Newsletter January 23 - 27

Hi parents!  I hope that you all have had wonderful weekends!  This will be our last week of the unit on Exploration and Colonies and next we will be starting something new.  This has been such an interesting unit and the students have learned so much about the founding of America.  The colonial day Friday was a huge success.  Thanks to all who organized and helped out.  The kids had a fantastic time!

News to Know

• Quinn is this week's snack helper.  Will Rester will be next week's helper.
• Students will need an empty soda bottle for a science project this week.  Bottles should be clear and can be any size.

Language Arts

We will finish reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond this week.  The students have truly enjoyed this novel and we have had some great conversations about it.  I'm so proud of them for taking on difficult books.  We will begin discussing adjectives this week.  We will have a vocabulary test on Friday.

Math

We will continue our topic on geometry.  This week, we will discuss angles, polygons, triangles, quadrilaterals, and making generalizations.  We will take the Topic 10 test sometime early next week.  I sent home some flash cards with the students last week as this topic is full of new vocabulary.  While the students will not be able to use these flash cards on the test, they are welcome to use their notes.  I have encouraged the students to transfer any vocabulary they wish into their math journals.

Science / Social Studies

We will begin studying weather this week.  We will be setting up our own little weather station to record local weather.  We will also be comparing our weather to the weather in other cities.  We will begin looking at the map of the United States and learning the names and locations of our 50 states.