Weekly Update

Hi Parents,

Thank you for supporting your child's efforts with our SOL Vocabulary Parade.  The kids proudly displayed their projects, clearly spoke their words, and enjoyed seeing each other's work.  I sincerely appreciate your letting your child independently complete the project.  "Perfectly imperfect" student work is always preferable to "perfectly perfect" parent work!  :) 

100th Day Celebration:
Looking at the forecast, I'm pretty confident we won't have a snow day on Monday, which means we will celebrate our 100th day of school on Tuesday, February 7th!  If you haven't yet returned your child's food permission slip for the 100th day, please kindly send it to school on Monday.

2nd Quarter Report Cards:
Your child will receive his/her 2nd quarter report card this Wednesday, February 8th.  I will put it in the front clear pocket of your child's homework folder.  Please review the report card.  Please detach the slip at the bottom of the last page, sign it, and return it with the report card envelope.  (I do reuse the envelopes.) 

Valentine's Day Party:

Mark your calendar...our classroom Valentine's Day party will be Tuesday, February 14th from 12:45-2:15 pm in our classroom.  All families are welcome to attend.  The kids will exchange Valentine cards at the party.  If your child brings Valentines, please be sure he/she has one for every student in the class.  If your child wants to attach a little "something" to his/her Valentine cards, please don't attach candy or food... little items like pencils, erasers, tattoos, stickers are fine.  Our Room Moms will be providing bags for your child's Valentine cards.  Please watch for more details and a food permission slip soon!

STEAM Expo:

The annual Pinebrook STEAM Expo will be held on Friday, February 24th during our regular school day.  This day is filled with tons of fun and engaging hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math exploration.  We need many volunteers to make the STEAM Expo a success, especially in the afternoon!  Come spend the day with us! Please volunteer by clicking HERE.

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will identify the main idea and supporting details of both fiction and non-fiction texts.
• Writing:  We will learn about opinion writing as we focus on editing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling.
• Math:  We will finish our Geometry unit and begin our Fractions unit.  We will discuss the concepts of equal and unequal, and learn about fractions of a whole and fractions of a set.
• Social Studies:  We will finish our Famous Americans unit, in which we discuss the lives and contributions of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, Benjamin Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
• ***Tuesday is ALL ABOUT THE 100th DAY!  :)***

Enjoy your weekend!  We are preparing for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to visit.  They are coming to watch my Jonah on Thursday...he is starring as Shrek in the 5th grade musical of the same name!  (I am just a teensy-weensy bit proud of him.)