I’m glad we all made it through this wild week of winter weather! We had a great field trip and enjoyed a week of inside recess.
Today your student brought home information about the maturation lessons we will be having on March 13th. This will be taught by a nurse, and boys and girls will be taught separately. The girl session will begin at 8:40 and the boy session will begin at 9:40. The form has more information about specifics, and options for parents to decide if they would like their child to attend. Each student must return the signed form with the parents decision indicated. Here is a link to the form, incase your child has misplaced it. Maturation Consent Form
Don’t forget we have our class Valentine’s Day party on Friday. We will be having ice cream sundaes and playing games. Many students still need the permission form filled out so they can attend. If you have not already done so, please fill it out as soon as possible. The link is here: Valentine’s Day Party Permission Form
Students may bring valentines to exchange with each of their classmates. We currently have 25 students in our class. Students should also bring a container to collect valentines from their classmates. They can bring anything they want, and decorate it however they want. Just make sure it has the child’s name visible. We will be having a fun time at our party, and it will be even better if more people can sign up to bring things. The link for the signup sheet can be found here:
Valentine’s Party Sign Up
This upcoming week we will be learning a lot of great stuff, here’s a preview: Math: We will be learning about dividing fractions. This may sound a bit daunting, but really it is pretty simple if you remember, ” Keep, Switch, Flip.” This means when dividing fractions, keep the first number the same, switch the division symbol for multiplication, and flip the second number, so that the numerator is now the denominator, and the denominator is the numerator. See, clear as mud! Don’t worry, we’ll have it down by the end of the week. *Also, please remember we have math tutoring every Tuesday after school, from 3:00 – 3:30. We are currently focusing on long division. If you know that is something your child needs help with, they are invited to stay and get some extra help.
Here is what we are doing in Language Arts this week. We will be looking at some poetry and talking about similes and metaphors. We are also working on persuasive essays.
** Science: We are continuing our landforms unit. Take a chance to point out interesting landforms you might see, and talk about where they came from. Maybe your student could teach you a thing or two!
*Social Studies: We are working on map skills. Learning how to use map legends, understanding directions, and finding places, on maps. Thanks for everything you do! Let’s have a wonderful week!