Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back from Spring Break. As usual at this point in the year, I feel
like the school year seems to be flying by!
Please note, tomorrow is our monthly awards assembly and
minimum day. Students will be let out at 12:45.
Our Reading Marathon is in full swing. We kicked it off at
the end of last week. My class paired up with little buddies from the K-1-2
class to read a special book and create a beautiful coat of arms for the story.
After that my class facilitated medieval themed activities in honor of our
Reading Marathon them: Love Your Library Crusade!
Please encourage and help your student fundraise and read,
read, read throughout the duration of the marathon. We will end on the 16th
and all funds should be turned in at that point. We will take a half-day field
trip on the 17th to celebrate all the students’ hard work – more
info coming soon.
We will be diving into the portion of our neurology unit
where we look at the effects of screen time on the brain. In social studies we
will be continuing on with ancient Rome. In science, we are still working on
our climate change unit. We will be looking at poetry and literature terms for
our vocabulary focus as these will definitely come up on the state test. Our
testing for the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) will begin in
May while 8th graders will get going on the state science exams next
week.
Thanks for all your support!
Maggie Orion
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