Happy President's Day!

First off, I want to thank everyone who helped out with our fabulous party on Thursday.  The kids had a lot of fun! :)

Reminders/Important Upcoming Dates

§ In your child's Friday Folder I sent home a date set sheet for our Parent/Teacher Conference.  Please look over the date and return the confirmation sheet by Wednesday.  As a reminder, our goal is 100% attendance for conferences! :)

§ Coming home tomorrow with your child is the Pre- & Post-Test for the 2 & 3 Digit Addition Unit we just completed.  Please review this test, sign and return the test.  

§ Friday, February 19: PJ Day

§ Week of February 22: Parent Teacher Conferences and Book Fair

§ Monday, February 29: RBE Showcase from 10:30-11:00

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/10c0445a8ad2fa46-reading

Here is some information about Reading Week.

Reading
Last 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.

This 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.  Last week, the students learned how to take notes from an article and also chose a topic for the RBE Showcase.

This 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
Last 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.

This 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."

Health
Last week, we finished up learning about Nervous System.  We had a guest speaker, Katherine Bellesheim, a graduate student from MU, come and talk to us about the brain.  The kiddos were able to show off how much they learned and were excited to learn so much more!

I hope that you are enjoying  your 4 day weekend and again thank you for our wonderful party!