Happy Friday!



Another long weekend coming up! Can you believe we're missing ANOTHER snow day opportunity!! Hopefully the kids can get out and enjoy it (parents, too!).



Here's what's been going on:



Math: We've really been working on 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication. Using tens and ones blocks and drawing pictures are really helping with the deep understanding of the skill. Next week we'll be doing the same, but with 2-digit by 1-digit division. We'll also be talking about growing patterns.



Language Arts: I am soooo impressed with the animal reports these kids are writing. They're turning into 4-5 paragraph informative pieces that are wonderful! I can't wait for you to see them! We'll continue with these next week.



Cursive: We skipped new letters this week, but we'll be doing C and E next week.



Science: Well, we've observed the mystery chemicals... next we mix each chemical with different liquids. Water, vinegar, iodine, and red cabbage juice are the liquids we'll be using. The class always gets so excited when each mixture is different!



Word Study: Our focus next week is the "doubling rule". The students will have words that need consonants doubled before a suffix can be added.



That's about it! Thanks so much to Rose Ann Shapiro and Becca Clark for a great Valentine's Day party. Thanks to all parents who came to have some fun, too! I was pleasantly surprised how well-behaved the class was on Wednesday!



Have a wonderful LONG weekend!

Faith Humerick