Week of February 18-22, 2013

Hello Room 4 Families!
We had a great week in room 4. Thank you to all of you who helped this week, especially with the 100th Day and Valentines activities. The kids had a super time.

Important Dates:
Monday, February 18: Presidents' Day, no school
Friday, February 22: Free dress
Friday, February 22-Friday, March 1: parent/teacher conferences and shortened days. The kids will be dismissed from the cafeteria at 12:20.

I am working on scheduling a field trip to the State Capitol to go with our next unit, Red, White,and Blue. The tentative date for this will be Friday, March 8 in the morning. I just need to secure buses, and will keep you posted on this. If you would like to attend this trip and you have been fingerprinted, please let me know.
I would like to have 5-6 chaperones.

Language Arts:
This week we will finish up our Stick to It unit.
We will review previously introduced sounds as well as focus on the /l/ sound.
New sight word: my
The kids will be finishing up their opinion pieces on their favorite story we read during this unit.

Math:
We are continuing our unit on numbers to 30. This week we will begin estimating.

Science:
This week we will finish the animals unit by talking about how animals grow from babies to full-grown animals.

Parent/Teacher conferences: I apologize for not scheduling these sooner! To be honest, the date snuck up on me. Please watch for an email about this soon. During these conferences I will share your child's report card and most recent work and answer any questions you have.

Thanks again, parents for everything! Enjoy your 3-day weekend!