Well, brace yourselves - it's another LONG weekend! Please remember that there is no school on Monday (Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday observance), Tuesday (teacher training on new curriculum), or Wednesday (time for us to complete report cards). Have a wonderful time with your child!!

Since next week is so short, I won't have much to post. Here it is...

Language Arts: We are still working with reading questions carefully and then answering them fully. I find that students want me to tell them what they need to answer instead of reading the question. A good strategy for this is to read the question aloud. This helps understand what is being asked. This will also be a huge help with those BCR's I mentioned last week!

Math: Because of our snow day we are a little behind where I wanted to be, so our unit test will probably be next week (Thursday).

Writing: We are in the midst of writing an expository essay. Each student chose something important to him/her and we're writing about it. When I modeled the writing, I used my kitchen table - ask your child about it!

Word Study - NO word study next week.

Social Studies - We're continiuing our Economics unit. Next week will be consumers and interdependence. The kids really love Econ!

That's about it from here...
I do want to say that our next field trip will be to the Earth, Space, and Science Lab on March 22, 9:30-11:00. We would love for you to meet us there!

Other important dates that you can't miss:

Reading Night at UES - February 2 (snow date - Feb 16). 6:45-7:30. A letter came home about it. If you would like more information, let me know.

Yearbook Order forms are due by Feb. 2

Multicultural Fair - February 11, 6:00-8:00pm.

Valentine's Day Party!!! February 14th, 2:30-3:20. Letter with class list will be coming home soon!

I think that's it... Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Humerick