NIghtly Writing is Back

Yes, we are continuing with our nightly writing once again after a break. Since the first go round, we have been doing lots of editing in our Language weekly DOL's so now it will be fun to see all this in independent action through the nightly writing. As always there won't be any for the weekend.
The sharing of biographies was FANTASTIC. The projects looked great and I know the kids learned a lot about their historical figures as well as we did during sharing time. I am putting together a Smilebox with these and will post them when I get them.
I got a new camera for my birthday so I can post pictures again YIPPEEE!
This week we are working hard on main idea/details, character analysis, along with writing I-V_F summaries in our individual book clubs.
In Read-A-Loud, we are reading Owls in the Family. Hilarious story with lots of fun Science activities we are going to do with it.
Speaking of Science, we are going to begin our unit on rocks and layers of the earth with Ms. Erickson's class. Should be fun as we love to plan together. What a great team we make.
In Social Studies, we started our tour of the West. If your child can tell you 5 states in this region, write west in the planner.
In Math, we learned how to find equivalent fractions today. If your child can show and explain the criss-cross multiply strategy, write criss-cross in the planner. Tomorrow we will be simplifying fractions which is a fun skill if you know your mult./division facts so again this is a must to be practicing if needed.
Pennies for Patients: Our class raised $154.42. Great job Team Hankins.
There are 2 more days to bring in books for the collection for the hospital patients.
Congratulations to Team Hankins for receiving the "The Golden Garbage" can for the 2nd week in a row. We are going for 3 and trying to get 3 strikes or a turkey like in bowling. WE CAN DO IT!!!!
Remember tomorrow is PE so bring in those shoes.
This Friday is BUG Club at 2:20. Your child won't know if they made it or not until the assembly.
Also, on Friday, we will have a technology buy-in. Students will be able to bring in their IPODs, MP3 players, etc. to listen to music during recess, independent work time when I am not teaching. It will cost $400.
We also talked about the Valentine's Day Party buy-in for $500.
Have a great night.