February 5

We've had a busy past couple of weeks here in room 14.

In writing most students are wrapping up their first narrative story and many have begun to write their second story. Students are enjoying being in the "Author's Chair" and sharing their stories with their classmates. In the coming weeks we will continue to focus on narrative writing with an emphasis on On Demand writing in preparation for the upcoming District Writing Assessment. Instead of having weeks to work on a story and spending a lot of time focusing on editing and revising their works students will practice having only a short period of time (about an hour) to write their stories and turn them in.

In math we are wrapping up our unit on Measurement and Geometry. The current chapter is focusing on solid objects and finding their volume. I will be assessing them on this on Wednesday of next week. After the February break we will start a new unit on Division.

The Mystery Book Reports that were turned in today were wonderful. I really enjoyed listening to their oral presentations as well. I can tell that most students put a great deal of time and effort into preparing for today. Well done!

In Science we are just to about to wrap up our unit on Structures of Life. Students had to bid farewell to the crayfish that they were observing this week but I know that they really enjoyed getting a chance to explore this wonderful organism. We are still watching our bean plants grow, some of them are as tall as 33 cm now! This has been a fun unit that I can tell students have really enjoyed. After the February Break we will finish the unit and then spend some time on our Drug and Alcohol Awareness program, Too Good For Drugs, before starting the 3rd science unit, Sun, Moon, and Stars.

Our class will be celebrating Valentine's Day next Friday, Feb. 12th. On Monday I will send home a class list with each student that they can use for their Valentine's in they wish. I will also put a sign up sheet outside the classroom door if you would like to contribute to our class party.

As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to call or send an email.