Spelling Words and Update

• We are in the homeward stretch of the school year and still going very strong!! Our final unit has begun, Inventions, Innovations, and Discovery. The girls are eager to learn and excited about all the learning it could possibly entail. We are also reading Roald Dahl's novel The BFG and they are very excited about it!

• Our spelling test from last week should be in your little darling's clear folder today. We are still struggling to apply the rule, but the girls are determined to become better spellers and want to try a similar approach again with the new spelling list. So, there are three IB unit vocabulary words to learn: invention, creativity, and discovery. The spelling rule that will be learned and applied is: words that end in 'ch', 'sh', 'x', 's', 'ss', and 'zz' need an 'es' added to the end when made plural. Examples are buzzes, catches, boxes, and buses.

• This Friday, April 22 is another PE Dress Down Day. If your daughter would like to wear something other than her uniform, she may donate $2 to the PE department to do so.

Spring Break

Spring Break is next week! There will be no school April 4-8. A spring break homework packet will come home today in clear folders. It is optional. Also, spelling tests will come home today. I was very disappointed in the results of many of the tests. Please be sure you and your little darling understand that with the exception of the unit words, the other words will be skill based and the specific words will be unknown prior to the test. THERE WILL BE A RETEST ON Friday, April 15th. Please be sure that your little darling studies for the retest. HAVE A GREAT BREAK!