Weekly Crandall Chronicle

What's Happening This Week

Spelling: Our spelling words this week will be a review of all the words from unit 4. A list of these words will come home today. The format of the unit spelling test will be multiple-choice. Students will be required to identify the misspelled words.
Reading: This week we are reviewing the skills, strategies, and vocabulary from unit 4, which include comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, the author's purpose, poetry, words with multiple meanings, idioms, contractions, and context clues.
Writing: We are beginning our third unit of WEX this week. The students will be learning about the structure of a short story and they will be writing their own realistic short story. The focus this week will be on character development.
Grammar: Our focus is reviewing the grammar concepts from unit 4, which include helping verbs, linking verbs, irregular verbs, and contractions.

Math: This week students will be continuing to explore concepts in multiplication and division. There will be a test over this unit early next week.
Social Studies: Students will be taking the states and capitals test covering the South at the beginning of May. Flash cards and review sheets will be sent home this week.

Weekly Reminders

* The April Student Challenge will be sent home on Friday. 

* Scholastic Book orders are being sent home this week. Please return the order form by next Friday (April 11th) or place your order online. 

Study Tip

The students should have completed all of their cursive upper and lower case letters by this point in the year. Encourage your child to practice using his or her cursive skills regularly to help reinforce and strengthen these writing skills. You could have your child jot down a grocery list, write a note to someone, or even complete their homework in cursive!

Character Counts Pinatas!

Just a few weeks ago the students filled our class pillar with 200 smiley faces (earned each week for keeping all 6 pillars). They voted on a class reward and decided to have a pinata!

I thought that "ISAT" was an appropriate theme since we finished these assessments recently. Each student had a turn taking a whack at one of the four pinatas. They had a great time celebrating their great character! Check out these great clips below to see all the action. 

Pinata I


Pinata S


Pinata A


Pinata T

Lily's Adventures with Swinger

Swinger and I woke up on Saturday morning and we had breakfast.  I had Spunky Dunkers and Swinger had a banana.  Then we spent the day in my room playing basketball on my mini hoop that hangs from my door.  Later in the afternoon we went to my basketball game.  My dad is the coach so he let Swinger sit on the bench and help coach.  When the game was over Swinger was happy because we won and he to got to help coach.  Saturday night our friends the Zei’s came over and the youngest JT was clinging on to Swinger.  He really likes monkeys.  We stayed up late and were really tired when we went to bed.  Sunday morning I woke up and we went to my soccer game and Swinger was on the bleachers with my parents watching.  Then we ended the day with another basketball game but this time Swinger sat with my mom on the bleachers.  On Monday morning it was time for us to go back to school.  Swinger and I met my friends at the corner and we all walked to school together. 

Sara's Adventures with Flipper

Friday: When Flipper and I got home we had a snack and we played Wii for a while. Flipper wanted to play. I let him play, but he needed thumbs. He still did really well. He liked to play Wii. After we played Wii, we watched some TV and then we had dinner. Flipper wanted fish, but I told him we were having pizza. He liked the pizza, but he still wanted fish. After we ate dinner we had to go to bed. Flipper slept next to my stuffed animals.

Saturday: Flipper and I woke up at 10:00. We ate muffins for breakfast. I had a basketball game. Flipper watched me. I made a basket. Flipper was really happy even though we lost. Flipper and I played verses some other kid and my brother. Noah was in first place and Flipper and I were in second. we went bowling. Flipper, Noah, and I played at the arcade. Noah got the jackpot. Flipper and I watched all the tickets come out. After that we went home and went to bed.

Sunday: Flipper and I went to Egg Harbor. Flipper couldn’t decide what to eat. He ordered a pancake. After that we went to my basketball game. He cheered for me even though we lost again. After that, I went sledding but I did not bring Flipper because I didn’t want him to get dirty. I went home and then told Flipper that we were going to my cousin’s house. I told him there was a dog. Flipper didn’t want to go because he was scared of dogs, so he played with my stuffed animals when I was gone.

Olympics Medal Count - February Student Challenge

Four fabulous students completed the February Student Challenge. Each child selected eight countries to follow throughout the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The children recorded how many gold, silver, bronze, and total medals each of their eight countries earned. Take a look at their charts!

Weekly Crandall Chronicle

What's Happening This Week

We will be taking a break this week from spelling and from Everyday Math. Therefore, the homework will be limited to reading 100 minutes and the Character Counts folder that will need to be signed this evening. 

We will continue to study all subjects throughout the day, but want students to make sure they have plenty of time to rest after school. This will help make sure that they are well-rested and ready for our exams. 

ISAT Testing Schedule

Tuesday 3/4: Reading #1 (read passages and answer multiple choice questions)

Wednesday 3/5: Math #1 (multiple choice problems)

Friday 3/7: Reading #2 (read passages, answer multiple choice questions, extended response question)

Monday 3/10: Math #2 (multiple choice and short response problems)

Tuesday 3/4: Reading #3 (read passages and answer multiple choice questions)

Wednesday 3/5: Math #3 (extended response problems)

**Before spring break the students will have a test on all of the Writing Words (Oct.-Mar.) and the Western states and capitals. Exact dates for these tests will be announced next week.