Presentations, President’s Day and Preview of this Week

Important Dates:
Monday,        Feb.   16th  President’s Day (No School)
Tuesday,       Feb.   17th  Library
Thursday,    Feb.  19th Happy Birthday Madelyn
      
Thank you to all the parents who helped us with our field trip and Valentine’s Party.  Without supportive parents, neither of these activities would have taken place.

 If you missed last week’s Rams News, make sure you check out our class, which was featured, as we show how to use PLICKERS.  We enjoy using PLICKERS and the students don’t mind being assessed with this fun tool.  They also give me instant feedback as to which students need more help with a concept and if we should move on, slow down or reteach.

Our research presentation have been fabulous and we’ve almost had everyone present.  Four more students will display their PowerPoints this week and then we’ll be done.  Our next big project will be a group Keynote Presentation on a book that the students will read in small groups.  These will be done completely at school unless the students are looking for graphics to go in their presentation.  Keynote is like PowerPoint, but uses a Mac platform instead of the Window’s platform.

The students are also making an iMovie of the Planetarium Field Trip and are using Movie Maker to show off our Children’s Museum Field Trip.  They will upload these projects to their files so they can share them with you.

Homework

Reading: Remember to read 20 minutes each night.  If you would like to practice finding evidence in the text, download the following link: Night Out Passage
You can also use Mobymax.com or razkids.com for your reading time.  These sites have comprehension components also.

Math:  Xtramath.org, frontrowed.com or mobymax.com  These 3 sites really are the best way for your child to practice what they need in math.   Mobymax.com login: firstname lastname   password: Rams  

Spelling   Sorts:   Please note, the sorts for this week are the same as last week.  Between the presentations, and Valentine’s Day, we did not give our sorts the time we needed in order to become proficient with these features.  Our final tests on these sorts will be on Friday.

Packers:  Sort 17
Colts: Sort 44
Seahawks: Sort 5
Patriots:  Sort 25