January
23, 2015
Dear Families,
What
a great and super fast week together with the kids! Our days have been filled up with many varied and rich activities. Our new writing unit is Information
Writing. Students
will share their knowledge and expertise on a self-selected topic. Right now we are busy crafting the
structure of the Information Books. Kids have been thinking about the organization
for each chapter. It is exciting
work.
In
Math, Unit 6 has us exploring geometry…
lines and rays, angles and polygons.
Lots of new vocabulary that goes along with this unit… b-e-w-a-r-e! Sometimes it feels like we are learning a whole new
language.
Our
biography unit
has picked up momentum as well.
Kids are working on finishing their books and doing some on-line
research of their famous person as well.
Thursday during computer time we worked on searching for biography
pictures… for the Biography Poster
Home/School project. You’ll get a first
hand glimpse of the posters next week.
Yesterday
we finished our read aloud book, Because of Winn Dixie. Ask your kiddo what they thought of
it. If you haven’t had the
pleasure of reading it, I have plenty of copies and would be happy to lend them
out. It is a beautiful read.
The
2nd Annual Great Kindness Challenge is next week. And although we have such a kind and
caring class all the time… next week we will spend time each day emphasizing
how acts of kindness maters. Book
Orders are coming home today. If you are interested in ordering, one check made out to
Scholastic is preferred. If you
could hand orders in Monday, that would be great.
Thanks
for all the home support each day.
Enjoy the weekend!