Week of 1/7/13 - 1/11/13

Our good behavior “marble” party was a huge success. We got into the Christmas spirit watching The Muppet Christmas Carol. A great big thank you to Juliana's mom, Jackie's mom, and Emma's mom for bringing in all the healthy treats and drinks. You are all very appreciated!

Thank you, also, for all the terrific Christmas gifts. I am one spoiled lady with wonderful students AND parents!!

I hope you all have a joyous and healthy holiday. Enjoy your families and keep them close; I know I will. See you all in 2013!!

Coming up the week after the 2-week break:

Spelling: Pretest on Monday, Lesson 13; test on Friday. Cursive HW due Tuesday. Two challenge activities OR wb page 237 (Vol I) & write a story due Thursday.

English: We will take a break from our text book for a short time while we work on our New Year's resolutions and then write our autobiographies.

Reading: We will be reading Night of the Pufflings from our reading basals this week. We will also be exploring facts and opinions. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Social Studies: We are starting chapter 3, “People Move from Place to Place” this week.

Science: We continue chapter 11, Properties of Matter. Lesson 3 “How Does Matter Change” will be read and discussed on Monday and Tuesday. There will be an open book/note graded review on Thursday. The chapter 11 test will be on Tuesday, 1/15.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: There will only be 3 days of math the week we return because MAPs testing will be going on. We'll continue chapter 20 with measurement on Monday. There will be a checkpoint quiz on Thursday. We'll then continue the chapter the following week. Thursday, 1/17, is our tentative test date for chapter 20.

Important Dates:

12/21 – Winter break starts at the end of the day

1/9 – Reading MAPs testing (Mrs. Klacza)

1/11 – Math MAPs testing (Mrs. Klacza)

1/14 - “Matter Matters” in-school field trip

1/21 – Martin Luther King Jr. bday – Day off

Have a great holiday break! Mrs. Klacza