Happy May! ! We can’t believe that we are already in the 4th quarter. Your students have grown so much this year! We have some exciting things coming up in May! During the month of May students will receive some end of year testing. Make sure your student is coming to school each day well rested! We are almost to June, we got this!

Important Dates & Reminders

• May 8-12- Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 19- Field Trip to Oxon Hill Farm
• May 22- PTA Meeting
• May 29- Memorial Day- No school

Language Arts

What are we learning?

• Book Club Series
• Vowel Teams (oi/oy/ou/ow)
• Rules for suffixes
• Research Unit

Home/School Connection

• Look for words with o vowel teams (oi/oy/ou/ow) in words! Go on a word hunt!
• Do some research at home! Make a poster or book about what you have researched.​​​​​​​

Math

What are we learning?

• Time and Money Unit
• Data and Graphing Unit

Home/School Connection

• Read the time on an analog clock to the nearest 5 minutes.
• Ask questions and take surveys at home. Graph your data using a picture graph, pictograph, or bar graph. Don’t forget labels and a title!

Science

What are we learning?

•  Monarch, Milkweed, and Mexico Unit
• We will learn about life cycles, how living things interact, how weather affects living things and their surroundings, and how important plants are as natural resources.

Home/School Connection

Try to plant a seed at home! Discuss the needs of the plant and its life cycle.

Social Studies

What are we learning?

• Civil Rights Leaders- Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson
• Development and Innovations- How has transportation changed over time?

Home/School Connection

• Talk about how Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jackie Robinson have impacted the world today.