Newsletter Week of January 13

Note from the Teacher

       Welcome back!  Hope everyone is relaxed and rested from our long break.  We are excited to get back into the swing of things.   
      This week the students will select a famous  African American to research and study in honor of  Black History month coming soon.  We will work on this assignment both at school  and at home.   Project guidelines will be sent home with each student in Friday folders.  
Areas of Focus

Math: Fractions and Decimals Topic 9 

Reading:  Weekly Concept:  Being Resourceful
Essential Question:  How can learning about nature  be helpful? 
Skills: summarizing, theme, context clues

Genre:  Fantasy

Language Arts: Verb Tenses

Spelling: Words with open syllables  

Science:  Plants

Social Studies: Life in the English Colonies 
Famous Black American project due January 24
Upcoming Events

8th  - Hilton's birthday
11th - Caroline's birthday

20 - Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; No classes
28 - Book Buddies

Martin Luther King Jr.