Dear Parents,
This week just flew by, but oh, what a celebration of learning it has been. In math we finished up our last chapter on economics and learned all about lending, saving, producers and consumers. We used graphs and word problems to solve addition and subtraction problems using this information. We learned about people who were responsible and others who were irresponsible. This discussion led us to the fact that you need to be very careful who you lend things to. Have they proven they can be responsible?
In writing we were able to share our research paper about our animal that we wrote at school. Thank you all for helping your child make their habitat boxes to go with their paper. They were so proud of all their hard work. We are working now on a 2nd grade memory book that will help us remember all our friends and fun in second grade.
In reading/social studies we listened to the book Me on the Map and created our own version of that book. We read a Scholastic News article that compared a jellyfish and an octopus. We also listened to the story, Cool Ali then went outside to draw with chalk like she did on a very hot day. On Friday we read another Scholastic News article called Catch. It told us all about the history of a frisbee.
In science we finished up our unit on animal behaviors and how their environment effects them. We listened to a Brainpop Jr. on hibernation, described how temperature and precipitation affect both plants and animals, played a concept review game, and took an assessment.
Hello CRE families! Thank you so much for all of your support this school year! Our students have learned to be responsible library users and to use reading as a form of entertainment and not a chore. Please help me continue to foster a love for reading! With that in mind, I wanted to share the Summer Reading Challenge that I shared with students today! The front is our CRE Reading Challenge where students will read and cross out the boxes they complete. If this is returned to me on Meet the Teacher night or the first week of school, students will be eligible for a prize. The back is where you can find information on reading challenges and other fun summer events around town. Scan the QR codes to learn all about them!
We are still missing 30 books that have not been returned. If your child has an overdue notice, please help them locate the book or reach out to me about taking care of the fine. Fines can be paid with cash/check (payable to CRE) or with credit online. If you choose to pay online please let me know so I can set it up on Revtrak. I encore all 5th grade students to clear their account before moving into middle school.
Thank you again for all your support! Have a great summer!
Mrs. Hernandez
CRE Librarian
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