Theme 4: Animal Habitats

We are starting our new Reading Theme: Animal Habitats. We will be reading about puffins, seals, dear, and animals in the desert. Each student will choose an animal that interests them for our Animal Research Paper. We will work on some of this in the classroom and some of it at home. This week our story is about an amazing little bird called the Puffin. They live mostly in the northern areas of the world. The puffins we are learning about live in the country of Iceland. Did you know not very much of Iceland is covered with ice? They have four seasons just like us. I think you will love the story.

Our spelling list focuses on the vowel + /r/ sound you hear in bare, bare, hare, hair, etc...



hair
care
chair
pair
bear
where
air
scare
pear
bare
fair
share
buy
could
flair
farewell

Keep Reading and bringing in your Reading Logs.

MATH:
We are finally there!! We finished our quick unit on repeated patterns; turns, flips, and slides; and building onto a pattern. Now we are ready for Multiplication or repeated addition!! The students have been waiting for it all year. It is a long unit. The students will be practicing and repeating multiplication through the 10's. This is required on our State Standards and will be tested on the spring ISAT.

Social Studies:
Study of the Inuit people their customs and ways of life.

Housekeeping:
Monday, January 25, 2010: Early Release PLC
Wednesday, February 3, 2010: 100th day of school!
Monday, February 15, 2010: President's Day

Question of the Week:
Please use a thesaurus and list 5 synonyms for the word "say"