Snow Day!
I hope you all enjoyed our snow day! Thank you to everyone for a great first half of the year! I am looking forward to a lot more fun and learning in the new year! I wish each one of you a happy, exciting, and relaxing winter break, full of laughter, love, friends and family. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful group of students this year! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Upcoming Events:
*Monday, December 22: No School for 2 weeks: Winter Break!
*Mon. Jan. 5th: Welcome back to school and Happy 2009!
*Thurs. Jan. 8th: Social Studies: Culture Day Report
*Friday, Jan. 9th : 4's multiplication timed tests
A LOOK AHEAD:
Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Class:
*Reading: We will focus on summarizing when we return from school. Also, your child received the rubric and instructions for the book project for Jan/Feb. The genre focus is Animal Fiction or Mystery and the project is to make a book mobile. The due date will be Thursday, Feb. 26th. I handed out the information in case your child wants to get a start on reading the book. Since I might not be able to see their book of choice before the break, please make sure your child is reading a book at the appropriate reading level (not too easy or too difficult). Thanks!
*English: We will focus on friendly letter writing and reviewing grammar and punctuation when we return from break. I will be holding the students accountable for writing in complete sentences in their daily work and applying all of the grammar and punctuation rules we learned into their writing.
*Spelling: We will be on list 14 when we return. There will be a pretest on Monday and the final test on Friday. Tests will be done in cursive from now on. A packet will be sent home Monday to be completed and turned in on Friday. Thanks!
Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies:
*Science: We have finished our inquiry unit. There will NOT be a final, cumulative test. We will begin a new unit the week of January 12th.
*Social Studies: The students will continue Ch 3 on culture and immigration following break. We will celebrate our cultures on Thurs. Jan. 8th. Your child will be sharing their presentation about their culture this day. Please see the yellow handout for more details and guidelines. We will review and prepare for the chap. 3 test, which is scheduled for Tues. Jan. 13th.
Mrs. Olsen's Math:
*Math: We are finished with our money unit. We will focus on time when we return from break. Please study multiplication facts over break. We will begin the 4's times tables on Mon. 1/5 and the timed test will be on Fri. 1/9. Thank you!
*Math: We are finished with our money unit. We will focus on time when we return from break. Please study multiplication facts over break. We will begin the 4's times tables on Mon. 1/5 and the timed test will be on Fri. 1/9. Thank you!
Happy Holidays and have a wonderful New Year! See you in 2009 =)
Mrs. Olsen
