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Weather Watchers

During our literacy study this week, we will continue comparing different versions of the Cinderella story, and we will be discussing how the culture of a particular country affects the elements of the story. In Science, we will continue learning about the tools for measuring weather, and we will continue to collect data about our daily weather. The tools that we will focus on using this week are a rain guage and an anemometer, which measures wind speed.  In Math, we will continue with our study of fractions. We will be playing some games with fractions and creating group projects with fractions. Keep practicing with fractions at home, if you can.   

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Reminders:

• Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. We do play outside everyday, so clothes and shoes that are easy to move in are always a good idea.
• Please return the permission slip and payment for our field trip to Marbles museum. You can pay $20 for both trips now or pay $10 dollars for this field trip and pay for the other one later.

 Looking Ahead:

• Thursday, February 9: Spring Pictures
• Tuesday, February 14: Love Our World Day
• Friday, February 17: Early Release day
• February 20-21: Teacher Workdays

This Week’s Specials:   Monday: Spanish, Tuesday: Art, Wednesday: Spanish,  Thursday: Science Lab, Friday: PE

Homework January 30- February 3

Reading: Please read for at least 20 minutes each night. Remember that really reading is the number one thing each of us can do to grow our minds and become excellent readers! If you want an extra reading challenge, use your reading time at home to prepare a book talk about a book you have really enjoyed. Let Ms. Thompson know if you have a book talk that you want to present to the class. *Remember to record your reading in the Reading Log section of your agenda.

Math:   Monday-Thursday: Fractions, Fractions, Fractions!!!

Spelling Words January 30 – February 3

R-controlled Vowels– er

List 1:  Herd, After, Under, Nerd, Serve, Teacher, Water, Fever, Fern, Ever

List 2: Verse, General, Conserve, Certain, verb, Mermaid, Perky, Pertain, Bakery, Western