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I hope everyone had a
wonderful and restful winter break. I know I sure enjoyed sleeping in, relaxing
with my family and eating way too much yummy food! That being said, I am ready to see all of the
students smiling faces and get back to a routine J
Math: We started
our unit on measurement and we will be continuing next week. Specifically, we will be learning how to find
the areas of various polygons and multi-dimensional shapes. We will continue to have math tutoring on
Tuesdays and I have asked some of you to send your child, if you could please
email and let me know if they will be attending I would appreciate it.
Literature: Thank you so
much for all of your donations to our Hobbit Literature Celebration. The kids had a great time and it was the
perfect way to end the semester. Our
next literature unit will be Where The Red Fern Grows. This is a
beautifully written novel and a switch to a more realistic fiction genre. Please
be sure your student brings the book tomorrow, or let me know as soon as
possible if you will need to borrow a copy.
Writing: I really enjoyed reading all of The Hobbit summary paragraphs, it is
evident that our study of well-written and concise summaries has helped the
students. We will continue to practice
this skill in class, but this semester we will also be completing a research
paper. More details will follow in the next couple of weeks. We will start looking at how to use conjunctions
in our writing this week.
Science: We began our study of The Skeleton before break began and we will
continue this week. Specifically we will
talk about bones of the upper body and bone strength.
History: We will begin
our study of The Glorious Revolution.
This is a very interesting unit and we will be learning about lots of
different kings and queens and the geography of Great Britain. We will also continue to add to our state
books in preparation for the states and capitols test at the end of the year.
Announcements:
Thank you so much for all of
your continued help and support in the classroom. I felt extremely spoiled after our teacher
luncheon and all of your generous gifts.
I am so lucky to be working in such a loving community.
Please take a moment to check
with your student to see how they are faring in school supplies. I have compiled our supplies into class bins
and it looks like we are a little low on pencils and (of course!) glue
sticks.
Important
Dates:
Wednesday, 12/17: Grammar Test
Friday 1/16; Friday 1/30: Half Days, 11:45 am Release
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