SHORT week!

Happy President's Day!!

Language Arts:
It is a short week this week. This week is the beginning of our Reading/Writing Workshop. We will be working on our Animal Research Reports. A folder will be coming home this coming weekend with the requirements. For all of you that read the BLOG--these are the requirements for the Research Report:
1) Choose an Animal
2) Create an Illustration of your animal in its habitat (to be done in class--please use full page).
3) Hand written report between 2-3 pages. Write every other line for ease in grading. We will be looking at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and coverage of topic. There will be a grading rubric attached to the folder your child will be taking home. (Report will be completed at home).
4) Inspiration Web with imported picture of animal and fact bubbles (to be done in class).
5) Picture of Animal, Name of Animal, and 5 interesting facts (Computer generated: to be done in class).

**Please refer to the folder for the due date of this report. (Friday, March 4th)

Math:
We are starting a mini unit on time this week. The Unit Test will be on Friday. This Unit covers time, elapsed time, and clock angles.

Science:
On Tuesday, we will make mini models of the Water Cycle. After the Animal Research Reports have been completed, the students will be making a representation of the Water Cycle at their homes and bring back to class to share with the students. These water cycles will be on display in the Library and in the classroom. Last year we even had a cake water cycle. We liked looking at it--but we really enjoyed eating it.

The class will continue to study Earth and its Resources.

Question of the Week:
What story helps you to remember the Math Fact 6 x 6 = 36?

You did great on the Inuit Test!!

Great Job on the Inuit Test!! I hope you liked learning about the Inuit people. Get your Iditarod sleds ready for the great race across Alaska beginning in March. We have a month to go!!


Housekeeping:


*Monday, February 14th: Valentine's Day, 100s Day, Early Release. We will pass out Valentine's to our friends and classmates, have some yummy things to eat and play a really great game called ZAP!





*Monday, February 21st: President's Day (No School)



This week in reading our animal story is called Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman. It is a great story about a little boy who makes friends with a seal. They both have many things in common. It will be fun discovering all of the similarities and differences. Be thinking of a great animal for your research paper on an animal. Every year we have some great ideas and papers from students.







The spelling list this week focuses on words with endings.
babies
cared
chopped
saving
carried
fixing
hurried
joking
grinning
smiled
wrapped
parties

Math
THIS WEEK IS THE UNIT TEST. WE WILL COVER ARRAYS, MULTIPLICATION OF 0s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 9s, and 10s. You will do great!! We will have lots of practice this week!! Because Math is so much fun!!!!!

Science:
Our class will continue the study of Earth and its Resources. We have some fun activities planned and the Water Cycle to review and create.

Question of the Week:
What does a Puffin look like? Name one place where a Puffin lives. Tell me a really cool fact about a Puffin.
(GO KODY GO!!!!)

Our class wrote some great summaries!!

Nice Job writing summaries of Dinosaur Bob and the Family Lazardo! I love when the students really understand what they are reading and are able to write about it.

Congratulations to Kody Wright again for commenting on our "Question of the Week"!

House Keeping:

Monday, February 7, 2011--Early Release PLC

Monday, February 7, 2011--Penny Wars start for one week only. Save your pennies for our class!1

Tuesday, February 8, 2011--construction paper goes home if you are interested in designing a picture with 100 items to display in the classroom for 100s day.

Monday, February 14, 2011--100s day and Valentine's Day. A class list will be coming home for your student to use when writing their Valentine's cards. We are making Valentine's bags in the classroom.

Language Arts: Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan. This story is a non-fiction piece. This means it is a true story that really happened. A fictional story does not really happen. It is not based on true events.

The spelling pattern for the week focuses on the /ar/ sound heard in chair and bear.

hair

care

chair

pair

bear

where

scare

air

pear

bare

fair

share

Math:

The students will continue working on multiplication facts for the next two weeks. They will take a Unit Assessment on February 18, 2011. The Unit test will focus on these facts:

0s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 9s, and 10s. Remember the strategies we have taught you and multiplication is just REPEATED ADDITION!!

Social Studies/Science:

The Inuit Unit has been fun. We have learned many things about the Inuit ways of life. We will take a Unit test this week and then begin our next Science focus of learning. It is Earth and its resources.

Question of the Week:

Tell me four facts you have learned about the mighty Polar Bear. The King of the North.