Wrapping up 3rd Quarter

Here are a few highlights from the week:

Religion - Wrapped up our study of prophets and kings.  We will finish the quarter with student-choice of OT Bible stories.

Literature - On Thursday, we began a mini-unit on disabilities.  Inspired by our reading from Helen Keller, we simulated deafness in a lip reading activity and began to explore sign language. 

English - Reviewing punctuation and capitalization rules.  Students were amazed at how much more there is to learn about English when we explored exercises at the Grammar Bytes website.

T- Math:  the Fraction S.O.S. - If you follow the SHAPE, OPERATE, SIMPLIFY model, fraction and mixed number operations make sense!!

Grandparents' Day: Practicing a skit in the style of an old-fashioned Radio Drama.  Students are either acting, creating posters, sound effects, music or performing in commercials for the skit for the morning program in the church basement.  We hope many Grandparents and Special Friends can attend.  Students:  if you volunteered to bring in a prop or costume piece, please have it to school as soon as possible.


Auction donation
Please continue to send in items for our coffee basket.  Here's the original list from our room moms with updates:

2 New Coffee Mugs

2 New Travel Mugs

2 Bags of Coffee 1 donated

Non-refrigerated Creamer 1 French Vanilla donated

1 Bag of Disposable Travel Coffee Cups

Starbucks Gift Cards - 1 donated

Bread Company Gift Cards

Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

Hot Chocolate 1 box Swiss Miss and some specialty individual cocoas donated

Biscotti

* of course a coffee machine would be great too :) 

Please consider attending the auction on April 4.  It's a fun time and a great way to help support the students.

Tissues please!!
We are running low on tissues in our classroom.  If you are able to spare a box, please send one it.  Thanks!