May 16-May 20

Upcoming Events

Monday, May 23rd ~ All Book Contract Projects Due, Yearbook Signing at 11 am in the gym

Tuesday, May 24th ~ 3rd - 8th Grade Field Day, Parent Activities, and Picnic on the Field*

Wednesday, May 25th ~ 8th Grade Recognition Chapel for Grades 3-8 

Thursday, May 26th ~ Last Day of School, grades 3-8 will take a field trip to Ward Parkway Lanes.  We will leave St. Paul's at 10:00am and return by 12:20.  Students will eat lunch in the classrooms upon our return.  Students should bring socks, a sack lunch, and up to $4 for treats.  

* Mrs. S and Mr. Kurt are planning a great day of activities for our 3^rd-8^th grade students to enjoy on Tuesday, May 24. As a special treat for our 3^rd-5th grade students, parents are invited to join them for parent/child activities at 11:00 am, followed by lunch on the field from 11:30-12:00. You can pack a picnic lunch for yourself and/or your children, grab your favorite take-out lunch on your way to the school, or sign up for a hotdog lunch through the school. Students will sign up for hot lunch with their class as normal, but parents need to pre-order their lunch by clicking here. To ensure we have enough food prepared for students and guests, guest lunches will not be available unless pre-ordered.

Summer Opportunity Note:

Mrs. Nash would like to invited any interested fifth graders to join her for a fun summer opportunity!  She is offering a "Mysteries in American History" class this summer through the St. Paul's Summer in the City Program. This class is for any students going from 5th-8th grade. We will explore many of America's unexplained historical events, such as Amelia Earhart's disappearance and the USS Maine explosion. The class is from 9 am-12 pm during the week of July 11th-15th. For more information or to register your child, please visit http://www.speds.org/Page/Programs/Summer-Program.

Academics

In Language Arts this week, students learned about adverbs and pronouns. Students have also spent time focusing on classifying sentences. Additionally, we completed Wordly Wise 20, our final Wordly Wise lesson of the year! Next week, we will wrap up the year with a few review activities focused on the parts of speech we have learned this year. 

This week in Reading, students in both classes had work periods to complete their book contract projects.  Completed projects are due this coming Monday, May 23rd. We will share these projects in class next week. 

In Social Studies, we continued our study of the Civil War. Several groups presented read aloud plays to help us learn about various aspects of the war. We also spent time understanding how the states were divided during this time, we learned more about the Battles of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg address, and we analyzed what life was like for the hundreds of thousands of people serving in the war.

In Science we reviewed, reviewed, and then reviewed some more for our Solar System test.  Students played review bingo, kahoot, and 4 corners in preparation for the test today.  Next week, we will have our much anticipated 3D car race and do some fun science experiments as well.