Wecome to 2013 - January 7- January 11

I hope that  all  of you had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday season.  I enjoyed my break with some good books, lots of family time and plenty of good food and fun.
I would like to give a special thank you to Rayna's mom and Riley's mom for organizing and  overseeing our holiday party. I also appreciate all of you for the donations that you made to make our party successful. Finally, than you to all of the parents that were able to stop by the party. I appreciate that you took the time to come by. Thank you also for all of the wonderful gift and goodies that I received. I hope that all of you received the thank you note that I sent by mail.


Right before break, the students had an opportunity to present their projects they completed based on their biography research. I was very impressed with all the projects. The students were quite creative. I was able to video tape most of them and I hope to get those out to you soon .

Important dates 

January 10th - Science Fair Research Night - 5:30 - 6:30 pm 
January 14th - Report Cards Go Home 
January 15th - Explorer Excellence - 8:00am 
January 15th - PTA General Meeting 6:30 pm
January 17th - Meet the PTA Coffee Hour - 7:30am 
January 21- No school MLK  DAY
January 29 -  School Spirit Day - western wear 
January 31- Science Fairy 5:30pm - 7:00pm



We will be moving just as fast this semester as we did the last one. It is hard for me to believe that I will only have this group for another semester. I am already missing them. Please look for a letter coming home on Thursday with data about the Reading and Math District Assessments we took right before the break. Please review the letters and sign and return.

Here is what we will be doing this week:

READING : will begin looking at and analyzing poetry.Students are expected to identify the speaker and also discuss how imagery is used in poetry as well as make inferences about what the poem is about. We will be working on poetry for the next several weeks.

WRITING : we will be looking at  possessive nouns, contractions and we will begin generating ideas to write poetry.

SCIENCE : We will be looking at the characteristics of the sun and also how the sun is important to the water cycle.

MATH:  We will begin our unit on geometry . We will be looking at both 2d and 3d shapes.

SOCIAL STUDIES:We will be looking at needs and wants and moving into free enterprise.


HOMEWORK

Reading 30 minutes every day -

Monday - math sheet - sticker books - patterns
Wednesday - 2d shape poster and it will be due January 18th - Instructions will go home  and I  will post here.

Tuesday - reading poem - Great Catch and answer questions
Thursday - reading poem- All Things Live Together  and answer questions