Weekly Newsletter: June 2nd - June 14th

Next week includes an important holiday. We wish all of our muslim families A Happy Eid. To our Muslim, host-nation families we wish you a Happy Raya Aidilifitri- Ma’af Zahir dan Batin. This newsletter will take us all the way to the end of the semester and the academic year.


Language Arts

In the final part of Language Arts for the year, we will finalize our writing on our literary essay unit, showcasing all of our progress during our writing share with parents on Monday, June 3. In reading, we will continue to examine our mentor text Number the Stars, analyzing characters and important events and writing our own individual ‘what happened next’ chapters. We will complete the work on our Book Clubs, with groups sharing their text’s theme, major characters and important events with the rest of the class.


Math
In the final part of our geometry unit, students will continue to explore angles and measure them with increasing accuracy using protractors. Students will use their knowledge of right, straight and whole circle angles to find missing angles. Students will also look at symmetry- especially line symmetry as another way to classify shapes. This will lead into our end of unit test which will be sent home during the last week of school.

                                                          


Social Studies
Up until the end of the school year we will be deep into our Trade Simulation. Students have been working hard learning about the resources of their country along with other economic factors. By the end of simulation, students will have had the opportunity to design a country flag, decide on their trading product, designate ministers, create an advertisement for their product and trade with their neighboring countries. At the end of the two trading rounds country groups will reflect on the process and its implications.

Announcements

• May 10th - June 14th: Car riders pick up will now be in the gym
• June 3rd: 4th Grade Writing Share - Parents invited from 1:45- 2:30.
• June 5th & 6th: No School for Hari Raya Aidilfitri
• June 14th: Last day of school- half day - whole school clap out at 11:30am
• ES Dress Up Days: Plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
• EXTRA BONUS: Get a head start on the SUMMER READING LIST

Resources
For more practice at estimating angles got to Math Playground and look for games alien angles, angles and rocket angles. Here is also a link to Banana Hunt.

For more practice at lines of symmetry - see if you can draw the symmetrical shape: Symmetry Game