January 6, 2013

Hi, Everyone, It looks like it is going to be a warmer week - so we will be going outside. Boots are really essential, and ski pants if your child wants to go on the playground or snow banks. We do not wear ski pants at the snack recess which is short, but we do wear boots. If you want to send in slippers or sneakers to keep at school for the winter, that might be helpful. It is a full week - so we will be having a spelling pretest on Monday, and the final test on Friday. Some students may get 5 extra words instead of 10 if they do well on the pretest. I notice that 10 is too challenging for some, even though they get all the pretest words correct. The pretest words tend to be easy because they follow a pattern. This week we are beginning a study of non-fiction animal books. After a few days of reading about animals in the books, and in the science book, each child will choose an animal to research and write about. Happy January!