End of April 2026

 End of April!

Hello families, I can not believe we are already at the end of April and starting May.

The past couple weeks of April have been busy with the students writing their monster story, creating fractions, learning angles, estimating the type of angle; and are enjoying writing poetry in different styles.

Celebration of Earth Day - planting seeds, discussing the 3 R's and taking a hike along the GHCDS nature path. Students enjoyed planting seeds with the Upper School students along with working with one another to help rejoice about the planet we live on.

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. 

Announcements - 

• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day
• 6/2 - Lower School Concert - will update with time
• 6/5 - No School faculty workshop
• 6/9 - 3rd Grade Beach Day at Cramer's Park
• 6/10 - 1pm Lower School field day
• 6/11 - Last Day! (full day of school)

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Morning Meeting, wellness/personal growth
• Earth Day and Arbor Day discussions: cutting down on waste from our snacks/meals, deforestation (nature path walk) and 3R's.

Math.

• Fractions - part of a whole, numerator, denominator
• Angles - acute, right, obtuse and straight. Estimating the degrees of an angle.
• Continuation of multiplication, as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. (Math facts should be practiced daily with the "Training Wheel" game boards).

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 11 - contractions - is, not, are and there, their, they're.
• Monster Story: Finish writing the story and illustrating the cover with certain elements about the monster of their design.
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Earth day and how to conserve, recycle, reduce and reuse on island.
• Continuing working together to get along, work together and compromising. 

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years.