A Three Day Week!

Dearest parents, I hope that you enjoyed your unexpected snow days! I truly did! We have a short week this week.  As usual, we still have miles and miles to go before we sleep. Here are a few updates for this week. 

Our Spelling Test

Due to our short week, we will not have our usual spelling test on Friday. Our new spelling list was given out today, and students will have until Monday to practice their words.  Please make sure that your child is ready to take their spelling test on Monday, February 23, 2015. Our next new list of words will be given on this day and next Friday we will be back on schedule.

 

Academic Progress

Today, progress reports will go home. Please take a moment to review how your student is doing in each subject area. Also, please pay close attention to the back of the progress report. The back shows AR progress as well as how students are doing with their behavior and effort. We have about 3 more weeks before the end of this grading period. Please encourage your child to strongly finish this nine weeks.

 

Multiplication Facts

We are continuing to work on our multiplication facts. Many students have worked exceptionally hard. Not only have they mastered their multiplication facts, but they have moved onto division and finished those as well. Please encourage your child to continue working on these. Multiplication facts are one of the most fundamental math skills a child will learn to help with math in the future.

You guys are awesome!

Thanks so much for all of our Valentine's Day goodies. We had a great Valentine's Day Exchange. Also, thanks for thinking of me. There were so many thoughtful gifts! You are awesome!!!!!!!!

 

 

We are busy, busy, busy- as usual! In class, here's what we are covering this week. In language arts, we are working on mood, story elements, and short answer responses. In social studies, we are continuing to learn about the Roosevelts. We are also learning about the Great Depression and it's effects on the Roosevelt White House.  In math, we are continuing to work on multiplication, its properties, multiplying by 10's, and area models of the distributive property.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day all!!!! Our school year is continuing to fly along as we move into the second week of February!!! Here are a few updates about this week.

We are continuing to work on achieving our AR goals. At this point, all students should be at least at 50% of their goals. A special shout out to the following students who have reached or exceeded 50% of their goals:
Ruth       Cha' Nay      Ayden      Jana      Chaitra     Kaylee     DJ  
 Jayla      Ethan           Cameron  Malik
Please encourage your children to keep working on their AR goals.

Happy Valentine's Day!!! On Friday of this week, we will exchange Valentine Cards.  I will send home a list of all classmates tomorrow.  Please make sure that your child provides a Valentine's card for all students.



 



In class, we are busy learning as usual!!! Here are some of the topics that we are learning about. In math, we are covering multiplication, area, multiplication properties, and the area model of the distributive property. In social studies, we are covering Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In Language Arts, we covering comparative and superlative nouns.

Graded papers will be coming home tomorrow. Please take a look at your child's papers to see how they are progressing in class.  Also, progress reports will come home on Monday. Please take this time to review your child's progress in all academic areas.

 

 

 

Happy February!!!

Happy February all!!!! Our year continues to move along rapidly!!! Here are a few updates on what's coming up for this month.

The Little White House Trip

We will take our trip to The Little White House on the February 26, 2015.  This is one of my favorite field trips. Students get to see exhibits and tour the Georgia home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It promises to be lots of fun.  Permission slips went home for this trip on Friday, January 29, 2015. Please make sure that the permission slips are sent back as soon as possible. Also, please make sure that $30 has been paid as well.

Win a trip to Six Flags

Students can win a free ticket to Six Flags by completing 360 minutes or 6 hours of reading. Reading forms were also sent home on Friday. Please encourage your child to read and earn this ticket.

Is your child at 40% of their AR goal?

As  we move along in the nine weeks, we are continuing to work toward achieving our AR goals. At this point, all students should be
at least at 40% of their goals. Check         
                                                                                   reading logs each Friday to see that week's
                                                                                   progress.

Trending Now.......

In class, we are very busy as usual. In math, we are revisiting multiplication. In language arts, we are continuing to study characterization and opinion writing. In science, we have been studying Georgia Habitats.  Below you will see some photos from our recent STEM activity where students  created their own beaks.






Monserrat attempting to pick up food with her beak.

 

Here's Cosy with her beak.

 

Sanai trying to see which food she'll pick up.