PREVIEW OF MAY 13-17

Mr. Ebert’s News

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber

Reminders:
1. Mr. Ebert will be at a
meeting in the
building in the
afternoon on
Monday.

2. One room
schoolhouse field
trip on Tuesday.
Wear your clothing
provided to school
Reading that day.

We will be reading a story entitled, When the Monkeys Came Back. When 3. Keep pushing
Dona Marta was a little girl in South America, the monkeys’ chatter framed her through your
days, but as she grew up, trees were cut down and the monkeys disappeared. spelling tests these
last two weeks of
A lifetime of work provides a triumphant ending for this ecological fiction story. school.
The key comprehension concept topic we will focus on will be “Drawing
Conclusions.” Our phrase for that is, “Clues from the story, plus what we know,
gives us more answers.”

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MATH WRITING SOCIAL STUDIES
We’re looking a little more in We’ll finish up our opinion/ We’ll spend a few days
depth with fractions next persuasive writing piece next looking at plants and the
week. Students have a great week. We’ll also write a few different parts and purposes.
thank you notes.
base understanding, now we
even look at equal fractions.

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