Good afternoon!

We had a nice day back to school today.  We started off the day by copying down the new weekly spelling words and working in spelling books.  The children worked on comprehension, suffixes, special sounds and hard and soft sounds in language.  During math the children had a review of multi-digit adding and subtracting, as well as graphing.  We started a new unit today in science called Life Cycles.  Today we discussed what a life cycle is, who/what has a life cycle, and the specific stages of the life cycle of a flower.  Ask you child tonight to tell you what they know about how a flower grows!  They also went to french and art classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, and Letters and Sounds page 109 - 110.

Important information:  Tomorrow the bake sale item is going to be fudge!  If you would like your child to purchase fudge at lunch recess please send them to school with $1.50.  The funds go towards the Haiti Relief fund.

Please send in any tin cans you might have at home.  I am collecting empty tin cans for an upcoming science project.  Ideally, they will be the larger size (think Campbell's Chunky Soup cans) but any can will do.  If you have multiple cans, please send them in case a child does not have one.  I would like them for use on Wednesday.

Keep your children's pledges coming in!  Children are being entered into a school draw, a classroom draw, and given house points anytime they bring in any money for the skate-a-thon!

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson