Well Done Everyone!

First off, I'd like to thank all the parents who accompanied us on today's field trip and all the parents that helped donate towards our bake sale last week and this week's bazaar. Our fundraiser was a HUGE success. By putting all of our efforts together we managed to surpass our goal of 75,000NTD and raise 120,000NTD! Well done everyone. Today's field trip was also a success. There was never a dull moment, we experienced the Earthquake room, the 3D theater, enjoyed some of the great exhibits, and learned how to make lotion! What a great way to end the week. Please read on to get a glimpse at all we did this week and all we hope to accomplish next week. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns at: joshuajoseph.his@gmail.com

Kind Regards, 
Mr. Joseph

Reminders:

• May 10: Mother's Day
• May 11-15: IOWA Tests
• May 18: Mid Semester Break
• May 26: Art Exhibition
• May 29: Monthly Assembly

This Week
Reading: We finished reading in our Mystery Book Clubs. 
Writing: Students learn to write acrostic poems by using a dictionary. They also learned to write poems by using hyperbole and by thinking about their friends, family members, and first times. 
English: Students learned how to make their writing richer by using a variety of sentences and how to combine sentences by using different conjunctions. 
Math: Students reviewed and assessed everything they learned in Topic 15: Metric Measurement. Then students began Topic 16: Perimeter, Area, and Volume. Students learned how to find the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons. They also learned how to make different polygons with the same perimeter. 
Social Studies: Students reviewed the physical features of communities and how to use a landform map. 

Next Week
Reading: Students will begin reading in their Biography/Historical Fiction book clubs. 
Read Aloud: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Better Bao Lord. 
Writing: Students will continue drafting poetry. They will learn how to create concrete poems and rhyming verse poems. They will also begin creating their poetry anthologies. 
English: Students will learn how to capitalize proper nouns and other nouns. 
Math: Students will learn how to solve word problems by solving a simpler related problem and by using try, check, and revise. They will also learn how to determine the area of regular and irregular polygons. Finally they will learn to find the volume of a solid by using cubes. 
Social Studies: Students will learn that citizens in a democracy have rights and responsibilities. They will also learn that those citizens have to work together and have to make good decisions.