Friday, January 16, 2015

Friday Letter January 16, 2015

Dear Parents:

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful week!

We are running low on some general supplies.  If you could donate an item or two, it would be greatly appreciated:  Tissues, markers (most of ours are dry), pencils

Next Wednesday and Thursday, I will not be in school.  I will be attending a professional development in Bedford, NH.  Felicia Motherway will be the substitute.

Here is a re-cap of what we did this week:

Math: We continued our measurement unit.  Students measured pictures of fish with inch tiles.  Each type of fish had to be a certain length for it to be a keeper.  On Thursday, students designed their own fish and decided how long it needed to be to be a keeper.

Reading:  Students participated in their weekly reading centers.  This week, I read two more Piggie and Elephant books: We Are in a Book, and I Love My New Toy!.

Writing:  Students began writing their own Piggie and Elephant books.  They started to organize the main components of a story on a graphic organizer.  Next week, students will begin writing the dialogue for their plays.

Science: Students continued to explore what transparency, translucent, & opaque mean with light experiments.

Social Studies: I have been reading Chinese folktales to the students during read aloud.  We have also been reading non-fiction books about China.  Students have been comparing and contrasting Chinese culture w/ American culture.  This week, students made beautiful koi fish with crayon-resist.

Have a wonderful long weekend!  Andrea

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