First, let me apologize for the time span between my last post and now. March was a complete whirlwind for me. For the two weeks after Spring Break, I was working half days to recover from a 7 day flu illness that wiped me out. I'm so proud of how our class handled substitutes.
Let me get you caught up on what we have been doing in class: Math: We are wrapping up our geometry unit this week. Check out the homework if you would like to see what we did for geometry. Also, there are some math videos we enjoyed under "student links". We are still working on memorizing math facts. Ms. Cindy (my mom) came this last Monday to do another timed test. Most kids are really close to meeting the time requirement to "pass". After addition and subtraction facts, we will be doing multiplication and division. I really can't stress enough how much fact memorization impacts math skills. We will be doing fractions for our next unit. Black History: We have moved through slavery and reconstruction for our black history unit. We are now learning about the Civil Rights movement. We read so many amazing books about slavery. There is some great literature that tells the "real" story of slavery. To start our Civil Rights study, we are currently watching a documentary. It's been so powerful. Here are some talking points/questions for you to discuss with your student:
We just finished our reading unit on Adaptations. We have been using Seeds of Science for out science and reading this last quarter so we can have more time to integrate reading and writing with our Black History Unit. Report cards go home on Friday. We have one field trip this month to see the Jefferson Dancers on April 28th. We are taking the smarter balance test in May. Please call the office if you would like to opt out of the test. Thanks for sharing your child with me! I sure do enjoy them! Aimee
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