February 23rd - 27th, 2009

Sorry about not posting last week. The week started and before I knew it, the week was over. I hope that you all had a wonderful day off last Monday...and we are only 3 weeks away from Spring Break! I am already making plans to do some cleaning out!

This week in whole group we will be talking about U as in Umbrella. Look for us to do some work on the short u sound in words...like bug, rug, etc. We will also talk about Harriet Tubman and other Famous Black Americans. If you have anything that you would like to send to contribute, please feel free to do so! I will try to use whatever you send in!

This week in Math, we are going to skip ahead to Chapter 21 and talk about Fractions. So, get ready to start halving, thirding and quartering things around the kitchen. I find that food is a great way to teach these concepts and an easy way to incorporate helping at home.

Upcoming Events at Blount:

February 24th - Fifth grade writing assessment
March 2nd: **PICTURE FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN!!!**
March 2-6: Read Across America Week at Blount
More information below!
March 3rd: PTA
March 5th: Teacher Treat Day
March 6th: End of 3rd Nine weeks

**ALL picture forms MUST be turned in by March 2nd...any forms turned in after March 2nd, will be returned to the parent and they will have to order their pictures from the website. **

Read Across America Week at Blount:

March 2: Visiting Reader
March 3: Red, white, and black day-Students may wear clothing that is red, white, and/or black.
March 4: Book exchange with a friend-It can be a new or used book to exchange for GOOD!!!
March 5: Book Character Parade-1:30pm-(Come to school dressed as a character from a book).
March 6: Dr. Seuss book/culminating activity in the classroom.

I would like to mention that our class not only made Model Classroom a couple of weeks ago, we also made Master Classroom. So, we will continue to take tests and try to make Book It...but we should not have any more no test days for the rest of the year! Please remember to read with your child every night...we need to continue to read, as it will make the students more fluent. Please try to allow your child to do most of the reading at this point.

Hope you have a wonderful week...and get started making plans for your book character for the parade.

Ms. Messick