Hello Team!

We are looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday! If you haven’t done so yet, please sign the permission form here as soon as possible! Just as a reminder, if your child chooses to bring valentines to exchange (totally optional), please make sure they bring enough to share with all 28 students in the class. The valentines may be either non-food items or prepackaged store-bought treats. These treats will be sent home with students. They will not be eaten in class. Please do not have your child write who the valentines are to, just who they are from, in an effort to save time.  Students may bring a Valentine’s box or I will have a small bag for them to collect gifts/treats.

This week in math we will be working on subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. Tutoring will be held by invitation only, but 15-20 minutes of at home IXL practice is welcome and encouraged. In ELA, we will consider the question, “How do you express something that is important to you?” as we study poetry, figurative language, and analyze a poet’s word choice. We will also finish up our study of matter in science, as well as complete RISE benchmark testing for this standard. We are looking forward to a fun in-school field trip on Monday the 10th as a culminating activity for this standard.

Remember there will be no school next Monday, February 17th, for President’s Day.

Please don’t forget to encourage students to read 20 minutes each night!

Thank you,

Mrs. Shaw