Wednesday, February 1, 2012

News letter 01/30/2012

Academia

Handwriting: Cursive Lesson 7

Writing: Writing a Formal Letter

Spelling:  Compounds

Math: Measurements

Reading: The BFG & Fiction vs. Non Fiction

*No Social Studies or Science due to ACUITY testing.

Progress Reports
This Friday marks the middle of the 3rd Quarter. Progress reports will be sent home with your child.  Students have until Friday to get all work in.

Love of Reading Week
Next week (February 6-10) is “Love of Reading Week”. If any parents want to come in to read a short book to the class, we have two slots on Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30pm. This will be first come first serve.
Social Studies States Book
This quarter we will be creating a book on 25 of the 50 states. This is a big Social Studies grade! This is an in-class assignment, NOT homework.
Heritage Project
This quarter students will be working on a project about their heritage and ancestry. This is also a big Social Studies grade! This is a homework assignment, not an in class assignment
1.    without              11. birthday
2.    himself              12. backyard
3.    upon                 13. bedtime
4.    cannot              14. classroom
5.    outside             15. daytime
6.    within                16. myself
7.    themselves       17. nobody
8.    maybe              18. overdue
9.    itself                  19. whenever
10. yourself           20. playground