Week of 2-27-12

Hi Families!  Here is next week's agenda:

Reading - We will be making "Movie Trailers" for our dog books this week!  The kids seem to be very excited!  They will group together according to the book they read and create a skit to advertise their book.  I will video them!  We will also be starting Reading BINGO this week.  The BINGO sheet will cover a variety of genres such as nonfiction, biography, everybody, fiction, etc.  They will have the month of March to BINGO.  The children will be getting a homework assignment soon related to a biography book they read from their BINGO sheet.

English - Figurative Language, Antonyms

Spelling - List 20  sounds of /oi/ and /ou/   List 20.5 is the enriched list.

Math - Compare/Order Fractions, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with like denominators   On Tuesday, we will be constructing giant cubes out of plastic and duct tape.  It is a big, but extremely fun project!  The children will learn a lot about geometry, problem solving, and teamwork!  I still need 3 more fans. 

Social Studies - The children will continue their Midwest Region unit this week. 

I wanted to thank Elissa Stong for donating Clorox wipes to our class!  It is greatly appreciated and helps keep our room clean and germ free!

I also wanted to recognize and celebrate the 4 students that represented our class in the school-wide Spelling Bee and Geography Bee!  Kylie Little and David Sandoval were our class Geography Bee winners and Colby Vanhooser and Alexis Goben were our class Spelling Bee winners!  We are so proud of them!!! Good Job kids!! Sorry I am so late recognizing you!

****Remember that our Read-a-Thon is this Friday!  Also, if you want to donate to our pet supply drive, please send donations by next Monday.  Thanks so much!