Slow But Steady...

Some things in life just take longer than you think they will.

Math and Vocabulary
We are still working on the data surveys and making graphs in math.
We are still working on the vocabulary words from last week and will test on them this week.

Spelling
This weeks spelling concentrates on the dipthongs of "oy and oi". As a general rule the "oy" is in the middle or at the end of words and the "oi" is in the middle or at the beginning of words. Examples: joy, boy, soy, loyal, royal oil, oink, boil, soil, foil, spoil.

SS
In Social Studies we are studying time lines. The children will be making time lines of their life and of an average day. We will touch on time lines of various historical events.

Writing
Right now we are really trying to improve our writing skills. Today the students edited some of my writing and some of their own writing. I am encouraging them to write more. As this applies to their "News of the Week" if they are normally writing one sentence I am asking them to write 3-4 sentences. If they are normally writing one paragraph I am asking them to write 2-4 paragraphs. We are also working on doing better at remembering correct use of capitals and punctuation and checking our own spelling. Some of the students handwriting has really improved since the beginning of the school year. Others are still in need of some real effort to improve their handwriting.

Africa Reports and Projects
I hope you are helping your child read about their Africa topic. If they will keep notes each night in the Note Journal that I sent home last week they should then be able to use those notes to write their report. Each day when the Journal is sent back to school with an entry in it they will be rewarded with a token. I am trying to encourage this so that the project doesn't get left until the last minute. I want it to be an enjoyable learning experience for the students.

Heads Up For Next Week
Next week we will celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday on Tuesday and our 100th Day of School on Thursday. If your child or your family have any Dr. Seuss books they can bring them to school on Monday. (Please make sure their name or your family name is in the books.) We will be trying to read 100 books in school next week as part of our 100th week celebration. I will read a few to the class, they will each read 3-4 books and they may even read to each other or to me for us to accomplish our goal. We will also do several other activities related to 100.

Our keyword for this week is "February Final Week". I hope that those of you who read this copy of the blog will find it informative and helpful. I would hope more of you would join us for the online version each week. Thanks for all you are each doing to help your child to be successful in school.