What a busy week we have had!  This week we had two programs we were able to watch.  We were able to watch a Mad Science program and the students enjoyed watching the science demonstrations. Today we had 4th and 5th graders from Murchison Elementary in Pflugerville show us their fantastic jump roping skills!  WE are still reading, reading, reading!  I am so proud of our class and how they are challenging themselves to read good, on their level, chapter books!  Ask your child how many books they have read this week!

Reading Workshop-  We will continue our unit on poetry. This week we will focus on alliteration and counting syllables.  This is going to lead us into reading haiku poems.  We will also look at acrostic poems this week. 

Writing Workshop-  We will begin writing poems this week. We have spent the week looking at objects with "poet's eyes" and "scientists eyes" .  We went out to our garden and one of our friends described the daffodils as " hands that reach out to grab me".  Another student described the portable as having " windows as clear as crystals!"   Wow!  I am excited to see how they use these descriptions to write their poems. 

Math-   We will continue  our unit on money.  This week we will  use our money skills to help us add and subtract in a problem solving situation. 

Science- Today we began our unit on natural resources.  We will continue natural resources and end the week learning about seasons and weather.  

Class Celebrations- Chris is our Star of the Week! Great job, Chris!   Juliana lost a tooth this week!  She is the first one to lose a tooth in February!  

Don't forget that spring pictures are Tuesday, February 9!

Mrs. King