Book Bags!

Book Bags

Our PTA is amazing!  Our PTA funds grants for teachers in our schools.  This spring, our class was funded with book bags through this grant.  They are wonderful bags (much better than the ziplock ones we were using) that allow the students to hold their Read to Self and Read to      Someone books. By using book bags, students spend much more time reading, rather than perusing the library.  In their book bags, students have between 3-6 good-fit books that they are choosing to read.  Thanks PTA!

Upcoming Field Trips

We have a few field trips in the near future...

On Thursday, April 6, 2017, all of HMS will go to Cawley to see the 8th grade musical production of The Wizard of Oz.   Permission slips have gone home.  Please return them ASAP!

Our third grade trips are a little further out, but please note the dates.

Tuesday, May 16 - Head School - We will go to Head School to learn about the schools and games of long ago.  It will go with our unit of study in social studies of long ago vs. today.

Monday, May 22 - Bear Brook - This is our first year going to Bear Brook State Park.  This is our culminating activity for SCA.  

I'll keep you updated about our May field trips as the dates get a little closer!

SpellingCity Website

April spelling homework with bring some NEW and FUN ways of studying spelling words.  Mrs. McLain has invited our class to use her SpellingCity site.  Students can log in using the following address: https://www.spellingcity.com/mclainhms/ .  Then students need to find the correct story and complete the spelling activities.  I am asking parents to initial the spelling homework pages to let me know that the student has completed the activity.  Thank you Mrs. McLain!!

Art to Remember

The PTA has once again coordinated with the art teachers to create an Art to Remember piece.  Please make sure that you take a look and place your order by Friday, April 7th.

April Book Order

Please enjoy picking out some new books.  Be sure to send in your order by 

Friday, April 7th.

April Reading Calendar

The Book-It program that is sponsor by Pizza Hut officially ends in March.  However, I want to keep students reading, so I sent home an April reading log calendar on Friday. Please keep encouraging your child to read each night.

Next Writing - Opinion

Sledding

Students will be reading two articles about sledding.  The first article, “A Ban on Sledding” gives the dangers of sledding with a plan to fix  it.  The second article “Safety Tips: Sledding” discusses the safety tips needed to go sledding.  While reading each article, students will have to pick out the main idea of each paragraph.  Students will then pick either to sled or not to sled and write an opinion writing convincing their peers their opinion is right.

 

Not Safe Safe