To be Completed by Feb. 5th

Bring in a shoebox or a cereal box by class!  We will be decorating and making Valentine's Boxes.

Valentine's Party on Feb 12th!  
Feel free to being in a treat or snack to share.  If you need a copy of the class roster, just let me know!

Grammar 

• Study your grammar cards!  They should be able to tell you all of the definitions and lists at this point.  If not, make sure they work on them so they don't fall behind!
• We will be having a big review game (with prizes) soon!  If they are not able to recognize the parts of speech from their grammar cards, it will be a lot less fun!
• We learned about conjunctions in class, and we added this definition to our grammar card list.  Watch this video about conjunctions!

We talked about "and, but, & or" in class, but there are other conjunctions.  Here are some others:

• Now, try this game!

Poetry

• Keep studying your poem!!  You should be close to having the entire thing memorized.  We will be doing a super fun project with it on Feb 12th, so work hard to commit it to memory!

Science

• You will be putting together your forest habitat flap book this week.  
• First, read and color the pages.
• Then, cut and glue the book together.
• Bring it back to class so we can see them!

Handwriting 

• Complete pages 60-63

History-

• This week, I want you to think back on all of the things that we learned from our Colonial America unit.  You will be using the folded piece of construction paper in your red folder to complete a "Thank You" activity. 
• See the instructions below:

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Journal-

• We are going to do a little bit of non-fiction writing in our journals this week!
• Here are your choices:
• In our story, A Mouse Called Wolf, the little mouse's full name is Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse.  He was named after a very famous person!  Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?  Look it up (with help from your parents) and write about him, his accomplishments, and his life.
• Sometimes fictional stories like A Mouse Called Wolf uses actual places, historical events, or information. Do some research (with your parents' help) and find out if Steinway and Sons is a real piano store.  Write about it and share it with the class next week!
• In our reading, the little mouse tried to sing for the first time ever.  The song that he was singing was one of the Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn.  With your parents' help, find out about these songs... and listen to them if you can!  Write about the songs and share what you find out in class next week!

Math Enrichment

• We have now added the 6's song to our list of songs to know!  You guys are doing GREAT!!!  Use your cd or the link at the top of the page... and sing it so often you drive everyone crazy!  :-)