Thursday, January 9, 2014

It's so cold!

Happy New Year Everyone,
     This year has been crazy already with the weather.  One day we have snow, the next ice and after that rain.  It has been a cause for a lot of inside recesses.  The kids are doing great!
     This month is exciting for our class as they have been waiting and waiting to choose the animal that they would like to study.  This month is when it all happens.  They will choose an animal and we will study mammals for six weeks.  They will work with a partner and answer a series of 6 questions.  We will put all the answers together to create a research paper.  At the end they will do a project to match their reports.  Hopefully we will be ready to display our work during our March open house.  You can help your child by downloading any information you can about the animal they chose.  Thank you so much.  
     January 17th is the half way point to the second trimester.  Be looking for progress reports to be coming home on January 24th.   
     The students are reading and writing up a storm.  Again, thank you so much for making sure they do their homework each night.  Your help is only enhancing their learning.  Hope all is well and again if you have any questions do not hesitate to give me a call here at school. 
                                      Mrs. Nickerson