Whew! We have made it through testing! Thank you for helping us get our students here on time each day and for making sure they had plenty of sleep and something good to eat. We feel confident that our students will make great gains in all areas this year. There are many important things happening this month. We will try to update each week to keep everyone informed. Please note the following for this week:
Important Dates:
May 8- Derry Book Project
May 8 - Art Walk
May 9 - Menu Project-Math all classes
May 15- Field Day
May 16- Smokies Game
Reading: Derry and Johnson: We will finish James and the Giant Peach this week. Derry- There will be a final assessment on Wednesday May 10th. The Roald Dahl project is due Monday, May 8th. This will count as a project grade. Johnson-Classes will begin end of the year projects this week. Please check with your child about specifics.
Writing: Derry - We will be finishing up our narrative that we've been working on for the last two weeks. We are also working on a writing project for the end of the year. All of this writing will be going in their Leader in Me Binder and completed in class.
Social Studies: Derry - We are on our last Social Studies Weekly #30 which is Trouble Between the States. We will be discussing The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Math: McCoy, Fortson and Maestri - We have assigned the Menu Project that will be due in all classes on Tuesday, May 9th. Please note that this counts as a test grade. This is a school project with some ability to work on at home. Please check with your child's teacher for specific requirements for this project. Fortson and Maestri - Students have been asked to bring in a menu on TUESDAY, May 2nd for an in-class assignment.
Science- We will begin a new unit addressing some of our health standards. Students will have class activities that might be homework if they are unable to finish them in class. These will be graded assignments. Please check with your child about specific assignments and due dates.
Fortson, Derry and Maestri:
All redo's and makeup work needs to be turned in by Friday, May 12th. Students were notified of this and we will not be accepting work past this date.
