I hope everyone had a nice, long snowy weekend!  We are finally back to school after a delayed opening.

This week will be quite busy as we must accomplish a great deal before the delightful February vacation.  Since the students could not take their Word Study tests on Friday, they will take them today.  Therefore, the will be no additional Word Study this week!  Our library time is scheduled for tomorrow/Tuesday morning, so please make sure everyone returns books in order to check-out lots of great books for next week. 

Tomorrow students will begin new inquiry-based projects on the Arctic Regions!  I thought it would be a perfect time to study these frigid, snowy areas. I can't wait to see what kinds of projects the kids will produce.  In math we are starting a new Growing with Math unit on multiplication.  We will continue to learn a variety of strategies to help us understand multiplication.  However, it's always a good idea to memorize the facts as well! Students are continuing with their Series books, and we are practicing for CMTs.

Valentines Day is on Thursday, and so is our party!  Don't forget to write Valentines for everyone in the class.

Homework:

No Word Study this week
Math - CMT constructed response worksheet
Read - 25 minutes