April 15 -- April 19

Dates to Note: 

Friday, April 19th Class Pictures

Thursday, April 25-Friday, April 26 Overnight Trip to Camp Albemarle

Sunday, April 28th SRE Scramble

Saturday, May 4th SRE Shindig

Thursday May9th & Friday, May 10th: Reading SOL

Monday, May 20th & Tuesday, May 21st: Math SOL

Morven Farms Recap

Well, the trip was quite a wet one but the students were still able to visit the rotations. They had an opportunity to make salad and salad dressing that they later sampled at lunchtime. Here is the recipe for the dressing:

3 Tbsp. Olive Olive

1 Tbsp. of Wine Vinegar

1 tsp. honey

1 tsp. of basil

a pinch of salt

a pinch a pepper

Whisk all ingredients together and you have a yummy dressing!

Camp Albemarle

Make sure you send in the medication form for your child!

Camp Albemarle Volunteers

Language Arts Update

Our focus will be to solidify all those reading strategies before the Reading SOL. We will continue to really hone in on those tricky homophones. You can help at home by reviewing homophones in context. Take a look at this question that stumped many students:

Math Update

We are wrapping up probability this week while at the same time spiraling back to all our previous skills. Mrs. Catlett, a semi-retired teacher, will be joining us again this year to pull small groups of students focusing on targetted areas. 

Content Update-

Mrs. Canalichio's Homeroom: Continuing the unit on Jamestown. 

Mrs. Elsie's Homeroom: Continuing the review of VA Geography in Minecraft.  

Ms. Shifflett's Homeroom: Continuing the unit on Weather.  
Mr. Thompson's Homeroom: Continuing the unit on Solar System.