Week of 5/12/25 - 5/16/25

Teachers Corner: Parents please ensure that you and your scholar are checking and completing assignments on their agenda every night including weekends. We will continue to assign infractions, once 3 of the same kind of infractions have been accumulated they will miss their house meeting on Friday. We will also continue to work with your scholar on rules, procedures, expectations, and transitions. 

Additionally, please also ensure your scholar is in uniform everyday. Patches should be on the left sleeve of shirts and sweaters. If you need additional patches, they are available for $2 at the front lobby. 

To help close out the school year in a spirit of reflection and gratitude, we are working on creating a 5th grade slideshow to be shown during the 5th grade promotion. Please upload two photos of your child to the class section's Google form link emailed by the teacher.

1. One photo should be of your child currently in 5th grade

2. The second photo is your choice (Kindergarten - 4th grade)

The photos will only be shown at the beginning of the 5th grade promotion and will not be posted on any social media. Please do not email photos to our personal inbox; all photos must be uploaded using the link below to ensure they are added into the slideshow. The deadline to upload pictures is Friday May 16th. If you upload more than two photos, we will determine which pictures will be uploaded into the slideshow. 

Your help in submitting these photos is greatly appreciated! We hope our scholars will get to see how resilient they are and how much they have grown!

Math: This week scholars will be learning how to develop financial literacy systems. They will learn how to keep financial records, balance a budget, and identify income and expenses.

Science:  Scholars will continue their unit on Cells and the Human Body by learning about different body systems: this week being the excretory, integumentary and circulatory systems.

History: We will be starting our final unit this week. The unit will be Native Americans: Cultures and Conflicts.

Literature:  Scholars will continue our reading of Across Five Aprils. They will have a seminar on the book on Thursday.

Writing: Scholars will practice oral narration and review figurative language.

Important Dates and Links:

• Across Five Aprils  Seminar 5/15
• Poem: 'O Captain! My Captain!' by Walt Whitman due 5/23/25

Additional Reminders:

Please help us in reminding scholars to visit the Lost & Found in case they are missing anything such as water bottles, winter coats and sweaters. Lunch times, recess, and dismissal are great opportunities for scholars to visit the Lost & Found. 

If your scholar has brought home a Core Knowledge reader or Literature book they borrowed in class, please help us ensure they are bringing it with them to school each day. Core Knowledge student readers are available to download online at no cost.