Reading   This week we are reading the text Red, White and Blue: The Story of the American Flag.   We will be learning about our flag’s nicknames, history, and how it has changed over the years. Our Reading Street question is What traditions and celebrations involve our country’s flag? Target skills are identifying the author’s purpose while summarizing and multiple-meaning words. Our target skill for word knowledge is abbreviations.

Spelling   Spelling test is Friday. Every abbreviation on the test will need to start with a capital letter and end with a period to be counted correct.

Spelling Words: Mr., Mrs., St., Jan., Feb., Aug., Dr., Ms., Rd., Oct., Nov., Dec., independence, symbol, allegiance

Math    We will finish Ch. 9 - Measuring using Centimeters and Meters on Monday and our test will be Tuesday, May 7^th. We will begin Chapter 10 this week. It will focus on collecting and displaying data using picture and bar graphs.

Right to Read Week    Also, we will be celebrating Right to Read week each day with fun reading activities and will have an assembly Tues. morning for a Madcap puppet show on fairytales. PTA is planning a special movie event Friday for each grade level. Thank you PTA! 

Interims   Please look for interim reports coming home on Monday, May 6^th.