Science Fair
We have been talking about the Science Fair in class. At this point, your child should be ready to start doing their experiment at home and then creating their display board. Use the materials I sent home a couple weeks ago as your guide for the display. There is a grading rubric that tells exactly what I am looking for on the displays. Projects are due March 6th, the Science Fair is March 7th. Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.
Progress Reports
Believe it or not, we are half way through the 3rd quarter. Progress reports will be emailed to you either today or Monday, so please look for them and let me know if you have any questions about them.
Believe it or not, we are half way through the 3rd quarter. Progress reports will be emailed to you either today or Monday, so please look for them and let me know if you have any questions about them.
What’s Going on in Class?
· Reading – This week we learned all about whales and read some great informational texts about them. We worked on sequencing and transition words.
· Writing – We continue to review paragraph structure as well as possessive pronouns and the use of apostrophes.
· Math – This week we worked on finding the factors of numbers. Your child learned 3 different strategies to accomplish this. Ask him or her to show them to youJ Next week we will be talking about multiples and then working on division with single-digit divisors.
· Social Studies – We have completed the chapter about Washington’s Native Americans. We took notes on the chapter to find the key information. The kids used their notes to make up some test questions. I will take the best questions and create a test for them to take over the material.
· Science – Obviously, we are working on the Science Fair.
Silverwood Reading Program
Remember to be documenting your child’s reading minutes on the Silverwood Tally Sheets. 600 minutes earns them a free Silverwood ticket. The sheets are due back to school by March 13, 2013. Let me know if you have any questions.
March 1 – We will have school!
This is a snow make-up day, and since we had a snow day, we will be in class on the 1st.
Please let me know if you need anything. Many thanks!