Monday, March 17, 2008

The Week of March 17, 2008

Dear Parents,
Happy St. Patrick's Day! May we all have a little luck of the Irish! There's an expression that says "Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day". I guess that even means me, and I am 100% Greek!

SOME REMINDERS:
**No School on Friday and the following week is SPRING BREAK!!!!
**SCOOPer Reading celebration Thursday, March 20th!!
Pizza & 70's theme & watching "National Treasure"
~Some students have volunteered to bring snacks and dessert!!

SAVE THE DATE.....OPEN HOUSE is THURSDAY, APRIL 17th!


HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING:
Lesson 24 and word of the week! Test = Thursday!

ENGLISH:
Unit 4 Adjectives... We will be reviewing what an adjective is and does!
The children will be creating an "ABC" adjective book!

READING:
We will be learning about China using a variety of non-fiction books and other resources. The children will be specifically learning more about one of China's most famous animals,the panda, this week. Each child will also be creating a unique panda to display proudly with our "PANDAS ON PARADE" exhibit. This will be one of many things you'll see at Open House!

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Chapter 10 - Lesson 2 "Debate in Philadelphia"
Your child shoud review lessons 1 and 2 to make sure they understand what we have learned!

SCIENCE:
Human Body....QUIZ on the heart and circulatory system = Tuesday!
Next, we learn about the respiratory system!

MATH:
Chapter 6 This chapter covers long division and dividing by 2 digit numbers.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Miss Trefonas