Hello Red-tailed Hawk Families!
We are closing in on the end of the year at break neck speed! We had a lot of fun things happen
in March, and April promises to be even more fun (and busier, lol)! This month we did a lot of
refresher lessons with our 3rd year students in preparation of the state testing which takes
place the first week of April. Concepts such as area and perimeter, x,y coordinates, word
problems and fraction work have been present throughout the month. Our younger students
have been working with rounding by 10's, sentence analysis, body functions of vertebrates and
parts of the flag. Several students have begun working on simple animal researches, and have
enjoyed learning about things such as chameleons, rabbits and komodo dragons.
We were happy to have Idris' mom come in and talk about Ramadan. The Phases of the Moon
follow-up activity was a big hit, and the students loved the fun goody bags Idris prepared for
everyone!
We have a lot planned for the month of April. As I referenced earlier, our 3rd year students will
be taking the AZ State testing Monday-Friday the first week of April. During that time, please
help us keep a quite campus by limiting interruptions and having your students arrive on time
each day. We also have our classroom MOVIE PREMIER on Tuesday April 29th. Please be sure to
save the date!
In regards to the movie, the students will be filming our version of CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY! Students auditioned this week and were notified of their parts today.
You will be receiving an email letting you know what role your student has been given. We will
begin rehearsing next week (April 1st), and will begin filming on Monday, April 15th. Please be
sure to have all costumes in by that date, to help us stay on schedule. Students are responsible
for creating their own costume (if needed), however, they are free to coordinate with each
other if they would like to have the same outfits.
Our end-of-year trip will be Monday, May 6- Tuesday, May 7th. Hopefully you were able to
attend our informational meeting, or look at the Presentation which was sent home via School
Cues. More specific information will be coming home in the next few weeks, but if you have any
questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact me.
In peace and appreciation,
Mrs. Amie