Math- We wrapped up adding and subtracting related fractions and mixed numbers with a quiz on Friday. The girls should be proud of their efforts to learn this material. I will continue to stress the importance of taking neat, detailed, and accurate notes as we continue to discuss multiplying a fraction by a whole number and explore more word problems this coming week.
Language Arts- The girls enjoyed reading the poems Blinded by Sight and Beach Party. Blinded by Sight connects to Black History Month and Beach Party was a great example of the use of symbolism in poetry. It also references the Lost City of Atlantis, so we read some Greek mythology as well. It turns out many of the girls LOVE mythology, so we will plan to read more stories in the future. In addition, we talked about the life of the African American poet Langston Hughes, and they chose a poem of his to analyze and illustrate. Finally, we discussed several suffixes that are found on the end of nouns (i.e. -ment, -ness, -ence etc.) and the root audi-/aud-. The winner for this week's prefix challenge will be announced on Monday.
We had a Big/Little Sister event on Thursday, and the girls enjoyed playing Yoshi tag in the gym. On Friday, Mr. Tullner led our Cluster Chapel. To kick-off Black History Month, the girls read mini-biographies of prominent black women and shared information about these women. We will be doing several other activities this month to celebrate the contributions and struggles of black individuals throughout history...so stay tuned!
Reminders and General Information
Information needing a parent response is highlighted.
**Parent How-To Videos for accessing Quia, Newsela, and That Quiz!
**The Family Life class will be taught by Nurse Blanton in February. Here is the letter from Dr. Kapetanis, which outlines more information about this event.
**Homework- for family planning
**For Valentine's Day- The girls will need to bring in a valentine for each classmate and a box to collect their valentines. They can be as creative as they would like. They are welcome to bring in valentines for girls in other classes as well as any teacher or staff member. Also, we will have another Wordly Wise Dress Up on this day. Put your thinking caps on and get creative!
**Our class chapel is February 25th.
**Carpool Helper(s)- Ruthie and Julianna will represent our class.
**Special Week- Ruthie
Class Leadership Week of 2/4/19
Ambassadors/Flag Raisers- Maeve and Serpell
Girls: Your blog question is...What will we be doing on Valentine's Day? Post your answers here.
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