Social Studies Test Tomorrow

Tomorrow is our "Growing Up" presentation.  Refusal slips were sent home early last week.

Field Trip slips were sent home for the Earth Day Movie.

T-Shirt order forms were sent home last week for the after school "Walk for a Cure" event in May.

Today students had a special Wheelchair Basketball presentation.  There is an activity tomorrow night at Oakview School that students are invited to attend.

We will be having our Chapter 6 Social Studies test tomorrow.  This test is over the Southeast region. Students WILL be allowed to reference their books (but not their study packets) during the test, so I do expect to see very good grades.  A study packet was sent home on Friday.  Our next Social Studies unit will be over the Midwest, so students can get a head start on learning these states, capitals, and the names of the Great Lakes.

States and Capitals Puzzle

Tour the States Video  (This is a huge classroom favorite)

Our spelling unit this week is a review.  We completed Practice Workbook pages 99-100 to prepare for our test on THURSDAY.

Spelling Lists

We also started to read Mangrove Wilderness on pages 629-645 in our Storytown book.  We started the story early since it ties i well with our learning about the Everglades in the Southeast region.  The mangrove is a very special tree that grows in salt water.  Students will be rereading this for Tuesday's homework assignment.
Here's a link to the online book:  eBook
Here's a brief video about the mangrove tree:  http://video.pbs.org/video/2365052043/