February Begins

Hi Room 14 Families,

February is upon us...as usual, there is a lot to look forward to!

Feb. 14th is Valentines Day.  We will have a small celebration to share Valentines.  If you choose to have your son/daughter bring valentines, please make sure they bring one for every student in the class. We have 32 students.  I will send home a class list next week just in case your child is ambitious and wants to personalize their valentines.

Our field trip to the House of Blues is February 20th.  We can take a few parents, so if you are interested, please let me know.

We are finishing up our body projects in life science.  We will have one more class session to work on them in school, and then what is not complete will become homework.  Completed body projects will be due to me on Monday, February 10th.

We will have a small written assignment to close up our Using Your Wits unit.  The students will have to write about a person who they think used or uses their wits in a creative way.  This will go home the week of Feb. 10th after the science project is turned in.

Other than that, all goes well.  We have been working hard in class to write responses to literature using text based evidence to support our ideas.  This is a big, lofty task, and I have to say that I am really proud of the way your kids have stepped up to improve their writing.  Many of us did not do this kind of writing until middle or high school, but these kids are blowing me away each and every day.

Hope all is going well in your lives.

Tally Ho!
Phyllis