Week of March 18 - 22

This week students will read the historical fiction story called Boom Town.  (Unit 5, Week 1)  During the reading, we will work on the reading skill of sequencing, telling the order of events.  The spelling words are compound words and grammar lessons will be on singular and plural pronouns.  Now that our Young Author stories are completed, we are turning our writing to Compare and Contrast Essays.

In math, we took the Chapter 7 test on division and will turn our mathematical thinking to fractions for the next few weeks as we being Chapter 8.

In science, we are learning about Light as a source of energy.  Students are making a Light Poster to show their learning.  These will be displayed in the hallway as soon as they are complete and will also be highlighted here on the blog. 

Some important dates and things to remember:

Popcorn Day – March 26

Spring Conferences -- March 27

PRIDE Reward Day (Dress for Success) – March 27

ABNL (Annie’s BIG Nature Lesson) – April 8-12

Every year Bath Elementary conducts a Parent Survey to help with school improvement efforts.  The survey is now available on the Elementary webpage for you to complete.   The surveys will be available through March 31, 2013. Please take the time to complete the survey and have your voice heard.  Your input is important! Thank you!

On Tuesday, our school will began our involvement in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Math-a-thon. This project allows students an opportunity to practice math skills while helping children battling cancer and other diseases. They can even earn prizes for their work! On Monday, your child received a permission slip and donation sheet. The permission slip portion only is due back by Tuesday, March 26th, indicating your child's interest in participating. On that slip, participants can choose to access a book of math problems online or order a paper copy. Students will work on these problems from April 10th through April 16th, during a special "Math Week."