News for 4/23

It has been another busy week at school. Everyone is working hard and doing a great job!

ISP REMINDER: Make sure you are working on your display item at home. Bring it to the showcase at Westwood on May 10th.

TAG ISP Showcase Flyer

Math:

3rd Grade- 

Third grade began their unit on Financial Literacy. We will be learning about financial institutions, various savings options, and how to make choices with money. The students will begin a fun project next week where the pretend to be a financial planner for a celebrity or historical figure.

4th Grade-

Fourth graders wrapped up our unit on graphing and data analysis by studying stem and leaf plots.  We took our work outside to the outdoor classroom early this week and all loved being outside to get our work done!  We took a DCA Thursday, and learned the game of Watermelon Chess on Friday for fun.  

5th Grade-

Fifth graders have spent the week learning about algebraic equations and inequalities.  Students have done such a great job learning new things, and expanding their thinking to use letters in math!  They've mastered one step, one variable equations/inequalities and we challenged ourselves with multistep problems on Thursday.  

ELA Enrichment & ISP:

1st Grade- 

First graders have spent the week working hard on their ISPs.  They have almost completed writing their research papers and have created some very creative cover pages.  We finished the week by playing some fun games of Blokus and making shapes from tangrams to give our brains a break. :)

2nd Grade-

Second grade has completed the writing for their research papers. We are editing and revising. They will begin building their boards next week!

3rd Grade-

Third graders have been very focused on their ISP projects. They are completing the writing and moving into revising and editing. Next week we will begin to focus on completing our display boards.

4th Grade-

Fourth grade has met the deadline of turning in their ISP research rough drafts this week. Next week we will focus on building our presentation boards.

5th Grade-

Fifth grade has completed their ISP research papers and are revising and editing. Many have already begun their presentation boards. They will be our focus for the next week.

Have a great weekend, see you next week!

Important Dates:
5/2 Social Media Presentation 5:30pm
5/3 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/4 Fifth Grade Fiesta & Kinder Cinco de Mayo
5/7 Volunteer Breakfast 7:45am
5/8 Comet Kick-off for incoming Kinder students 8am
5/9 First Grade Showcase 7:20am
5/11 Kinder Mother's Day Performance 8am
5/14 STAAR- 3&4 Math
5/15 STAAR- 3&4 Reading
1st Grade Music Performance 6:30pm
5/16 STAAR- 5th Science
5/18 3rd and 5th Field Trips
5/21 3rd Grade Fishing Day
Westwood Senior Walk 8:00am
5/22 Field Day
5/23 3rd Grade Camping Day
5/24 5th Grade Awards Ceremony and Picnic
5/25 End of Year Class Parties
5/28 School Holiday
5/29 Last Day of School