February 22, 2016

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• Thank you to everyone who donated or came to our Valentine’s Day party. Everything was wonderful and we appreciate your time and generosity very much. I think all of the chocolate faces were evidence enough of the good time everyone was having.  I would also like to thank the class for the beautiful flower arrangement, it was lovely.
• Next Thursday, February 25^th, COSI comes to Chippewa! COSI will talk about the Incredible Human Body.  We will be eating lunch in the classrooms that day so if your child is buying a lunch there will only be first choice available that day and for packers milk will still be available. It should be a fun filled day for the children.  Be sure to ask your child all about it that night.
• We have come to the end of Unit 3 in Language Arts, so next week we will be assessing the skills we have learned. There will be a section on reading comprehension, a section on writing skills, a section on grammar and the children will be asked to write a paragraph.  We will do a little bit of the assessment each day so that it does not become overwhelming.
• In Math we are still working on Chapter 9: Properties and Equations. We are continuing to learn and practice the Distributive Property of Multiplication this week and we will move into multiplying more than two factors. 
• In Social Studies this week we will continue to talk about goods and services and producers and consumers.

Reminders:

• Current Events are due March 11, 2016
• Please remember your child's reading log is their homework so they should be filling out each time they read. Last week I had quite a few missing reading logs. When students bring in their reading log late they do not receive full credit.
• Keep practicing multiplication facts at home. We have approximately 6 students who have made it through all of their facts. If your child has been on a certain belt of facts for several weeks please make sure they are practicing at home, I have been sending home practice sheets each week for additional practice. 
• This week for spelling the children will be able to choose three activities to complete their practice, it will be due on Thursday.
• No vocabulary words this week.