April 4 - 8, 2011

***CLASSROOM NEEDS: We need more Clorox/Lysol wipes, baby wipes, paper towels, and pencils.

**LAST DAY FOR CHECKS AT CES IS APRIL 21st!!


**If you would be willing to help with ink cartridges for the classroom printer, the number for black and tricolor is HP 901. Thank you for always helping our classroom!

**April 9, 2011 - MUSTANG STAMPEDE AND SPRING FLING! See April PTA Newsletter  that came home last Friday. Fun for the whole family :^)

--7:30 a.m.  5K Registration
--8:30 a.m.  5K Run begins
--9:30 a.m.  1 Mile Fun Run begins
--10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Spring Fling activities


**We need cupcakes..... LOTS of cupcakes for our Cupcake Walk booth at  the Spring Fling!  Letter will come home this week.  Thanks for your help.

*April 12th---- PTA Meeting with Yellow Pods performing. Pizza at 5:30.

*April 15th---Fieldtrip to SEHS for "Beauty and the Beast" Cost is $1.00.


*April 29th -- Fieldtrip to Airport Road Intermediate to visit 3rd grade and tour the school.  Free!


Student of the Week: Julian Bloomquist

**READING/SPELLING --- Story for this week, "The Signmaker's Assistant." Read story every night.

Practice Spelling words.... Write words 4 times every night!

DAY ONE - Monday --- Read story at home tonight, and remember to practice Spelling words.

DAY TWO - Tuesday--- Continue reading and practicing Spelling words.

DAY THREE - Wednesday --- Prepare for test tomorrow!

DAY FOUR - Thursday --- Reading Selection Online test.

DAY FIVE - Friday --- Spelling and Language Tests

All students are to read AR books at home with an adult, every night!

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING

We will learn about contractions this week.

**MATH

Students will learn about collecting, organizing, and displaying data using tables and graphs.
**Fact drill this nine weeks is 100 subtraction facts, 5 minutes. Again, the best out of nine tests will be counted.

**SOCIAL SCIENCE:

Students are learning about the importance of obeying rules and laws.  We should all be good citizens!*April 20th -- GOTCHA Bowling Field trip: Make sure to send your field trip form and $10.00 soon! We will go to Ace Bowling on Wednesday, April 20th. Parents who are going with us will be signing a chaperone page very soon!