I hope all you Moms had a wonderful day on Sunday! I hope you were spoiled by your family ! The countdown is on! I know I say this every year,but this year really did fly by! 

Calendar Dates:

May 20- Spring Concert

May 21- Biography Report  Due / Bring Costumes

May 22- Spirit Day/ 8th Grade Graduation

May 25- No School/ Memorial Day

May 29- Last Day of School / 3 hour early out/ Field Day

Book Report- The day is approaching! They should bring their costumes on May 21. The costumes will stay at school until their report has been given. I am not sure how many I will get through on that first day!  IF they need their costume for a sport- they can take it home ,but will have to bring it back. 

Math- We are ending our chapter with a practice test this week. I am trying to break it down for them because it is mostly word problems. We made a list this week of possible clue words that would help you realize if you needed to add or subtract. They will start the math test on Monday. We will see how long it takes to get done. 

Reading- They took their weekly module test on Monday. I hope to get their scores in the mailboxes before the folders go home. We are starting our next story which is about creating a garden, but also hits topics on recycling and reusing materials. In grammar we will be focusing on commas and semicolons.  Their spelling words all end in -ed or -ing. We even talked about how one syllable words that end in a consonant usually double that letter.  Hop- hopped, hopping is an example. 

Religion- We are going to finish up this chapter . They will have one more test and then we will be going through our Guidance book! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I see storms are being predicted for the weekend. I hope those stay away with all the sport activities and graduation parties happening! 

God Bless, 

Miss Surma