Weekly Update - February 8th

Happy 100th Day!! 


PLEASE take a few minutes to fill out my survey for 2nd quarter. It is a quick 10 questions -  comments are appreciated! My goal is 100% participation...we have had 18/24 responses. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMVCJ75  
Thank you!

Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 16. In lesson 16 we will review story structure and inferring/predicting. We will introduce pronouns and homographs. Our spelling focus will be on base words and endings -ed and -ing. We have started a new Roald Dahl book, Fantastic Mr. Fox.       

Math: Today we are celebrating the 100th DAY OF SCHOOL! Next week we will continue spiraling through Saxon working on naming a fractional part of a set, subtracting 0 facts, solving problems by drawing a picture and looking for a pattern, identifying and creating congruent shapes.              

Social Studies: We will continue our unit on economics, focusing specifically on trade. Students will define trade, watching a production worker video, check the labels on their clothing and compare the countries they came from. Students will also journal about what it would be like if we couldn't trade. Thursday we will celebrate Valentine's Day by scrapbooking, doing Valentine stations, and Valentine math.    

Friend of the Week: Will Hinesley

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!

• PLEASE take a few minutes to fill out my survey for 2nd quarter. It is a quick 10 questions -  comments are appreciated! My goal is 100% participation...so far we have had 18/24 responses. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WMVCJ75  
• PIZZA LUNCH - Tuesday, February 12th - Caden's birthday is Tuesday and his parents are sending in cheese pizza and ice cream cups for the whole class! Pizza may not be filling enough for some of your children. Please still send a drink, fruit or veggie, and afternoon snack!
• Thursday (February 14^th) - Students will have an opportunity to exchange Valentines toward the end of the day. Please note, students do not have to participate, but if your child decides to participate, there needs to be a Valentine for every child in our classroom. I emailed out a list of student names. 
• Talent Show - Friday, February 15th at Concord Christian Church from 5-8 pm

• NO SCHOOL - Monday, February 18th in honor of President's Day. 
• Field Trip Permission Slips - Look for these to come home Monday, February 11th. All money and forms are due no later than February 22nd. 
• Silent Auction - All basket items (spring theme) are due to the classroom by February 22nd.  

Notes from the Principal: 

Parent Wiki: www.cisparentnotes.wikispaces.com