April 27th

The spelling paragraph this week is:
Brain Pain
Do you think the WASL is difficult? I don’t In Washington State, we take the WASL every year after second grade. WASL stands for Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Some students thought the test was difficult, but others believe it was as simple as taking candy from a baby! Our skills are measured in reading, mathematics, writing, and science. Our testing took four days to complete. If you were absent from school, you had to take the test when you returned. Hopefully, I passed this exam!

In Math we are working on probability and likelihood something may happen. Practice websites are:
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/balloon_bonanza/
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/bright_balloons/

We continue to study about communities in Reading. We have been learning about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and The Disappearing Island.
Some information can be found on:
The Disappearing Island
http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Billingsgate.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billingsgate_Island
San Francisco Earthquake 1906
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire/index2.html

April 13th

WASL is here! Please make sure your child is getting to bed early and is well rested. It is also important they have a well balanced breakfast. Students may bring snacks to school to have during the WASL.

To help students feel well rested, there will not be any homework sent home unless they do not complete an assignment in class. There will also not be a spelling paragraph to study.

It is important that you try to have your child to school on time and schedule appointments in the afternoon.

Wish us luck!