Friday, February 4, 2011

Week of February 7-February 11







Odds and Ends:

I hope everyone enjoyed their 2 days off!
If you are interested in Six Flags tickets please keep reading and get you sheet in by February 17th.
Due to the snow day, our in class field trip about matter has been moved to Monday February 14th from 9:00-10:00 am. Again the cost of the field trip is covered from last years canceled field trip.



Upcoming Events:
Friendly Letter Test Friday February 11th.
Reading Class: Spelling test Friday February 11th.
Math Students: X8 test Friday February 11th.



Spelling:
We will be working on lesson 16 for this week. The final test will be on Friday February 11th.



Reading:
We are finishing our novel, Snow Treasure early this week. There will not be a final test, instead we have things that have been graded throughout the novel. We will transition from our novel to working on extended responses. We will also be reading several books about influential African Americans in connection to Black History Month. Please continue to read each night for 20 minutes!



English:
We will continue to work on friendly letter writing. There will be a test on friendly letters on Friday February 11th.



Social Studies:
We will continue studying Egypt! We are reading King Tut in class.



Science:
We have finished Lesson 1 of Chapter 12 Energy. We will move on to Chapter 12 Lesson 2 this week.



Math:
We are finished with chapter 21:Metrics. We will begin Chapter 14 Line Segments and Angles. Also, we will be studying X8 this week. Please keep practicing X8 with your child!