Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!

First off, I want to thank everyone who helped out with our fabulous party today.  The kids had a blast and I know all the Veterans at the Veteran's Hospital will appreciate the cards!

Reminders/Important Upcoming Dates

• No School tomorrow, February 12 or Monday, February 15, enjoy your 4 day weekend!
• If you haven't returned your Parent Teacher Conference Confirmation form, please do so next week.  Our goal is 100% attendance!
• If you haven't signed and returned your student's math test, please do so next week.
• Friday, February 19: PJ Day
• Week of February 22: Parent Teacher Conferences and Book Fair
• Monday, February 29: RBE Showcase from 10:30-11

Reading Week
If you haven't signed up to be a Mystery Reader (remember family, friends, coaches, etc. can sign up also) in the classroom and would like to, the link to the Sign Up Genius is below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45aca62ca2fb6-reading

Here is some information about Reading Week.

Reading
This week we worked on character development, the students did a wonderful job this week explaining how and why the character changed throughout the course of a book or a story.

Next week, we will start focusing more on nonfiction books and comparing the information from different books on the same topic.  This will also be helpful as we continue researching for our informational writing.

Writing
We are continuing to work on our informational writing unit.  This week, the students learned how to take notes from an article and also chose a topic for the RBE Showcase.

Next week ,the students will start to research for the RBE Showcase.  The students decided to study either health or dinosaurs.  After we do some research, the students will start to write an informational book about their topic.

If your student has any resources at home (books, magazines, etc) they would like to bring in to use for their research, they can definitely bring them in.  :)

Math
This week in math, we reviewed concepts that we have learned throughout the year.  We worked on arrays, word problems and different addition and subtraction strategies.

Next week, we will start our unit over subtraction.  This will be a new concept for students, especially as we introduce regrouping.

Please continue to practice facts at home.  It makes it so much easier for the students if they know them "in a snap."

Have a wonderful 4 day weekend and again thank you for our wonderful party!

Mrs. Ross and Miss Rottjakob