Dear Parents of Room
10,
It has been another
very busy week in Room 10. We’ve reached
another 5th grade milestone with the completion of the children’s
whale report and project. Please
join us next Friday morning, March 22nd at 9:45 for our Whale Museum. We are joining Mrs. Ward’s class in the
cafeteria for this wonderful whale event!
Be sure to bring your camera!
We have already begun
preparing for the whale unit test. I
expect to administer the test sometime the week of March 25th. I have already been asked to hold a “Whale
Bee” in preparation for this test. For
some reason the kids LOVE “Bees!”
Speaking of “Bees!”
the BOU Community Spelling Bee has been reschedule for Wednesday, March 27th
at 7pm at the Middle School. Mrs.
Clarkson, Mrs. Landrigan, Mrs. Bonacquist, Mrs. Platek and I have been honing
our spelling skills in preparation for this event. We hope that you will all come out to support
the BOU and our Slingerlands team.
Have you heard about
the Public Service Announcements that the children are developing? Mr. Viglucci introduced the persuasive
writing unit by sharing a variety of heavily televised Public Service
Announcements. Next week the children,
who have been placed in groups of three, will be filming their PSAs. This is step one in our persuasive writing
unit…next stop…infomercials. The unit
will culminate with the children writing an editorial.
In reading, the
children are still enjoying their ocean-themed books. Be sure to ask your child about the book
he/she is reading and how its main character has changed since the beginning of
the novel. The reading response journal
entries have been getting better, but I am still looking for more thoughtful
and complete responses.
As
a reminder, next Wednesday, March 20th, is a half-day for
parent-teacher conferences. Have a
wonderful weekend and see you all next Friday! Lester
B & class
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