Weekly Blog Post #10

January 10, 2014

Written by:  Jasper & Jake

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Welcome back!  We hope you had a relaxing vacation.  2014 is here and we are ready to roll.

Announcement:

Big news!  As a classroom, we decided that our new years resolution is going to be (drum roll, please)....be more responsible!   To help students increase their responsibility, in preparation for Middle School, students will no longer be able to call their parents to bring their forgotten items to school (every day items such as folders, instruments, homework, boots etc).  We are working hard to become more independent and will try to remember all the things we need for the day, when packing our backpacks in the morning.

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, Jan. 17th - We are going on a field trip to the Maine State Museum and the Capital Building in Augusta.  Please make sure to pack your child a snack and a lunch (no glass bottles or peanuts).  Please return the permission slip, if you haven't already. 

Thursday, Jan. 16th - MAP testing (8:45am - 10am).  Math

Monday, Jan. 20th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no school

Thursday, Jan 23rd - MAP testing (8:45 - 10am).  Reading

Science:

This week we worked with Kinex to help us learn about motion and design.  Kinex are a bit like legos. We broke into groups and tried building different things.   There will be classroom experiments during this unit and Mrs. Parkin would love volunteers.  Be on the lookout for an e-mail from her with more information, dates and times.  

Math:

We are working on partial quotients and rounding and division.  If you'd like to help your child with math, but are a little confused with the new method, click here.   Here is the link.

Writing:

Each of the students have a blog (on kid blog).  We're writing a summary about The Young Man and the Sea, as well as our thoughts on the book.  The students are welcome to comment on each other's blogs.  Mrs. Parkin has instructed us to make detailed comments that need to be at least 2 sentences long and we must include 1 question, as well.  

Specials:  In PE, we started playing basketball, which is really fun!  In art, we are working with 3 dimensional shapes.

Have a nice weekend and we'll see you next week.