Bring in Valentines This Wednesday

Student's designed cars that can push or pull rocks.  More information on this project will be uploaded to Seesaw this week.

Music Informance - Thursday, February 15th
Thursday, February 15th our music instructor Ms. Huckabone is hosting an informance for the families of Room K-3 students in her classroom.  Come experience a performance and music lesson simultaneously!  The presentation is from 2:35 PM to 3:05 PM, you need to check in with the office beforehand.  This flyer has more information.

My Green School Art Contest
The My Green School Art Contest is open to all Michigan students grades K-5 and encourages young artists to show how their school is, or could be, green. Deadline for applications is March 31st.  If you child is interested check out this flyer for more information, the application is available here (scroll down). 

Chiptole Fundraiser Tomorrow
Every student has a small Chipotle flyer in their red folder today.  If you take that small flyer to the Chipotle at Briarwood tomorrow our school will receive a donation.

Valentine's Day is this Wednesday
Students will pass out valentines to each other this Wednesday, February 14th.  You can send your students Valentine cards in tomorrow or Wednesday.

Presidents Day Weekend
In observance of Presidents Day there is no school scheduled for this Friday, February 16th, and the following Monday, February 19th.

100th Day of School
Even though we had a couple of snow days, still try to bring in your 100th day of school project this Wednesday.

Curriculum Overview
Science -  This week are beginning a new project-based-unit on living things.  More information to come, this week we are thinking about what makes something 'living'.

Reading - Fiction books usually have story lines where a particular problem rises to a climax and then is resolved.  This week we will work on identifying and tracking those problems. Ask your students about the problems in It's Mine by Leo Lioni and Dumptruck Dash by Peter Bentley.

Writing - Students will learn to write personal letters and begin writing simple letters to their friends and family.

Math - In math we are learning about three dimensional shapes: cubes, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and rectangular prisms.  We will learn to identify those shapes and see how they compare to their 2 dimensional counterparts.  For example a cylinder has two flat surfaces that are circles.

Word Study - This week we are finishing up understanding long vowels sounds and specifically the silent e spelling pattern.   Look for a word sort on blue paper to go home tomorrow.  We will also begin listening for short vowel sounds in words.