Wednesday morning was exciting. We went to see The Tale of Despereaux at Celebration Cinema. Thank you again to all of the parents who went with us. The children did a great job and we loved comparing the movie and the book.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
February is Almost Here!
I hope that you are all enjoying our cold and snowy weather. We had a great start to our week, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. We then enjoyed the extremely historic Presidential inauguration on Tuesday morning. What an exciting time in U.S. history! Wednesday we had a wonderful field trip to Celebration Cinema to watch The Tale of Despereaux. The children had a great time and what a well behaved group. We spent the afternoon doing activities that helped us compare and contrast the book and the movie. Today we were fortunate enough to have an assembly with the Michigan author Kevin Kameraad. It was so exciting to hear his informational songs and poems about Michigan. Also we loved it because it goes so well with our current social studies curriculum!
Language Arts: Our main focus has been about getting our thoughts down in our first draft and then going back and checking our work. We practiced revising short paragraphs to make them more interesting to the reader. I’m trying to stress that even though writing may be done correctly, it is crucial to go back and revise to make it your BEST writing. Editing and revision can be difficult, but is something that the children will continue to work on.
Math: We are in the middle of unit 6 learning a lot about geometry. We continue to review our multiplication facts and have been taking timed tests.
Social Studies: We have been learning about Michigan and about it’s history. We will learn many interesting and fun facts about Michigan throughout the year.
Dates To Remember
February 2009
2 Family Night Pando @ 5 pm
13 Valentine parties for all classes
19 Mid Winter Break. No School
20 Mid Winter Break. No School
March 2009
14 Carnival
21 Rockford Expo
30 Parent Teacher Conferences in evening. Full day of school
31 Parent Teacher Conferences in evening. Full day of school
April 2009
1 Noon Dismissal. Parent Teacher Conferences.
2 No School
3 No School
6 - 10 No School. Spring Break.
13 School resumes
Language Arts: Our main focus has been about getting our thoughts down in our first draft and then going back and checking our work. We practiced revising short paragraphs to make them more interesting to the reader. I’m trying to stress that even though writing may be done correctly, it is crucial to go back and revise to make it your BEST writing. Editing and revision can be difficult, but is something that the children will continue to work on.
Math: We are in the middle of unit 6 learning a lot about geometry. We continue to review our multiplication facts and have been taking timed tests.
Social Studies: We have been learning about Michigan and about it’s history. We will learn many interesting and fun facts about Michigan throughout the year.
Dates To Remember
February 2009
2 Family Night Pando @ 5 pm
13 Valentine parties for all classes
19 Mid Winter Break. No School
20 Mid Winter Break. No School
March 2009
14 Carnival
21 Rockford Expo
30 Parent Teacher Conferences in evening. Full day of school
31 Parent Teacher Conferences in evening. Full day of school
April 2009
1 Noon Dismissal. Parent Teacher Conferences.
2 No School
3 No School
6 - 10 No School. Spring Break.
13 School resumes
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Happy New Year!
Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a happy and healthy holiday break home with their families. It was so great to come back and hear about all of the exciting things that everyone did over the break.
Math: We have been focusing on decimals and fractions. The children are also very thrilled about starting our timed multiplication tests.
Language Arts: We have just started a story in our anthologies about Chinese New year called, “ Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance”. We have been working on creating good leads to stories. We discussed how important it is becuase it helps grab the attention of the reader.
Science: We are finishing working on Simple machines and will be taking the test next week.
Social Studies: We are looking forward to learning about Michigan history for the remainder of the school year.
Computer Lab: The children had a fun time playing math baseball and race car math on the website, www.funbrain.com
Thank you again for all of the kind gifts are cards at the holidays. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
Math: We have been focusing on decimals and fractions. The children are also very thrilled about starting our timed multiplication tests.
Language Arts: We have just started a story in our anthologies about Chinese New year called, “ Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance”. We have been working on creating good leads to stories. We discussed how important it is becuase it helps grab the attention of the reader.
Science: We are finishing working on Simple machines and will be taking the test next week.
Social Studies: We are looking forward to learning about Michigan history for the remainder of the school year.
Computer Lab: The children had a fun time playing math baseball and race car math on the website, www.funbrain.com
Thank you again for all of the kind gifts are cards at the holidays. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Your Children Working Hard
Just thought that I would share a few pictures that I took of the children working the week right before Christmas. Enjoy, we'll see you Monday!
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