1st Week of 3rd Quarter

It was great to see all the students back after the Christmas Break! We had a good first week back reviewing our procedures and learning some new things too.  In Reading, we reviewed each section of the Daily 5 and practiced them as a whole class.  We also introduced our Daily 5 Notebooks which will help us to keep track of our learning while we are reading.  We reviewed how to Check for Comprehension and how to Use Prior Knowledge to help us understand our reading more.  For Writing, we set goals for the new year and also wrote about our Christmas Break and the many fun activities.  In Math, we have started our Unit on Shapes and Lines.  This week we learned about points, lines, parallel lines, and polygons.  For Bible we started our study of Jesus' Miracles.  We learned about Jesus changing water into wine at a wedding and how he healed the official's son.  With each miracle we have seen how Jesus has great power and can do things that are impossible for a normal person to do.

Important Announcements:

1. Report Cards were sent home today.  Please return the Blue Envelope with your signature on the line for 2nd quarter by Tuesday.  It is only necessary to send in the envelope; the papers inside are for you to keep.  If you any questions or concerns please let me know.

2. Monday is KITE DAY for Elementary.  We will be flying our kites from 10:00-10:45am.  Students are asked to wear their Friendship Friday T-Shirts on that day.  Parents are welcome to come and help us fly our kites! :)

3. Next week is Spirit Week.  A paper was sent home today about each day.
    Monday - Crazy Hair Day/Mismatch Day
    Tuesday - Decades Day
    Wednesday - Class Color Day (ours is RED)
    Thursday - School Color Day (Red and White)

4. Character Parade is next FRIDAY from 9-10am.  A flier was sent home today with more information.  Students are asked to pick a character from a book to dress up as.  They need to be sure to bring the book along with them on Friday to show where their character comes from.

5. Our class Field Trip to the Aquarium is coming up on Friday, January 23rd.  More information will be sent home soon.

6. Spelling for the upcoming week: we will be practicing our Spelling Bee words for our class Spelling Bee the next week.

7. Bible Memory Verse for next week: "Lord my God, I called out to you for help. And you healed me."  Psalm 30:2

Have a wonderful weekend! :)