Friday, February 24, 2012

Week of February 27-March 2

Important Dates:
Early dismissal 2/28
Leap Day 2/29 :)
Dr. Seuss's Birthday 3/2 :)

Classroom Chatter
Don't forget Tuesday is an early dismissal. Students will be dismissed at 11 AM.

We will be doing some special activities Wednesday and Friday to recognize Leap Year and Dr. Seuss's birthday! Ask your child about it!

TREASURE CHEST is getting low on prizes! If anyone could donate any prizes, please send some in. Target's dollar section and the dollar store always have some good stuff. Thanks in advance!!!! What are some good items??? Giant sunglasses, St. Patrick's day stuff, cool pens or pencils... or ask your child what they would like to find in the Treasure Chest! ;)

Spelling
We will not have our regular spelling this week and will use this time for extra reading time as we prepare for the ISAT tests coming the week of March 5th.

Reading
We will work on our photo books for our Black History month project. We also will continue to practice and review for our ISAT tests.

English
We will work with adjectives this week.

Social Studies
There will be a test on part 1 of Chicago. There is study guide in the social studies folder. All the information needed to study can be obtained from the Chicago packet.

Science
We will learn about solar and lunar eclipses.

Math
We will take a mad minute in division 8's. We also will begin our geometry unit. We are postponing our graph projects in the computer lab until after ISAT testing (which is coming up the week of March 5th).