February is Finally Here!

Thanks for a wonderful conference week! I enjoyed talking to each parent and I am already seeing improvements this week in work habits and behavior. Let me know if you have any questions that were not answered or addressed at our conference. You have great kids and feel vey blessed to have them in class this year!

A Few Reminders:
*Please return the "Tellus" permission slips by the end of the week. We appreciate any donations towards the trip. These slips were given out during conference.

*Picture Day is Thursday, Feb. 4th. Individual and class pictures will be made on this day. Send money in on this day only.

**Jump Rope for Heart is Friday, February 5th. Bring any donations in on this day, as well.

February Dates to Remember
Feb. 5- Bingo Night at Ford
Feb. 10- Media Center
Feb. 12- Science Lab
Feb. 15- Student Holiday
Feb. 17- Media Center
Feb. 18-19-Poetry Share
Feb. 24- Science Lab
Feb. 25- Curriculum Night
Feb. 26- Six Flags Reading Forms Due
Feb. 26-Mar. 5- Book Fair/ Desktop and Biography Reports Due

Subjects of Interest:
Reading: We will continue to read fiction and nonfiction and use summary techniques. Main idea will be identified as well as other elements, like setting, characters, problem, and solution.

Writing: Informational Writing, cursive handwriting....upper and lower case letters.

Language: adjectives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, sinigular and possessive nouns,

Math: Multiplication 35 second timed tests. Fractions and Decimals, Area and Perimeter, Money counting back change.

Social Studies: Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McLeod Bethune,
Rivers: Mississippi, Colorado, and Hudson

Science: Georgia Regions: Plants and Animals and what will happen if their habitats are
changed.

If you read this Blog, draw a red heart in your agenda.