I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable spring break.  I'm sure the weather helped make it more fun to be involved in family activities.  When we return, we will be finishing up our Pioneer unit in Social Studies and will hold our annual Pioneer Day on April 8th.  I am also planning for the Economic Unit that will culminate with an Economics Fair.  Look for more details on that later.
In Science we have one unit left from our kits, which is the one on soils. The kids do experiments on different kinds of soils.  We also have a unit on the Water Cycle and magnets that I'll fit in before the end of the year.
In math we start the push for mastering the adding and subtracting algorithm.  I'll use base 10 blocks to help the kids understand what to do when the ones you're adding are more than 10, and also what to do when there aren't enough ones to subtract properly.
We will continue to work on reading skills and read some fun stories and poems about different families in our basil.
I'm also going to spend more time teaching skills the kids can use in story writing. I'll  post some more pictures of the activities we will be involved in.
Thanks to all who were able to attend parent~teacher conferences.  It's always good to update you on your child's progress in my classroom!