Winter Snowflakes!

 Today, we are going to make a project with a shoe box and a paper bag.Also, this whole month we are going to talking about poetry.This week, we also made... 3-D SNOWFLAKES! Here's the instructions: First,you take a square piece of paper and fold it in half.Next,you cut 3 lines toward the middle,but don't cut to the middle. Next,unfold it and tape the cut ends into a tube back and forth,back and forth,until you don't have any paper left.Next,repeat these steps 5 more times. Then, staple all of the ends together.Lastly, hang by a string somewhere and enjoy this fun winter project!
reported by: Kaden

Genre Tickets

Our classes latest project has been working on genre tickets. Genre tickets are little multi colored tickets with each genre on one of the tickets. two genres have been left out on accident so the class has not read all of the genres but we have read most of the genres. If you turn in five tickets tickets you get a McDonalds meal. If you turn all of the tickets you get a Sub Way meal! All of the tickets are due on Jan 31 if you want the prize!

Reported by Ryan

February Newsletter

Language arts:

This month we are moving from studying non-fiction into a poetry unit! We will be studying features of poetry then we will make our own poetry books featuring original works by each student.

Also-because I am such a benevolent teacher J, I have extended the deadline of our genre tickets project! Prizes will still be given through this month for reading 5 and 9 books. This is, however, a graded project, so do check up on your child’s progress!

Art:

We have a special guest coming to share a fun art project just in time for Valentine’s day! In order to participate, your child will need:

·         A shoebox or similar sized box

·         A paper bag

·         Glue

Time to Restock!

As we begin 3^rd quarter, check with your child to see if he/she needs a replacement for any of the following. I have had a growing number of students needing to borrow my supplies because theirs have disappeared or are used up!

·         Spelling/writing notebooks (1 for each)

·         Pencils

·         Glue sticks

·         Scissors

Work Check

Just a reminder for our 3^rd quarter: spelling choices/reading log entries (4/wk) are due each Thursday. Late work will be accepted for one week then will remain an F. The biggest reason grades changed last quarter was due to whether or not students remembered their Thursday work. Don’t forget to check our class blog for links to spelling and reading homework in case it is forgotten!