Miss Pellin's Post
February 9th through February 13th

On Thursday, February 12th we will celebrate Valentine's Day.  If students choose to pass out Valentine's Day cards, they should get a card for everyone in the class.  There are 21 students in the class. 

There will be an early dismissal on Wednesday, February 11th.  Students will be dismissed at 11 a.m.  Also, there will not be school on Friday, February 13th or on Monday, February 16th.

The Twenty-third Week at School:

Science: We will continue the study of matter in chapter 11.  

Social Studies:  We will continue the study of chapter 3 on customs and immigration. Students are learning about ethnic neighborhoods.  

Math:  We will finish the study of topic 7 on the meaning of division.  Topic 7 study guides are due on Wednesday, February 11th.  The topic 7 test will be on Thursday, February 12th.  

Students have already started taking timed multiplication tests.  All students have passed their multiplication by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's test.  Some students still need to pass their multiplication by 4's test.  Other students have already passed their 4's test and are on 6's.  They have 3 minutes to complete 24 problems.  Students will have 5 days to pass each multiplication test which they  take daily.  If they pass in less than 5 days then they will move on to a new fact.  Students should be practicing their facts every night.  They will be tested on facts in the following order:

-4's
-6's
-7's
-8's
-9's
-11's
-12's

Spelling:  There will not be spelling this week.

Reading: We will continue our unit on traditions.  This week we are studying theme versus main idea.  We will work in our Daily 5 stations on various reading strategies while reading good fit articles and/or books.  

English:   We will work on autobiographies.  We will also study adjectives.  

Things to Remember:
Monday 2/9:  Teacher requested conferences
Tuesday 2/10:  Teacher requested conferences

Thursday 2/12:  There will be a math test.
Friday 2/13:  There will not be school.