Important Dates:
May 26, 2008 -- Memorial Day -- No School
English
We are well into the poetry anthology unit. Every day your child is introduced to new types poems. This week we will be working on Tale Poems, Argument Poems, Humorous Poems, Cinquain, Descriptive Poetry, and finally Diamonte Poems. In the end your child will be picking ten of their favorite poems to include in their very own poetry book.
Math
We will begin the week with measuring the volume of solid figures. There will be a checkpoint quiz on April 30th over pages 464-465. Finally, the Chapter 11 test will be on Thursday, May 1st.