February 6

The Family Friday project was such a great activity! The kids worked intently and carefully to make beautiful replicas of cultural costumes. We must thank Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Deeble-Jackson for putting this activity together! If you have not sent in the five dollars for the craft materials Mrs. Harris purchased, please do so by next week. Thank you!

Here's what to expect for next week:

• There will be Dance on Monday and Wednesday. Please have your child dressed for movement on these days. 
• We will begin Biography Book Clubs this week. The children have done excellent work with their groups, talking about Mystery stories and using text evidence to support their theories. Keeping the same routines, we will shift our reading to Biographies. As we study extraordinary individuals, we will look at major events in a person's life and the effects it created. We will examine the person's character traits and the significance of the individual's achievements as we look for themes in the biography.
• The Unit 8 math test will be given on Thursday. The Mid Chapter Checkpoint was given out today. Please take some time to review it with your child and try some of the math games using the IXL link found on the bottom right. 

Have an excellent weekend!