Dear Parents,

Welcome to the sixth week of our third quarter. I hope you all had fun at the Family Fun Run this weekend. It was nice seeing everyone come together. I am so blessed to be walking this path of educating the next generation with you all. I truly appreciate your generous donations to our fun basket.

Here is a quick look at our 24^th week:

LANGUAGE ARTS  

SPALDING – We will continue with our spelling list this week. Please, review homework as they come home. 

List 1: account, driven, real, recover, mountain, speak, past, might, contract, deal

List 2: almost, all, brought, bring, less, event, off, of, true, truth

List 3: took, again, inform, both, heart, month, children, child, build, built

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, students will focus on making inferences. We will also continue to reinforce the importance of identifying main ideas and supporting details, compare and contrast alongside cause and effect relationships.

POETRY: Title: We did our poetry recitals on Friday. Our scholars have improved their presentation skills greatly. We have started grading poetry recitals so that parents can have an idea how their children are performing. Please, email me if you have concerns.

SAYING: The Real McCoy is an idiom that came about as a result of an invention by Elijah McCoy. It simply means “the real thing”.

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will continue to practice all parts of speech, the focus will be on articles this week, and we will introduce preposition this week as well. We will continue to review all parts of speech every week.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read this week. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs.

MATH

This week, we will go back to learning multiplication. We will start with multiplication of 4s and 5s. It’s important that your child continues to work on their mental math worksheets.

SCIENCE

Students will come home with their Science study guides. We will write our Science test for insects on Wednesday. We will begin studying The Human Body on Tuesday. We will explore the digestive system.

HISTORY

  In History, we will continue to learn about the constitution. Our focus this week will be on how hard the founding fathers worked during the constitutional convention. Children will read the preamble of the constitution and familiarize themselves with the vocabulary used.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH - FRIENDSHIP

To be attached to another by sincere feelings of affection and care for their well-being.

Be the BEST for others

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.     – Helen Keller

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We will continue with guided reading and Math groups this week. I look forward to seeing all our wonderful parent volunteers.
• Scholars will not be allowed to return to class after their teacher has led them to the MPR at the end of the day. It means that if they forget their homework, they cannot return to the classroom to pick it up. Please, let me know if you have questions about this.
• Friday, February 13, is Great Hearts Day. We plan to have some refreshments on Friday. We will spend about an hour celebrating friendship and virtues.  Please, if you would like to send in a healthy snack for the whole class, email me by Wednesday. Students are not allowed to bring in Valentine cards or candies for class members. Any snack coming into the classroom has to be approved by Wednesday.
• Our wish list is still active:

- Kleenex

- Sani hand wipes

- Chapter books

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson