Hello Everyone, I hope you had a great week off. I am so sorry the end of our break turned into such a tragedy for our community. We are praying for the Sharps, their family and friends, and the kids at the public school every day.

Reading- This week is a little crazy with Holy Week, so I opted not to do a story this week. I did assign them their final book report. You may be hearing about their person already! I know I am getting little tidbits every day! They are really working hard at learning about their person! It's great! The due date is May 4. They have a packet with the information in it.

The other item they are working on is their Dollars for Scholars Essays. This year they had to choose an attribute from a list about 6-8 words and explain how that is important to their education. Some of the words are: caring, respect, responsibility, and fairness. They are writing and typing those up here. The top 3 will be sent on for the contest.

We will do a story next week and spelling words!

Math- We started our fractions chapter. They are working on making equivalent fractions using multiplication. So far so good. I keep hearing things like, "this is easy."  Hopefully it stays that way!

Religion- They are finishing up their chapter on living the Ten Commandments. They will have a test over it next week. They are also watching the old Ten Commandments movie with Charlton Heston. They have noticed that the backgrounds in the scenes don't look real, but I keep reminding them the movie was made in the 50s! The CGI wasn't as good back then! It is still a classic movie. 

Seder Meal- Our annual  Seder Meal is tomorrow ( Thursday). The 5th graders will help me set it all up. This is another tradition that I love that we do here. 

Good Friday- Remember there is no school this Friday. 

Iowa Assessments will begin on Monday, April 9. We should be done by the 12th, but we can use the 13th for any kids who miss a day in-between.

I hope you all have a great weekend and a very happy Easter!  Enjoy what remains of our Holy Week! I am heading to my brother's house in Waterloo after work on Thursday. I will spend the weekend there. 
God Bless, 
Miss Surma