April is coming—and with it, Spring, I hope!  A few brave flowers have begun to sprout, and many robins have seen seen frolicking across lawns in search of tasty worms. It hasn’t been a terribly cold winter, but everyone is looking forward to short sleeves and light jackets.  

  The month has not even begun, and we are already almost finished with chapter six in social studies—at least its vocabulary. A vocab quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st—with the chapter test following on Thursday, April 10th. Everyone did fantastic on the last science assessment, so we’re jumping right into chapter 2B. Please check assignment books for the date of the science vocab test and chapter test. After all, with the arrival of spring—everyone’s blood is all warmed up and ready to go! go! go! No more winter doldrums.

  The class is working on catching up to the current story in their reading assessments. We’re fast approaching Unit Four in both classes, but haven’t all finished Unit Two’s assessment. The children are working hard to finish the second book.

  All of the children are glad that the state math tests are completed, but one more state test is on the horizon. The fourth grade state science test will be scheduled in the near future (2nd or 3rd week of April), so again, please keep an eye on assignment books. Thank you!

   If you haven’t checked out Zion’s updated website—you should take a moment to do so. It’s really a super improvement and change. The good news is that should you accidentally misplace the lunch order form (or monthly menu, or Knightly News…) —these items will be updated each week and available for you to print.