February

The month of February has come and gone in no time. The students have been very busy and are looking forward to spring.

In social studies we have had a few areas of focus. The students have been following the Olympics and each picked a country to highlight and learn about. Ask your child what their country is. We also spent time with Galleon. The students have reached the New World and are ready to bring the gold back to Spain, except for those pesky English Privateers, they are set on taking the gold from the Spanish Galleon ships. The students are using latitude and longitude to navigate back across the ocean.

In Reading/Language Arts the students continue to build stamina in Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, and Work on Writing. We have also started new strategy groups reading Suspense/Adventure books. Ask your child what their book is about.

In math students have been working on fractions, money, and geometry.

February 1-5

We finally got outside for recess. Last week was tough when we did not get a chance to get some fresh air, but this week was great.

The students have been using social studies time to prepare for student led conferences. For those of you I saw on Thursday night thank you for coming. The kids did a tremendous job!! I am looking forward to seeing the rest of you on Tuesday.

During Writer's Workshop students are working on fictional writing. We talked about how authors take real life events and turn them into stories. We also discussed the different genres of writing.

At Language Arts time the students have been working on our Daily 4. We also have started to add the CAFE, this stands for comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expand vocabulary. The students have a new strategy for comprehension and accuracy, ask your child about these.

Math continues to focus on fractions, decimals, greatest common factors, and least common multiplies.

Have a great weekend!!!!!