We also had a lot of fun on Thursday learning about Chinese New Year (which began on Thursday)! We read an informational piece teaching us all about this holiday! Then, in Art, the children had a tea party and put on a play to celebrate! There are pictures of this at the bottom of this newsletter!
And today we celebrated the upcoming SUPERBOWL!!! We talked about the Roman Numeral XLV, the children predicted which team they think is going to win, and we played some math games with a football!!!
We made footballs out of construction paper and ate some snacks, too!
Here are some other things we learned this week:*Bible - We talked about the times that the Bible tells us Jesus prayed, discussed the importance of prayer, and began learning the Lord's Prayer to a song! We will continue to learn this song next week!
*Reading/Science - We continued to studey dinosaurs through our reading of a selection entitled Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear? While reading, we focused on the strategy making predictions, and we also discussed cause and effect.
*Writing - We reviewed the elements of poetry and wrote LOVE POEMS this week! We also wrote fictional stories about Groundhog Day! These came out GREAT!!!
*Math - We practiced adding and subtracting with regrouping, greater than/less than, reading temperatures on thermometers, fractions, identifying what fraction of a dollar different coins are, and putting numbers in order from least to greatest & greatest to least.
*Language Arts - We practiced contractions this week! We also reviewed adjectives, adverbs, singular & plural nouns, and present & past tense linking/helping verbs.
*Social Studies - We continued to discuss the pioneers, and we worked on some map skills, too!
Here are a few reminders/announcements:
*At our faculty meeting this week, we teachers were reminded that we need to be enforcing our school's dress code---sooooo...please be sure that your child is in dress code each and every day! Mrs. Kirkonnel will be calling parents whose children are not complying to bring the proper attire to school so that their child can change. Thanks so much! If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me! :o)
*Thanks so much for sending in used books to help the 5th graders earn money for their camping trip! The sale will be next week. The books are VERY REASONABLE, so be sure to send your child to school ON TUESDAY (our library day) with a couple of dollars to buy some GREAT BOOKS!
*Our Valentine Party will be on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH from 12:15 to 1:30. There is a list of children in our class at the bottom of this newsletter to help your child fill out Valentine cards for the class! See the sign-up sheet on our classroom door in case you'd like to send in some goodies for this fun day! A wonderful parent sent in Valentine Boxes for each child to put their valentines in, but if your child wants to make his/her own out of a shoebox at home, that's fine, too!
*On Friday, March 4th, we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss! (March 2nd will be Dr. Seuss' birthday!) Your child will have the opportunity to come to school dressed to look like a character from a Dr. Seuss book that day. I just wanted to give you a "Heads-up" so that you can be on the look-out for costumes!!!
*Our FIELD TRIP to the Science Center will be NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH. The cost for this trip is $5.00 per student---PLEASE SEND THIS IN ASAP IF YOU HAVEN'T YET! Thanks! :o) We will leave school that day around 10:30 and return to school between 12:30 and 12:45. PLEASE BE SURE TO PACK YOUR CHILD A LUNCH THAT DAY AS WE'LL BE EATING WHEN WE RETURN TO SCHOOL AND HOT LUNCH WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE! We will have a small snack in the morning before we leave so the children won't feel hungry while we're there. There is no limit on how many chaperones can come with us on this trip, so if you'd like to come, we'd love to have you!!!
*Grandparents' Day will be on FEBRUARY 24TH.
Since the children and I talked a lot about prayer this week, I spent some time thinking about it. How AWESOME it is that the King and Creator of the Universe chooses to listen to us! No matter what concern we bring before His throne, we can be sure that He hears us and He cares.
Have a wonderful weekend!
In Christ's Name,
Mrs. Corsino
PS NEXT WEEK'S STAR AUTHOR WILL BE AVA!!!
SECRET WORD: CHINA!!!
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