Fun Run Was A Lot of Fun!

Room K-3 students ran their hearts out.

Wind Energy Night Tuesday 5/31
The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum is hosting a Wind Energy Night next Tuesday, May 31st.  It will be similar to the tech night they hosted in the fall which was a lot of fun.  More information can be found in this document.

Fun Run Was A lot Of Fun
Thank you for donating, and for coming to participate.  It was a fun time and the students really, really enjoyed themselves. More pictures are up in the photo gallery.

Kindergarten and First Grade Potluck
There is a kindergarten and first grade potluck scheduled for Sunday, June 5th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.  I plan on attending the first hour with my son before his nap.  More information can be found here.

NWEA Reading
We are taking the reading portion of the NWEA assessment this week on Monday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 24th.  We will also have extra time on Friday, May 27th as necessary.  Make sure students get a good night's sleep on Monday and Thursday of this week. 

No School on Monday
In observance of Memorial Day we will not have school on Monday, May 30th.

Curriculum Overview
Science/Social Studies - This week we are being a unit to help students better understand where they are in the world.  We will start by studying and mapping the neighborhood here in Northside.

Math - This week we will study the more complicated 2D quadrilaterals like the rhombus and trapezoid.  We will also learn about the meaning of the prefixes tri- (triangle, tricycle, triple) and quad- (quadrilateral)

Literacy - We are reading books by author Kevin Henkes and exploring the emotions of the characters depicted in those books.  Ask your child about Lily's Purple Plastic Purse.

Writing - Last week we began some writing about the characters in the books we have read by Kevin Henkes.  This week we are learning to edit our writing to check for proper capitalization, and to add additional details.

Word Study - This week we are studying plural words, what they are and how they are formed.