Activities for the week of May 3rd-6th

Hello everyone,


I apologize, but I appear to have experienced some technical difficulties and my weekly blog posting was not posted online correctly.  I'm sorry if you checked in and were not able to find the blog post las week.


IMPORTANT REMINDERS:


There's lots of stuff going on at Discovery School right now.  It should be a fun and busy final 5 weeks.  Here's a list of things to look out for:

• The General Assembly meeting and the Art Exhibition is on the evening of May 5th here at school. Please mark your calendar and we hope to see you here.
• There will be a half day Friday, May 6th. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m. Your child needs to bring a only a snack to school on that day, no lunch.
• Progress report will be sent home May 11th.
• This year Discovery School will be having a 'Book Drive'. If you would like to donate any books that are in good condition, please do so by May 9th.
• Discovery Idol- This year the school will be having the annual 'Discovery Idol'! This is a talent competion that is open to all students. If your child would like to participate, auditions will be held on May 17th and 18th. More information will be sent home soon.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK:

Math:

We will be learning about Customary units of measurement in math lessons this week.  We will explore units of length, weight, and volume.  We will also look at breaking down measurements into fractions, such as  fractions of an inch.  Finally we will be practicing our measuring skills with rulers and other measuring tools.

Reading:

Our new reading skill is comparing and contrasting.  We will be learning to compare and contrast things in our lives and things that we read.  We will also be starting our final class novel of the year: 'Because of Winn-Dixie'.  We will read this novel and analyze by comparing and contrasting it to our 4 previous class novels.  

Writing:

The majority of our writing lessons this week will focus on drafting, proofreading/editing, and publishing the written portion for our social studies project.  The students will be working together to take the information they've learned and then put it into their own words and then get it ready to display to their fellow classmates in their final presentation.  We will also be working on creating a Venn Diagram to help us understand our reading skill: compare and contrast.

Character Studies:

We will continue to work on conflict management, and role-playing different ways to find win-win solutions to conflicts that arise in our lives.

Social Studies:

We will spend a lot of time getting everything ready for our social studies poster and presentation.  The students will need to use all of their reading, writing, and cooperation skills this week in order to put together a  quality presentation by early next week. 

Here's to a great week at Discovery School!!   All the best,

Jordan Rose