January 14-18

Welcome back and Happy 2013!

It was wonderful to see everyone after the break.  We all enjoyed
telling and listening to stories about our holidays.

For Math this week, we started Chapter 9 on Fractions.  I was
impressed with how fast the students picked up this concept.  Next
week we will finish this chapter as well as having the Math quiz on
Unit 3.

For Reading this week, we read a story called "A Bushy Mustache."
Next week we will read the last story titled “Jamaica Louise James.”

In Science, we studied the life cycle of animals and compared the
differences among animals.  The students also created a life cycle
sequence of an animal of their choice and this will be displayed.  Well done!

For Social Studies next week we will continue with Chapter 4 with a
focus on "Heroes."

In English this week we began to publish our stories.  Next week we
will finish our e-book and I will post it on my blog for all to enjoy.

Congrautlations to Kisa Koda for being this week's Student of the
Week!  Kisa always works well with her classmates and has been putting
in a great effort with her work.

Dates to remember January 14-18.
Monday: Spelling Quiz (recount, repaint, refill, rebuild, dislike,
distrust, uneven, unlucky, unsure, unload). Bonus Words; reproduce,
offspring, life cycle, sway, rotate
Monday: Science Quiz on Chapter 3
Tuesday: Math quiz on Chapter 9
Thursday: Math quiz on Unit 3