Happy Friday!

Wow-where did the week go? Our day started out today with a very special treat in the gym. Ask your child what it was and if they can tell you, write it in the planner for free money. As you can see by the pictures, we had a great session with our buddies. We wrote getting to know you poems. Ask your child who their buddy is and 2 things they have learned about them so far and if they can tell you, write the name of their buddy in the planner. Had electronics day today and as you can see by the pics, it was a big hit. Students enjoyed music, games, and just hanging out together. I think this was worth the $400. It was also a fun way to celebrate our first 25 celebration points. I am so excited to announce that everyone passed the Chapter 1 math test with at least a B- or better!! Yaaay!! Now we are on to Addition/subtraction of larger numbers and with this estimation and continued decimal practice. In Science this next week, we are continuing our Weather unit with forms of matter, the water cycle, and different parts of weather such as wind, high-low pressures-cold-warm fronts, etc. In Social Studies, we will finish up the map skills unit with 2 more Geography Challenges. In Montana History, we are moving into the 3 regions of Montana. In Language, we will be working on Possessives and some more writing. Speaking of writing our Bradley & Jeff character descriptions turned out well using the stoplight writing process. I can't wait to see them grow as writers. In Reading, we are moving into Selection 2 of Lead 21. Skills this week are: author's purpose, more determining importance, strategies we will work on are: making connections and writing I-V-F summaries. Our spelling list this week is on homophones. These are words that sound alike so students not only need to know how to spell them, but how to use them in context too as that is how it will be done on the test on Friday. Thank you to all of you who contributed to our raising money for cancer awareness by wearing hats today. Devin-we enjoyed all that you shared in the Student of the Week box today. Love the hat and especially the story behind how you got it. That is so cool and also very kind of your family. Have a great weekend everyone.