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Important Dates:
- April 7th – Music Field Trip During the Day – In School Uniform
- April 11 – Spring Campus Clean Up – Parent Volunteers Wanted
- April 17th – 11:30 Dismissal and Spring Long Weekend
- Also Spring Egg Hunt – Donations Needed – Details Below
- Ms. Lindsey’s last day! (Our student teacher).
- April 22nd – Back to School – 10:00 Start
Our fifth-grade class is hosting the school-wide Spring Egg Hunt on April 17th. We have countless actual plastic eggs from years and years of hosting this event, but we are asking the whole school to provide us with donations of items to stuff in the eggs. If you would be willing, we ask that you send in any small toys, trinkets, stickers, or candy by Monday, April 14th.
Towngate Theater came to WCDS on Thursday to perform their rendition of Aesop’s Fables for the student body. Allison, Isabelle, Preston, and Caleb were selected to help the actors in the show. Great job, kiddos!
Weekly Recap:
Language Arts:
- Continuing our poetry unit by exploring different styles of poetry
- Reading and listening to the work of various poets
- Putting the final drafts into our Poetry Books
Math:
- Continuing our study of 3-dimensional shapes and how to view and identify the parts and angles
- Finalizing our blueprints to prepare for the construction of our buildings that we will handbuild in Art class over the coming weeks as we get really hands-on in our learning about measurements, volume, and surface area of 3D objects.
Social Studies:
- We’re continuing to practice and review our states, capitals, and abbreviations to help us in understanding and referencing historical documents
- Continuing with our study of the Civil War and wrote compare and contrast paragraphs about the Union and the Confederacy
Weather Balloon:
- Group assignments were launched, and each team set up a Google Doc to track their learning and progress.
- The weather team shared their first task of researching the Jet Stream with the class, and PR was busy drafting a letter to potential sponsors.
- We further explored the layers of the atmosphere, continuing to make connections between air temperature, altitude, and their impact on air pressure.
Drama:
The premier is here! Our fifth-grade class wrote a song and performed in a music video all about their favorite place – Wheeling Country Day School! Clipped together and edited by Mr. Alex, it is an absolute joy to see. You can watch it here, and you also will see it in this week’s Good News! We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it 😃
Photos from the Week
