Parent conferences:
Please check out the shared document to sign up for a conference time.  You can find it here.

Curriculum topics:

• Fractions
• Reading and writing nonfiction
• 13 colonies

Some activities we did this week: 

• Compared and ordered fractions
• Found equivalent fractions
• Practiced growing talk from reading
• Discussed parts of Something Upstairs by Avi by doing "save the last word for me"
• Used Google maps to research the Daniel Stillwell house in Providence
• Continued researching the 13 colonies
• Gathered images to use in our 13 colonies commercial
• Began adding text features to our nonfiction books
• Used the "Read&Write" app to listen to our writing out loud
• Added to our altered books- "Where I hope to be in ten years..."

Notes and reminders:

• Our Boston Freedom Trail date has been set!  We will be going on Tuesday, May 20th.  All parents are welcome to attend- more details to follow.  
• Jeff Warner, our 5th grade artist in residence will be joining us soon!  He begins with us on Monday, April 7th.  
• Early releases- Wednesday, April 9th and 16th