February 4th-8th

Reminders: 
Our Valentine Party is next Week on Thursday from 2:00-2:45
Please join us if you can. You child will get a note with 
their classmates names this Tuesday to
Make their Valentine's.

Monday - February 4th - Class Picture Day
Wednesday-February 13th- Spirit Night- Newk's
Thursday- February 14th- Valentine Day Party
Monday and Tuesday- February 18th and 19th- Student Holidays
March 18th-22nd - Spring Break 


Homework:
Read nightly - 20 minutes
Dreambox- 10 minutes a night
Spelling- 5 minutes or as needed
Writing- Ungraded optional prompts
1. Where would you like to go on a field trip and why?

2. Your class gets to suggest food for the lunch menu one day next week.
Write an essay to convince the principal to choose your favorite food for the menu.
Use reasons and examples to show why your favorite food is the best choice.

3. What book are you reading right now, and what is it about?
Would you recommend it to someone else?

Reading-
We have wrapped up our unit on folktales and will be returning
to studying expository texts.
We will study cause and effect, compare and
contrast and sequencing.
We will look at captions, heading, subheadings and
summarizing expository text.
We will also be reading with our partners on new
books for reading workshop.

Writing-
We have started back on expository writing. We will be focused this week mainly on using
boxes and bullets to plan and organize our writing.

Spelling-
We have new spelling words this week and will test in two weeks. Remind your
child to also study at home.

Social Studies-
We will be testing over Texas becoming a state and the Mexican American War.
We will then be starting the unit over the Civil War in Texas and its impact.