Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. I shared a section on Dr. King, Tuesday, from an autographed copy of Kadir Nelson's new book entitled,
Heart and Soul, the Story of America and African Americans. Besides being an excellent historical text the book has AMAZING illustrations. Take a look the next time you are in our room.
Speaking of our room here is a picture of our new room arrangement. Everyone seems to like it.
This week we are discussing generalizations in our reading mini lessons. Students will be looking for generalizations during our read to self time each day. We have completed our preassessment for our new math unit on data and graphs. Students will be grouped based on the data from their performance on the preassessment and new groups will begin on Thursday.
Weather test will be Friday. Students should be bringing home their science journal and binder with science handouts each evening to study. We will also spend two days reviewing in class. Friday is of course the last day of the second quarter. Report cards will go out next week.
A quick reminder to those who have signed up to chaperone our DC trip. Please plan to meet with the fifth grade teachers on Wed Jan. 25th at 5:15 in Mr. Butler's room.
Good luck to our spelling bee finalists who will be participating in the JYJ School Spelling Bee next Wed evening!
Finally, hope everyone can come to CHARACTER EDUCATION NIGHT tomorrow Jan 19th from 5:15-8:00 pm.
