwich. Using words such as first, next, then, second, third, then, now, finally and last, may help.



Important Dates:

29 April: Field Trip

4 May: Oral Presentation – Instructions

4 May: Sports Day

6 May: Mother’s Day Tea from 14:00

9 – 13 May: IOWA

14 – 17 May: Mid-term break, no school


Social Networks
Social Networks, such as Facebook, recommend that anyone under 13 should not attempt to register. If your child is registered please can you monitor the information that they are uploading. Mr Harris, has kindly provided this helpful link: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.connectsafely.org%2Fpdfs%2Ffbparents.pdf



If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. Have a good weekend.

Robyn Wood