February 6-10

"The birds are gone, The ground is white,
The winds are wild, They chill and bite; 
The ground is thick with slush and sleet, 
And I barely feel my feet."

We began our week by playing Baseball Multiplication to build fact fluency.  The kids enjoyed playing cooperatively in groups of four.  Other lessons this week include using square products as helper facts to find products of near squares, playing Beat the Calculator to assess automaticity with multiplication facts, constructing quadrilaterals and measuring and plotting distances to the nearest half inch. Students will have a Home Link each night for homework. 

Our spelling rule this week involves Words with Short o.  Students will have a spelling assignment Monday through Wednesday evenings. Please help your child study for his/her test on Thursday night.  

Thank you to parents who have sent in t-shirt money and order forms for our upcoming music concert. Please let me know if your child needs a scholarship for the t-shirt.  I'm happy to make that happen so we can all be in matching tops.  :)

I will be sending home a class list this week to help students who choose to make valentines for the class. Please remind your child to make valentines for all students in the class if they choose to participate in this fun event. Students will exchange valentines next Tuesday on Valentine's Day.  

Have a wonderful week!