Happy New Year!!!

Hi everyone!
I hope you found your Winter Break fun and relaxing with friends and family!  Now that we're back in school, here are some updates about this week:

Reading:  Emperor and the Kite (from the basal)  test with extended response is scheduled for this Friday.  Next week the children will be working on "tic-tac-toe" activities that build upon the story.

Math:  Local Assessments today and tomorrow, then moving on the chapter 17

Social Studies:  We started our unit on the Revolutionary War today!  The children will be responsible for a short presentation and making up test questions. The test and the study guide will be created by the children based off their knowledge and understanding of the information.

Science:  Chapter 2:  Plants

***No "flex" groups for now, which allows us to spend more time on Science and Social Studies!

***No challenge list this week in Spelling.

Spelling List

team's
player's
bird's
wolf's
horse's
class's
group's
girls'
students'
trees'
parents'
owners'
cousins'
teachers'
aunts'
friend's
children's
city's
classes'
country's

That's it for now, and I will update the blog, as well as send home a written letter, when my name is finally changed over through the district and my e-mail... as of now it's still the same:  cseidel@cusd200.org

Thank you,
Kate