week of Feb. 22 - 25, 2011

Happenings for the Week of February 21- 25, 2011
Please note that school will not be in session on Monday, Feb. 21, due to the President’s Day holiday. School will resume on Tuesday, Feb 22. It will be day 4 in our four day cycle. We will have computer class.
Next week in phonics we will be covering the letter Dd. Instead of show and tell, we will have dinosaur presentations. In your child’s folder you will find an explanation of our dinosaur project and the dinosaur that has been assigned to your child. We will have our presentations on Friday, Feb. 25. Also, the next word list will be sent home today. Please continue to review the words each evening. I will be testing the children also on Friday the 25th of Feb.
In math, we are going to be comparing objects by length and ordering them from shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest. We will also be reviewing the AB and ABB patterns.
In reading, we will be finishing our story “Hyde, Clyde” about an iguana. We will also be wrapping up Unit 3 and will take an assessment of basic reading skills at the end of the week.
Scholastic book orders have been sent home this past week. If you would like to place an order, please send it in by Friday, Feb. 25th. We are also collecting money until the end of February to benefit the local animal shelter that was destroyed by fire. If you have any spare change and would like to donate, please send it in with your child by the end of February. Thank you to all of you who have already sent in a donation.