Math: The kids will be taking their Chapter 1 test this week in math. We began our review work last Friday and will review the early part of this week, as well. The kids will be asked to bring the text home for their review. The review pages in the text do a nice job of giving examples and instructions for each type of problem covered in chapter one. In addition to math review, we will discuss test taking strategies prior to the test day. The Chapter test will be this Wednesday. We will take Thursday's class to review the test and make corrections if necessary. There will be no math challenge this week. I want the kids to focus their time on the tests this week in addition to the science project work. Science: We are fully immersed in our river restoration project work! The kids are making excellent progress and I like the big ideas the kids have in mind. We will work this week to put the big ideas to practice. We have a couple of groups that are building models related to our river study so thank you in advance with any help with supplies needed for their projects. For the most part, I will try to supply them with the items they need for their work. Occassionally, their creativity runs wild and they want to go beyond what I have access to! We will take the early portion of the week focusing on the necessary components of the projects and then spend the remainder of the week putting them together.
