Dear
Parents,
What
fish we have in our class! All the
children had such good week swimming.
The reports back from Mrs. Angethal and Mr. Corkins were all very
positive about the children’s skills as well as their behavior at the
pool. Everyone has done a great
job remembering all the items for their swim bags this week. Please remember that the children will be
swimming on Monday and Tuesday of next week so they will need these items next
week as well.
Even with a shortened daily schedule we have been
able to move forward with our learning.
We continued investigating the life and times in Ancient Rome. In Science our focus has been on
weather and again, the children are demonstrating their knowledge of the water
cycle through their stories tracing the route of a raindrop. In math we continue to explore
multiplication and division. The
children have done a nice job demonstrating their understanding of arrays and
how to take a given number of objects and break them into equal groups. Everyone is coming along with
mastering their multiplication facts and we have enjoyed practicing these with
several online games. As I have
told the children, to remember these facts they all need to practice every
night. This can be done with flash
cards, verbal quizzing, worksheet problems, or with online games. Another good site for games is www.multiplication.com. We have used this one in class and the
children have enjoyed it. Overall
we have had a good academic week.
As
you know report cards for the second quarter will go home next week. As I told the children, this reporting
period began all the way back in November and their grades are a reflection of
growth over that time. Overall, I was quite pleased with the improvement each
child has made. We talked as a
class about what we can do this quarter to take on a bit more responsibility
for getting homework in on time, completing assignments, remembering supplies,
following the school rules, getting to school on time, and not being so sleepy
in class. The children came up
with several good suggestions. We
will have a chance to discuss this report card and the progress of your child,
at our Parent-Teacher conferences on March 7th and 8th. I will be sending information about
conference times home shortly to schedule these meetings.
We
have a field trip coming up this month as well. We will be going to the Outdoor Lab on Friday the 15th. The permission slip for this
activity went home with your child today.
Please let me know if you would like to join us for this fun learning
experience.
As
always, thank you for all you do to support your child. Good luck to all the basketball teams
tonight! Enjoy the weekend
Upcoming Events
Friday
2/15- Outdoor Lab Field Trip
Wednesday
2/20- Full Day of School- No Early Release
Thursday
and Friday 3/7-8- Parent Teacher Conferences (no school for children)
