Week of April 25 - 29

The following is all the important information you will need to know for the remainder of the school year:

• May 2: No School
• May 6: Track Meet & Technology Festival
• May 9 - 13: Swimming
• May 20: Hesston Steam Museum - All School Field Trip
• May 24: Field Trip to the Potawatomi Zoo (Informational Note if needed)
• May 30: No School
• June 2: 3rd Grade Reading Camp (Informational Note if needed)
• June 8: School Picnic
• June 9: Half Day
• June 10: Half Day and Last Day of School

*Notes are coming home today with information about reading camp and the field trip. Please note that if you want to volunteer for either event you must have a background check form approved ahead of time. If you have already volunteered and filled out a request any time during the school year, there is no need to fill out another form. Only fill out the background check form if you have not had one approved anytime during this year.

Hesston Steam Museum!

💚 An E. P. Clarke parent, Ted Rita has generously offered our students an amazing opportunity to visit the Hesston Steam Museum in LaPorte, IN. 

💚 Please check out their website at https://hesston.org

💚 We need a minimum of  4-5 chaperones per class to attend. 

💚 If you are available on May 20th,  please sign up with this link. 

💚 If you have multiple students in different grades, please only sign up for one class. 

💚 If your student's class is full, please reach out to Marci Smith msmith@stjoebears.com. 

Details: 

• All times listed are EST but note that Hesston is located in CST.
• Buses depart Clarke at 9am and depart from Hesston at 1:30pm.
• Parents will be driving separately. 
• You may follow the bus or plan to arrive at Hesston by 9:45.  
• Please plan to pack lunch as the students will have lunch on the premises. 
• A daily schedule and map will be provided closer to the event.

The kids will have an amazing day and we are so thankful for our parent volunteers that can attend.  We could not provide this opportunity without all of our amazing volunteers!! For safety reasons, no siblings are allowed.

E.P. Clarke End of Year Picnic!

💚  Wednesday, June 8.  

💚  This event requires many volunteers. 

💚  Let's create fun memories and celebrate our year at Clarke.  

💚  Volunteer opportunities include morning setup from 8:30-10 and running a station during the picnic from 12:30-3:30.   

💚  Volunteers, please sign up through this link.   

💚  For safety reasons, no siblings are allowed.  

💚  More details to follow once you sign up. 

💚  If you have any questions, please reach out to Meghan Cox at Meghan-cox@live.com or (269) 861-3138  

Thank you!

Please remember that your child has submitted a project to the technology festival this year. We would love to have you join us on May 6th at the high school. Doors open at 6 pm!

We will be taking the NWEA math test next week on Tuesday. Please help make sure your child gets to school on time, had a great night's sleep, and has a good healthy breakfast! 

All book reports were due today. We are now starting on new books to share with the class! The next book report will be on May 13th. 

💚What We Learned This Week 💚

💚Language Arts:  This week we focused on various text structures that authors use to write their informational text. We also completed our NWEA Reading.

💚Writing: Don't forget to take a look at your child's project that was submitted to the technology festival. Please make sure that it is ready to present to the community.

💚Math: We continue to focus on the attributes of shapes but have had a heavy emphasis on understanding perimeter.

💚Science: We have now completed our very last science unit "Stormy Skies". We will review with students and test next week (all done at school) and then will move back into social studies to finish the year.

💚Social Studies:  No social studies while we work on our last science unit.

💚WORD STUDY💚

This week we will begin Unit 22 in word study. We will be learning about unaccented final syllables -er, -ar, -or.

The words for Friday, May 6th are:

calendar, mirror, weather

Week of April 18 - 22

 

💚THANK YOU!!!💚

Our students have been much better about charging computers and bringing their water bottles and snack. Keep up the great work with the routines!

We will be taking the NWEA reading test next week on Tuesday. Please help make sure your child gets to school on time, had a great night's sleep, and has a good healthy breakfast! 

 

Walking Track Has Returned!!!

Thank you to all of our wonderful parent volunteers that help bring the walking track to our students at lunch. Keep encouraging your student to get that exercise each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!

All book reports were due today. We are now starting on new books to share with the class! The next book report will be on April 29th. 

💚What We Learned This Week 💚

💚Language Arts:  This week we focused on various text structures that authors use to write their informational text. 

💚Writing: Projects were submitted last week! Don't forget to put the Ren Baldwin Technology Festival on your calendars so that you can go view your student's group informational project. Editing and recording can still happen through this weekend but we do need them to be complete.

💚Math: Geometry is our focus for unit 7 which we have just started this week. Attributes of shapes such as parallel sides, size of angles, and number of vertices.

💚Science: The students are very excited to be learning about weather in our last science unit "Stormy Skies". So far we have learned what clouds are made of and we have learned about the types of good weather clouds and storm clouds.

💚Social Studies:  No social studies while we work on our last science unit.

💚WORD STUDY💚

This week we will begin Unit 21 in word study. We will be learning about words that end with -le, -el, -il, -al. 

The words for Friday, April 22nd are:

fossil, cancel, journal, couple

Week of April 11 - 15

 

We have heard that our students had a wonderful spring break and we were very happy to be back to learning for the last 9 weeks of the school year. Everyone seems refreshed and ready to end the year strong. Lots of learning occurs during these last 9 weeks!

• MANY students this week were without water bottles and snacks. Please work with your child to set a routine and prepare for the school day. A water bottle is a must to stay hydrated and able to learn throughout the day.
• When discussing the routine with your child, please include:
• Charging computers
• packing snacks & water bottle
• reading on a daily basis
• and taking the reading book to and from school

 

Walking Track Has Returned!!!

Our students are very excited that the walking track is returning on Monday! Bring those token necklaces and encourage your student to get walking on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during lunch recess.

All book reports were due today. We are now starting on new books to share with the class! The next book report will be on April 29th. 

Our Scholastic Book Fair is here! Your child can find hundreds of books from new and favorite authors, popular series, cool posters, and school supplies, not to mention it is fun! The fair will be open daily from 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Thursday and 8:00 - 3:00 on Friday. 

Our Family Night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. 

You can set up an eWallet or send in cash or a check with your student. Please don't forget to include the 6% sales tax.

Our classes will be shopping on:

Knuth -- Monday, April 18 from 3:30 - 3:45

Lorenz -- Tuesday, April 19 from 3:30 - 3:45

Yoder -- Thursday, April 21 from 3:30 - 3:45

Please don't forget to send in your donation for our All for Books Collection!

💜What We Learned This Week 💜

💜Language Arts: We have continued with our reading groups and our students had our first experience with the M-STEP. 

💜Writing: Projects were submitted this week! Don't forget to put the Ren Baldwin Technology Festival on your calendars so that you can go view your student's group informational project. Editing and recording can still happen through this weekend but we do need them to be complete.

💜Math: We have continued working through Unit 6 (measurement). This week, our focus has been on using the different types of measurement that we have learned to solve word problems.

💜Science: Our science unit is complete and we will now pause for our next social studies unit.

💜Social Studies:  The chapter 4 test was taken this week. They will be graded over the weekend and returned on Monday.

💜WORD STUDY💜

This week we will begin Unit 20 in word study. We will be learning about the consonant -le pattern at the end of the word. 

The words for Friday, April 22nd are:

title, puzzle, circle