May 6- 10

Reading and Writing:
We are working on a very "sweet" writing assignment for our mothers this week.  We will also work on contractions and suffixes.  Our writer's workshop will take us from first drafts to publishing.  We will revisit reading skills that were learned throughout the year in our "Reading A-Z" books.  We will have our end of year reading assessments and Daily 5 as well.  

Spelling:  
Our spelling will focus on words with prefixes and suffixes.  Your child's new words will come home Monday. Since we did not have a spelling check last week, this week's check will feature 5 words the prefix list and 5 words from the suffix list. There will be no surprise words.  

Math:
We will review math facts with addition and subtraction strategies this week.  We will play games and work on multi-step math word problems.  Double digit addition and subtraction will also be practiced.  Math homework will go home on Tuesday and is due on Wednesday.  

Social Studies:
We will continue our economics unit this week by discussing producers and consumers and the steps to take a raw product to one that will sell.  On Thursday we will have a special Reptile Show with live animals to revisit our animal unit.  

Reminders:
Library- Thursday. This is turn-in week. All books need to be turned in so the librarians have time to inventory everything by the end of the year. We will have our Spring Book Fair the following week.