April Fool's!

 It’s April! We had lots of tests on campus this week from STAAR to TELPAS  and the kids did a pretty good job being quiet in the hallways. Here are the huge hearts we made for our science buddies that I hung up in the 5^th grade commons for some encouragement.

In math, we practiced measuring length. We learned the correct ways such as no overlaps, our measuring tools have to be straight in order to get the correct answer, and it needs to start at the same starting point. In front of our class, we have a display of our shoes from shortest to longest. This activity included some giggles and laughs and was very enjoyable. Believe it or not, I don’t have the longest feet size. There are first graders who have longer/bigger feet than me! ;-/ We even made a class book measuring our hand with unifix cubes to compare hand sizes in the class.

We worked with measuring tools such as paper clips, unifix cubes, and rulers.

We have been learning about different categories of animals and their different characteristics. We learned about amphibians, reptiles, mammals, animal coverings, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores…

Here is what Mrs. Skalaban's class came up with when sorting out herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. I'm not the best artist. lol

FIELD TRIP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY! Mrs. Skalaban’s class is going from 9:00-1:00 on Tuesday. Our class will be going from 9:00-11:00 on Wednesday and we will have a picnic for lunch at school. Please make sure your child wears their class tie-dye shirts! Also, please wear tennis shoes and sunscreen since we will be walking around the Austin Nature Center.

I was thinking that the reading level assessment for the end of the year was starting in May but it's actually starting next week! Keep reading, reading, reading at home! They need to be on level 16 to be on grade level.