Weekly Newsletter (November 3-7)

Reminders:  

No School on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (Election Day).  

All Fall picture money is due Wednesday, November 5.

Read your story and study your spelling and vocabulary words every night!

Pumpkin Globes

Our pumpkin globes turned out so cute!  Creating a globe with a pumpkin really helped them understand the difference between maps and globes, which was our goal.  This was something they had been struggling with and creating the globes themselves really helped them to grasp the concept of how globes differ from regular, flat maps.  Thank you so much for sending in the pumpkins and helping the kids grasp this difficult concept.

Our Ocean Habitat

I am sorry it took so long to get this up here, but I definitely wanted to make sure everyone has the chance to see our AMAZING ocean habitat!  These turned out to be soooooo good!!!  I am so proud of my kids and how hard they worked to turn our hallway into a scene straight out of the ocean!  (This will stay up in the hall until at least Fall Festival, maybe longer, so you should have plenty of time to come in and see what a great job these kids did with this project!)

Weekly Newsletter (October 6-10)

Please Note:  all of our weekly tests (reading, spelling, language, vocabulary, and math) will be on Thursday, October 9 due to Fall Break on Friday, October 10.

Picture Day is Tuesday, October 7!

No School on Friday, October 10 or Monday, October 13--it's FALL BREAK!!!

Science Fair/Habitat Assignment

This is just a reminder that if you are participating in the science fair, your child's project is due tomorrow, Monday, October 6.

Also, all plants and animals in our ocean habitat are due in class tomorrow, October 6.  We will be building our habitat on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Have a great Sunday!

Book It Program

Our class will be starting the Pizza Hut Book It program this month.  All you have to do is make sure your child reads for at least 20 minutes each night and colors in the corresponding day on their Book It calendar that they received in their folders today.  At the end of the month, you and your child should sign the calendar and return it to me.  For doing this, your child will receive a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!  Read every night!!!

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Scientific Method

Here is the scientific method that your child must follow if he/she decides to do a science fair project.  Remember, this is totally optional, but your child does have the opportunity to earn two extra 100's in science for completing a project that follows these guidelines.