Friday, May 9th

I am happy to announce the conclusion of our MAP testing! We finished up this past Thursday. All of the children worked very hard during the 6 days of testing. Results of your child's MAP test will be available to you in the fall.

I'd also like to say thank you for all of the wonderful ways you support me as an educator and all of us here at Hawthorn! Our "Teacher Appreciation" events were fantastic and I know several of you helped to make our week great. Thanks!

Bowling Field Trip

This coming Thursday is our field trip to Gladstone Bowl. We will load buses at 9:00. Please have your child here on time because buses will leave promptly at 9:10. All parents are welcome to meet us at Gladstone Bowl. We will bowl from 9:30-11:30 and return to Hawthorn for a picnic lunch by 12:00. Parents are welcome to join us for a picnic in the pod. Students can either bring their own sack lunch or order one from the school. If you'd like to order a lunch from the school, please let me know by Tuesday, May 13th.

Academics

Even though we only have a few more weeks of school, there is a lot of learning still going on! We are deep into researching various inventors and innovators during reading. In writing, we are working on variations of our favorite fairy tales. In Science, we will be wrapping up our solar system unit, which focuses primarily on characteristics of the sun and moon. Finally, in math we will be learning about perimeter and area.

Upcoming Events

May 15th: Bowling Field Trip (white permission forms have been sent)
May 15th: Husky 5K (yellow registration form has been sent home)
May 26th: NO SCHOOL
May 28th: Field Day
May 29th: Awards Celebration (11:30 in the 3rd grade pod)
May 30th: Last Day of School

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and Mother's Day!
-Jodi