Thank you!

Thank you to all those who were able to make donations for our Valentine celebration!  The students had a fun time sharing Valentines and enjoying snacks. 

Also, thank you to those who were able to donate toward the Penny Drive.  Mrs. Taplin collected all the money from the K-2 classrooms today.  We will get a total later on.  I know the receiving family is very grateful for all the help this community has offered. 

I have added new links to my Blog page.  There is a link for IXL, and also a link for Sheppard Software, an educational game site.
Have a great vacation!

February News

We have a new Practicum Student in our classroom!  Her name is Miss Cameron.  Miss Cameron is a student at Husson, and will be working on her 30 hour Practicum placement in our classroom.  She will be observing, helping, and eventually teaching her own lessons.  Miss Cameron will mostly be in on Wednesday mornings.

Thank you to Emily's mom, Mrs. Faulkingham, who has been coming in every other Friday in the afternoon to help with typing up student writing.  You have been a great help!

In math this month, we are continuing to work with subtracting 2 digit numbers.  Now we are challenged with thinking about all that we know.  When we see a paper with mixed problems on it, we have to think about everything we know about adding and subtracting to help us come up with the answers.  We will soon take a short break from adding and subtracting, and focus on basic fractions.

In Social Studies we are learning about the US Constitution, and will soon be discussing Presidents Lincoln and Washington.  This will tie in with the reading and writing concept of the genre "biography".  In Reading, we are taking a closer look at nonfiction and the features of nonfiction (what is a caption, diagram, fact box, etc).  After February vacation, in Science we will look at the Rain Forest habitat.  We will learn about the layers of the rain forest, plant and animal life, the importance of the rain forest, endangered animals, and the interconnectedness of life in that habitat.  Students will learn how to do research and write their own nonfiction book about a rain forest animal of their choice.  

Don't forget:  February 20 - 24 is school vacation!