Week of February 21, 2011

No School on Monday, February 21 in observance of President's Day.

Students had a great time at our Valentine's party on Monday and enjoyed playing the LEFT,RIGHT game shown in the picture. A huge THANK YOU to the parents who organized the party and came in!! The students and I really appreciated your time and effort in allowing us to have such a great party!

On Monday, we also had a scientist come in from High Tech - High Touch to talk about matter with our students. You can see from the pictures how much fun they had during this in-school field trip!

Here is our upcoming week in a nutshell:

MATH

I will review solid figures, perimeter, area and volume this week (chapter 16 lessons 1 and 2; chapter 22 lessons 1,2, and 4). On Wednesday 2/23, students will take a checkpoint quiz on these concepts. In addition, we will practice writing T-charts.

Spelling

We are focusing on breaking down words into prefixes, root/basewords, and suffixes. We are also discussing how the addition of prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning of words.

Reading

We will continue working on all of our reading strategies, especially identifying text proofs, interpreting passages, as well as inferring meaning as we use various reading materials (novels, short stories, and leveled readers).

English

Students will continue practicing writing friendly letters this week and will be assessed on their skills on Friday, 2/25.

Social Studies

Our study of Egypt continues as we visit a virtual Egyptian Tomb and explore the ancient pyramids. An open book comprehension check is on Thursday, 2/24.

Science

We will continue discussing ecosystems and all of the populations and communities they are comprised of.