Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Week of February 10, 2014

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to Matthew for being a runner up in the District 66 Spelling Bee.  We sure are proud of him!

Friday is Valentine's Day!  I encourage each student to bring Valentine's to pass out to their classmates.
They can put names on each Valentine individually or just sign their name and pass them out randomly.
Candy Valentine's are allowed.  They may also pass out Valentine's to teachers in other classrooms, but we are not passing out Valentine's to friends in other classrooms.

Thank you to Mr. Hoffman for coordinating our Valentine's Day Party.
Thank you very much to all the following helpers:
Mr. Jablonski, Mrs. Sprandel, and Mrs. Hoffman are the party helpers and attending the party.
Mrs. Arce, Mrs Arnold, and Mrs. Messina are providing treats.
Mrs Nicholson is providing beverages.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THIS WEEK:

SPELLING:  Lesson 18

ENGLISH:  Linking Verbs enrichment project - Creating an imaginary island 

READING: finding "cause/effect" scenarios in fiction and nonfiction short reading selections

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Chapter 8 Lesson 1 "Trouble Over Taxes" The Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts!  
Who are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty? 
Does Parliament have the right to tax the colonists?
What does "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!" mean?
Would you be a LOYALIST or a PATRIOT?

SCIENCE:  Chapter 15 Lesson 1 "Potential and Kinetic Energy"

MATH:
Monday : Chapter 6 Lesson 1 Estimating Products of Whole Numbers and Decimals
Tuesday: Chapter 6 Lesson 1 Problem Solving
Wednesday:  Chapter 6 Lesson 2 Hands on activity with multiplying with decimals
Thursday:  Chapter 6 Lesson 3 Multiply Decimals by Whole Numbers
Friday:  Valentine's Day math activity