The end of the year is upon us. With that comes some things that we finish and close out the year. We are having our last visit to the Weare Public Library tomorrow. There are a few kiddos who have books to return so please try to have them remember them for tomorrow.  But please don't let that stop you from visiting the library over the summer. There are so many wonderful programs that the library runs; such as Pokemondays, video game afternoons and they will have activities over the summer for families to enjoy. Please check out their website for more information. 

Our last book fair is next week. This one is a buy one get one free fair. Your kids have the chance to get a few extra selections for summer reading for a really good deal. The flyers went home today. 

Our last field trip to Strawberry Banke is in just over 2 weeks. Please bring in the permission slip and $25 if I don't have it yet. If you need help with the money, please let me know. We do have some sponsorships available. Remember your child will need to bring their own lunch. Chaperones, please let me know how fingerprinting is going. I will send out another update to families and chaperones as we get closer to the date. 

We are working on our unit on fractions. Soon the children will learn how fractions tie into decimals. As part of an interdisciplinary unit in reading, writing, technology, and social studies, the children are researching events that led to the American Revolution. The children are taking notes from various reading sources, planning out how they will combine the facts they learned about into an informational writing paper, and creating their own slide presentations on these events. In Science, the students are learning how sound works. We've looked at how sound vibrations can change the way sand, water, and fire move. They have looked at shock waves and learned how far a whisper can travel by making their own string telephone.