Field Trip
Our field trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum is Friday,
March 4th! Please login into Parent Payment Portal to submit a permission slip
for your child to attend. Here are some important details for the field trip:
We will be leaving school at 8:30am, spending most of the school
day at the museum, and arriving back at school around 2:30pm.
Items to label with name in black marker:
• Lunch will be eaten on the museum grounds, and we ask that you
pack an easy-to-eat lunch for your child (lunches will be in a cooler).
Please, put your child’s lunch in a brown paper bag with his/her name written
on it in black marker.
• Large disposable water bottles are ideal, as it is a long day.
His or her water bottle for the day should also be disposable with his/her name
written on the top.
• We would like each child to bring a snack that is wheat-free,
orange-free, and nut-free (such as popcorn, carrot sticks, fruit, potato or
rice-based snacks) with his/her name written on it as well.
• Please make sure all food/drink items are disposable, as we do
not want the students to lose any of their belongings at the museum.
Please do not send money with your child. Children will not be
able to buy their lunches or snacks.
You may send a hat and sunglasses with your child since it
is an outdoor museum, and please apply sunscreen before dropping your child off
at school. The students are still expected to wear their uniform, as they are
representing our school.
The students and teachers will ride buses to the museum, while we
ask parent chaperones to drive themselves. Carpooling is
encouraged! We ask that you do not drive your own child to the museum
with you, because the bus ride there is part of the experience!
If you are willing to bring a cooler and ice, please let your
teacher know!
Please contact us if you have any questions!
Athletic Field Day
Athletic Field Day will be Thursday, March 10th!
Please make sure your child comes to school well rested, wearing proper
athletic clothing (no pop culture, please), and with plenty of water. You may
apply sunscreen as well as send a hat and/or sunglasses. This will be a fun
morning of sportsmanship with academics in the afternoon.
Important Dates
March 1: Science Test-Human Body
March 3: Westward Expansion history test
March 4: Field Trip to The Living Pioneer History Museum
March 7: "The Land of Counterpane"
Recitations
Stanzas 1-3 due
Thursday 3/3, entire poem recited week of 3/7
March 10: Athletic Field Day
March 11: Half Day
March 12 – 20 Spring Break
Conversation Prompts:
What do the words “quit”, “quite”, and “quiet” mean?
What does a topic sentence do in a paragraph?
What is 100 ÷ 10? When we divide, are we trying to find the
whole or a part?
Name an example of a food from each of the food groups: Fruit,
vegetable, grain, dairy, and protein.
Why did Laura and Mary like helping Ma make cheese? What did Pa
collect from the hollow tree in the woods?
What were some things that were important for people to carry with
them on the Oregon Trail?
Academics
History
Students will learn about Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee
tribe’s written language. Then, they will learn about settlers on the prairies,
and cowboy life on ranches. Our Westward Expansion unit will conclude with a
test on Thursday. Students have a study guide to use for preparation.
Science
Monday will be a review day in preparation for our Human Body unit
test on Tuesday. Students have a study guide for this assessment. On Thursday,
we will perform an interesting experiment to observe how acids affect bones.
Literature
We will learn about harvest time in the Big Woods, and about a wonderful machine
that helped the Ingalls with their harvest work. We will finish the book on
Friday.
Grammar
Students are working to complete their Oregon Trail paragraphs,
and will begin learning about adverbs and their usage through excerpts from Moominland
Midwinter.
Math
We will begin our unit on money. Students will practice counting
and writing money amounts, become familiar with decimal notation, and convert
between denominations.
Spalding
Students will learn and practice a mix of
spelling words, cursive phonograms, and cursive uppercase letters next week.
Wednesday will be the review day, and the phonogram quiz and spelling test will
be Thursday (due to the field trip on Friday). For the cursive practice
homework, please have your child write each phonogram or letter in cursive
three times.
