News From Room 207

Week of 4/8/13

Our top readers for March were Tom with 3.416 minutes, Maya with 2,623 minutes, and Mattisa with 2.610 minutes. Great job everyone! 10 students still need to turn in their reading calendars for March. Please check in with your children to see if they have done so. Please encourage your children to show their school spirit each day this week by dressing up for the daily theme.

Important Dates
4/8 Monday Wax Museum Book due 4/9 Tuesday Early Release Day 4/9 Math Club Tuesday 8:00AM

March 8 Monday PJ Day (Wear comfortable, appropriate pajamas!) March 9 Tuesday What NOT to Wear Day

March 10 Wednesday Sports Day (Wear any appropriate sports clothing!) March 11 Thursday -Red Carpet Day March 12 Friday - Color Day

4/10 Wednesday Mock Math MCAS 4/11 Thursday States and Capitals Quiz RETAKE 4/15-19 Spring Vacation 4/24
Wax Museum Organizer Due

(K- orange; 1st-purple; 2nd-red, 3rd-green; 4th-blue) A quick reminder that our States and Capitals RETAKE quiz is on Thursday of this week. I am looking forward to a great week and I hope you have a relaxing vacation. Warmly, Sandra Travers

April Birthdays

Specials
Monday-Art Tuesday-PE Wednesday-Health Thursday-Music Friday-Chorus Media Dates: Every Other Tuesday
4/23, 5/7, 5/21

Quote of the Week

4/6 Maya 4/13 Jacob 4/28 Max

Snack/Recess daily at ~10:45am Lunch 12:05-12:40pm Our number is 100.

Life is like a trumpet. If you dont put anything into it, you wont get anything out of it. ~W.C. Handy

Read Aloud TBA Science This week, we will see if electricity travels from our power source (a D-cell) into our receiver (small light bulb) and back to the source by way of a circuit.

Math We will complete Unit 9 this week. Please check in with your child to be sure they have completed the study link as well as the assigned math boxes each night. Social Studies Our Midwest journeys end this week with the children completing their Midwest Travel postcard! After that, it is on to the Wild, Wild West! English Language Arts We will continue to look at using visualization as a tool to help us better understand what the author is sharing with us in poetry this week. Additionally, we will write our own poetry about where we are from.