Math Assessment --- tomorrow! Covering Unit 5 study of decimals!
Writing publishing --- Watch your email and the blog (in the next day or two) for information on publishing stories from writers workshop at home!
Mid-terms --- Reports will come home next Friday! Watch your child's Home Folder!!!
Next math unit --- Unit 6 will be Geometry (my personal favorite)! We will be studying different kinds of triangles, lines / line segments, and angles and constructing these from straws and twist ties!!!
No school Jan 21!!!
Conference Slips --- These were sent home on Wednesday and should be returned ASAP!!!!! I look forward to visiting with you in a few weeks regarding your child's progress!
Writing conferences --- Last week we began conferences in writing, and we are loving it! Every day in Writers Workshop I meet one-on-one with 3-4 students to read their most recent draft to provide a praise (what they're doing well) and a prompt (what to work on in their next draft). I am SO impressed by the drafts that students have shared with me so far!!!
Young Author's project --- We are currently working on a Young Author's Writing Contest project with Mrs. Bonham. On Monday and Tuesday we read several fairy tales and discussed what features make a book a fairy tale. Beginning yesterday students began planning the components of their own fairy tales, and today we began writing. The ideas are popping and the creative juices are flowing! I can't wait to share them with you!!!
Even though I personally have a little touch of spring fever (every year it seems to hit earlier and earlier), it's still very cold outside during recess (gotta love that ND wind!)...please continue sending snow pants, gloves, hats, etc!!!
Book orders are due on MONDAY!!!
Have a great weekend!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
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