End of Year Party

• Please mark your calendars for our End-of-Year Party on Tuesday, June 13, from 12:15-1:30 in our classroom. The theme will be "3LN Has Talent" and an opportunity for our cuties to showcase their unique gifts and abilities. So, start preparing, students! Singing, acting, dancing, paper plane flying, impersonations, story-telling, fashion, drawing, comedy, horse-riding, tennis? What can you do well?! 

• If you have a talent that is not easily performed in the classroom, please pre-record it and send it to me as a file or on a flash drive by June 11, so I can have it ready without any glitches. 
• Please be cognizant of the time and keep talents to less than 4-5 min. max. 
• Children may do an individual talent, as well as a partner/group one; however, please limit it to two maximum due to time constraints. 
• Also, if there are any who do not wish to participate, that's no problem. We want to make your party as fun and stress-free as possible. :) 

• Library books and textbooks: The time has come for us to return all of our beloved borrowed books back to their homes. This includes both library books and the Everyday Math Student Reference Book, which have all already been returned, thankfully. Thank you in advance!

• As we starting to have more indoor recesses these days, we are starting to enjoy a fantastic series called Wild Arabia by BBC. We started watching the first one a few weeks ago, since we studied so much about the Bedouin this year (as well as animal adaptations, climate, weather, and dependent relationships in ecosystems), and the class was mesmerized. Here are the episodes if you'd like to view them at home: 
• Episode 1: Sand, Wind, and Stars 
• Episode 2: Jewel of Arabia
• Episode 3: Shifting Sands 

Academic News: 

• Reading and Writing: We have just finished our Reading for Research and Persuasive writing. Overall, the class did a very good job and I'm pleased with the amount of time, effort, and accuracy that has been put in these two last literacy units. For the last two weeks, students will be reading fiction books, doing Reader's Theater, and preparing for debates (using their newly gained persuasive writing skills).

• Math: Since our last official unit (9) is complete, we are working through Unit 10, which is about measurement. There will not be a test on this unit. Don't worry. :)

• Science: As you know, we are ending our unit with the animal project. I'm excited to see the students' creations on Wednesday or Thursday morning at the very latest! 

I think that's it. Thanks so much for all of your wonderful support. With only about 2 weeks left, I'm really starting to feel sad about saying good-bye to "my" precious children! 

PS. This is a pretty funny article, which describes how a few of you may be feeling right about now. I was thinking one of us teachers should write one from our perspective. :)