Hello Parents! I hope you are having a great week! We actually have had a FULL week! We had better hold on because I think it will get a little crazy! 

Reading- This week they were taking their unit tests. I will send scores as soon as I am done checking them. I would say overall scores came up with this one. 
Next week they will get back to spelling tests and a weekly story. This week they also started a new writing project. This one is being done in partners. They were given a piece of paper that had 3 different lists. They would roll a dice for each category. That number would determine their setting, character, and plot of the story. They could add characters to the story as they wrote. We are almost done typing our Harris Burdick stories and will be sharing those in class. I will post the finished ones in the hallway for conferences. 

Reminder: Book Reports are due on Friday!!!!


Math- This week they were busy with their Biztown Math. They were to choose an item that they would like to save up money for and purchase. These were BIG items for the most part. Once they each had a picture of the item and an average price, they had to determine how many years they wanted to save up  the money to buy it. Then they figured out how much they would have to save each month. Once they had that figured out we went shopping for banks. They were looking for the best interest rates for savings accounts. We found Wells Fargo had the best rate. From that point on we entered their data into a calculator on moneychimp.com. This showed them how much interest they would make in 5 years based on how much they were going to save each month. I think they had fun doing this project. They are also discussing all the different ways we can pay for items or get cash. They read information on debit cards, cash cards, gift cards, credit cards, checks, cash, and prepaid cards. They are determining which ones are easy to use, more difficult as well as the advantages and disadvantages of them.  They will be working on Biztown in social studies starting on Thursday! 

Religion- Their test is on Thursday. We will start a short unit on Lent next. 

Conferences: I sent an email to you to have you sign up for conferences. If that day doesn't work for you, email me and we will make other arrangements. Thank you!!! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! It sounds like it will be a very nice weekend! God Bless, Miss Surma