Welcome to April!  It’s had to believe that we are in the Easter season.  Students have been working incredibly hard on different projects and studying for tests. 
 
  In Religion, Family Life is in full swing.  We have been talking about God’s Gift of Family and how important it is to be part of a family.  Students have been asking a lot of great questions during our classroom discussions.
 
  In Reading/Language, the kids were extremely excited to perform a small play for their classmates based on their group’s assigned chapters from the novel, By the Great Horn Spoon!  They created props and narratives to go along with their assigned chapters.  This month, we will begin to read the last novel of this school year, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell.
 
  In Math, we are working on fractions.  We have been comparing them and will soon learn to add, subtract, and multiply fractions with like denominators. We will also be focusing on decimals.
 
  Social Studies and Science are going strong too!  We have been discussing things from the CA Gold Rush to tectonic plates. 


Have a wonderful month!

*Students should continue to take home textbooks and study materials to study for quizzes and tests.

*Students are given about a week's notice of a chapter test/quiz.  This should be enough time to study for the test.

*Students should practice reading aloud each night for 15-20 minutes.

*Students need to practice their multiplication table (1-12).


  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me and I will do my best to answers your questions accurately.  You can contact me at 510-351-4144 or email me at rdelapena@csdo.org.

Math practice
Students should be practicing their multiplication flash cards!!

Upcoming Tests!!
*Reading-Creation of a CA Tribe & No Star Nights on April 19

Field trip payment and permission slips for the Exploratorium are due May 3.