Happy Easter

This past week we built catapults, had a wonderful Chapel speaker, and celebrated Easter a little early. On Thursday, were lucky enough to have pizza provided for lunch, as well as a class party to kick off our 3 day weekend. Next week, we will learn more about Africa, simple machines, and comparing fractions. 

Reminder for a few upcoming events: 

-Spring Sprint Fun Run is on April 6th- Keep working to collect pledges for your child! More information will be coming soon on the schedule for that day. 

-The 3rd and 4th grade play is April 10th! Please work on your child's costumes, and be on the lookout for more information from Mrs. Northcutt.

April will be a busy month but we look forward to all the fun events we get to share with you all!

Enjoy your long Easter weekend spent with family and loved ones!

Castle Quest and the Nashville Zoo

What an exciting week it has been! We kicked off our Castle Quest which is our theme for Spring Sprint. Be sure that you have signed your child up on www.funrun.com. Right now, the current challenge is to raise $2 more dollars per lap. Prizes are given for each pledge that is given. Here is a picture of the fun pep rally they had to kick off the event!

Another fun thing we did was take our field trip to the Nashville Zoo! We split up into groups to explore the zoo and see all the different animals. Then we enjoyed lunch and games in the open field. Lastly, they got to end the day playing on the zoo playground. Here are a few pictures that were snapped when the students were actually sitting still! 

Be sure to keep raising pledges for Castle Quest!!!

St. Patrick's Day!

What a fun Friday it has been! We celebrated St. Patrick's Day a little early with some sweet green treats. 

This week we practiced poetry and plays. Each day, the students worked on writing either a free verse or narrative poem of their own. They presented them to the rest of the class; I loved seeing the excitement they had in sharing their creative work. Our reading for the week was a play called "The Baker's Neighbor", and we focused on fluency and inflection while reading it aloud. Today the students got into 2 groups and read it aloud. Their improvement, from the beginning of the week to today's reading, was incredible. Overall. their behavior and effort this week was phenomenal!!! 

Next week, we will dive deeper into fractions for math, as well as energy and motion for science. We will have a quiz over Australia on Monday, and then we will begin learning about Africa.

On Thursday, March 22, we will have a FIELD TRIP to the Nashville Zoo. Students will need to bring a sack lunch. 

Here are some fun pictures from our class this week- enjoy!