A three day week!!!!  Wow!  Lots to do....

First of all....Valentine's  Day is Sunday....so we will celebrate it this Wednesday from abour 2:00 until 2:45.  We then go to spanish class.  Your child has a class list with them today.  If your child wants to make cards (hand made are great!) or bring in a treat, that is fine, but not necessary.  We have 30 students!!!

Your children are all working very hard.  I hear "do we get to read now?", "when do we get to write-I love writing..."  These comments make my day!!!  Thanks for all your help.  I am seeing wonderful learners.  I have seen so many gains in everyone's writing and reading skills.  They are all critically viewing their work and can see their own gains-it is wonderful!

Language Arts:  Each day we will complete an ISAT Reading Lesson and your child will take their ISAT book home to review what they have learned.  Today was extended-response writing.  Please look what your child did, they should complete their writing if they did not.  Tomorrow's lesson will be "Theme" of a story and on Wednesday we will have another extended-response lesson.  They will have their books both Monday and Tuesday evenings to show you their work.  They will also have time to do their 30 or more minutes of reading and have time to work on their Valentine's.

Most film boxes came in today-they look wonderful and are on display in the hallway.  Your child will sign up for a three minute talk about the person they researched.  Ask your child what day their talk is and have them practice at home.  I have a rubric I will get to them today or tomorrow.

Math:  We are working in our ISAT books - learning about Volume and Number Sentences this week.  We will also complete lessons 6.4 and 6.5.  Homework both Monday and Tuesday.

Social Studies:  We will continue to read and discuss famous African Americans and their stories.

Art:  We will do a holiday art project on Wednesday.  I will do the President Obama art project with them the last week of February.