Ask your children what they know about Dr. Martin Luther King......   (and about Haiti)....

Next month is Black History Month.  Your child will have a project to do.  They will choose a person to write a biography on.  I will be sending home some rubrics and guidelines to help your child get started.  They will write a report-5 paragraphs long (using the rubric and guidelines as  their guide).  They will then create a film strip of scenes from their person's life.  I have worsheets, a rubric and a check list-I will send all this home by Thursday.  In the meantime, each student will need a shoebox, cereal box, etc.-some kind of box-to pull their filmstrip through.  If you have a box or two, please send them in.  They might end up decorating the box at home, but they will get it started in school.  I would like to have these boxes by Monday at the latest-thanks.   The entire project will be due February 8th-Monday.

I hope you heard about the Humanology Mobile that your child saw last week

Language Arts:  Again, we are reading short stories, answering questions and reviewing our answers to see where we need to improve.