Writing Camp was wonderful, Field Trip Permission Slips due on Monday, Pen Pals coming on Tuesday at 12:55, No school on Friday

Hi,

Writing Camp was a huge success! The campers worked hard, had fun,
and revised and edited two complete compositions! Many kids even
finished their final copies! Great word choice, slowing down the
heart of the story, and using inviting introductions and thoughtful
conclusions made these pieces amazing! We sang fun songs and loved
receiving letters from home. Our afternoon celebration today was fun. We
shared our stories and had some s'mores. (When you think you are done
writing...write s'more!) Thank you, Mrs. McCulloch for sending in
s'more poptarts for our snack today. I have two letters for Todd and
two for Kyra that I
printed and forgot to give them. I am sorry and will get the letters
to them on Monday.

Next Tuesday, our pen pals are coming. We will be participating in PE
activities with them at 12:55. We are so excited to be active with
them and see them again. Come and join us!

We won't have school on Friday, March 29 but will be working hard
during the week. It is challenging to stay motivated during these
bright, sunny, summer-like days. Thank you for continuing to
encourage your child to put forth a great amount of effort and to work
hard to focus and do his/her best in school.

In Reading, we will continue learning about World War II events through reading
literary non-fiction or historical fiction, biographies, and
non-fiction. We will be working on summary, inferences, and other
types of comprehension skills and talking about the themes in these
books and articles. A common theme is respecting others, be tolerant
of differences in others, don't judge others based on their race,
culture, etc...

In Writing, we will be continuing to revise, edit, and write final
copies of our pieces from writing camp (if they didn't get to do final
copies of both) and will be continuing to write personal narrative
entries and essay entries in school. We will also be working on lots
of editing and revising practice using multiple choice formats and
bubble sheets to prepare for our tests on Tuesday, April 2 and
Wednesday, April 3.

In Math, we will continue to work on geometry and measurement. We
will be having a test on geometry vocabulary on Monday, April 1 (Not
an April Fool's Joke!) and will be reviewing multiplication, division,
addition, and subtraction in multi-step problems.

In Science, we will continue to learn about natural resources and
which ones are renewable and nonrenewable. We will have a test on
those concepts on Thursday, March 28. A study guide will be coming on
Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend! I enjoyed our fun writing camp week! Let
me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew