Dear Parents,
What a busy month this has been! I can't believe it is almost February. I have been busy completing mid-year assessments and look forward to sharing these with you.
Our class is beginning to practice for the S.A.T. tests coming in March. I will be sending home some homework practice for this starting next week, too. The children are very excited and I want them to feel as prepared as I can.
If you would like to order books from the Scholastic Book orders please send your money by Friday of this week. If you are not able to order books at this time Mrs. Brown, our librarian, is having another book fair in February.
Please start buying or making Valentine cards for our class. We will exchange cards on Friday, February 12th. Addressing the cards and envelopes in cursive would be a fun way for your child to practice cursive writing. Practice makes perfect!
This semester I am emphasizing neatness in our work and remembering to put our names on all of our papers. Please help your child take on this responsibility at home with homework as well.
What we have been learning this week:
Math- Multiplication strategies and word problems, patterns on the skip-counting charts, and investigation of arrays
Reading- Questioning and wondering strategies to help us think about what we are reading and to read for answers to their questions
Social Studies - Native Americans of the Southwest; researching information on specific animals of the Southwest
Writing - Descriptive paragraphs
Vocabulary and spelling - Unit 4 words (We had all As and Bs on our last vocabulary test!) :)
Cursive - capital letters M, N, O, K, H
Read Aloud - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Thank you so much!
Julie Chapman
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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