Group 2: May 24 - 28, 2010

The end is near!

This is officially our last academic week.
Grades close on Thursday, May 27, 2010.
There is NO school on Friday, May 28 -Teacher Development Day.

We had a busy week which included the following activities:

• Geography: Group 2 took an assessment on the USA, North America and the World.
• Historic Figures: We did very well on a quiz on Harriet Tubman and Helen Keller.
• Writing: We wrote very interesting and detailed stories on "the topic of your choice" in our Writing Journals.
• Science: We witnessed the birth of our butterflies! We had a very exciting week in science as our study of the Life Cycle of a Butterfly reached new levels. Our chrysalises (which formed from our larvae/caterpillars) emerged into butterflies. By the end of the week we had 8 Painted Lady Butterflies with beautiful flapping wings! We also studied ants, spiders, snails and the earthworm.

Monday, 5/24/10

• Reading: Keep reading and please pass in any book reports that you have completed!
• WW: List 29- brook, caress, gleam, hare, harsh, idle, numerous, rascal, secret, shed, timid, wiggle. We will have our WW test early this week due to the shortened week. Please make flash cards and study over the weekend! This will be our final WW test for this school year!
• Spelling Worksheet Review is due.

Tuesday 5/25/10

• Reading Comprehension- next section.
• WW: Pre-test.

Wednesday 5/26/10

• WW: List 29- Exercises A, C, D.
• WW: TEST.

Thursday 5/27/10

• Grades End!
• FIELD TRIP for Group 2! We are touring the New England Coffee Company's plant in Malden. Group 2 will continue our Social Studies lesson on "Who Provides Services in the Community?" and "How Are Goods are Made and Brought to Us?" We will witness how the coffee bean is roasted, ground, flavored, packaged, shipped and marketed for consumption by the consumer! Upon completion of the tour, New England Coffee will serve a pizza lunch to Group 2 in the company conference room! We will depart Clark around 9:45AM and return around 1:00PM.
• YMCA: Last session.

Friday 5/28/10

• NO School: Teacher Development Day.