Hi there. Check out these kiddos connecting their Lead 21 reading about pond ecosystems and plankton by looking at some Grewell Ranch Pond Water in the microscopes. :0)
Homework tonight to read Sacajawea Ch. 4. I love how the kids are getting into this! They will love seeing it all come alive when we go to Pompey's Pillar as well. I love that they are getting the Native version of the history behind it as well.
States and Caps test went great. Most kiddos finished right away showing me that they knew their stuff. Like I told them, if they weren't done in 45 minutes they probably didn't know it very well. Most were done in ten. About six kids took on the challenge part. They could do the state locations as well if they wanted to. If they missed less than three, they can pick any grade in the gradebook and raise it to a 100%. Yay for them!!!
We took our final SRI test today. I will share those results with you soon, but they rocked it for the most part. This is the score they will start the 5th grade with. Almost everyone is on level or advanced. Yay!!! What a great year we have had!
A couple of things for next year to start thinking about...
1. 5th grade teachers are Mrs. Moore (she is moving up from 4th grade), Mrs. Bakken, Mr. Marquis, and Mrs. Eagle.
2. 5th graders have a choice of music, band, or orchestra next year. The summer camps for beginners came home a little while ago in the Tuesday Folders. They were yellow. Emma took this last year and she LOVED it. She was confident going in. She is going to take the year two for violin again this summer and she wants to also do the beginner flute. I say...yay! The more she learns the better. The teachers are both amazing!!! Check them out!
3. I am not moving up to 5th grade. :0) (Insert heavy sigh or sigh of relief here! :0))
Today, in PLTW science kiddos turned on a lightbulb using a battery. Ask them about this. If they can tell you which side made their light turn red, write it in the planner: negative or positive? $10.
Today in MT. History, kids had to decide if they would have gone on the journey with Lewis and Clark. They had to think of that time period. That meant no iPods, no cars, no cameras...yikes! Do you think your kiddo would have made it for two years??? Write YES or NO in the planner for your opinion for $50 tomorrow. I am pretty sure Emma would, but her brother Beau...um....no way! :0)
Have a wonderful, wonderful night! I will be freezing on the soccer field! :0)
Mrs. Grewell
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