February 19

Maker's week is next week!  Your child will be participating each afternoon in a Maker's activity at Pine Ridge.  I presented all of the different options to your children today and they chose their top choices to participate in.  The class is excited to do something new, creative, and hands-on!

Upcoming dates:

• Reading Minutes due Monday
• Word work returns on Monday.  Our test will be on Friday.
• Psalm 121 due on Monday
• Seussville Fun Night- March 18 A pink sheet came home today explaining the details.
• Conferences will be March 28-30.  Sign up information will come home soon.
• Spring Break March 31-April 8

Literacy:  We wrote our habitat chapters this week.  It took us several days to organize all of our information into boxes and bullets, create main idea sentences, and then to create paragraphs for our habitat chapter.  We then edited with our writing partners and created our final copy.  Whew!  The nonfiction books are time consuming and very detailed, but everyone is focused and on-task!

Bible:  We have begun the book of Exodus.  We have read about the birth of Moses and we see God's hand in his life as he is brought from the Nile river by Pharoah's daughter, flees from Egypt, and then is called by God to return and talk to Pharaoh.  We see God reminding us that he is the I AM and that he always comes though on his word.

Math:  We completed our unit on multi-digit addition and subtraction on Friday.  Due to Maker's week next week I will not begin our new Math unit.  Rather we will have a few short review math lessons.

Social Studies:  We completed our unit on the Economy of Michigan this week.  We learned about public goods and services and how these are paid for through fines, fees, and taxes.  The boys and girls have a whole new appreciation for the taxes that you pay!  :)  We began our new unit on the History of Michigan and are enjoying the book Traders in Time  for our read aloud which takes place in Michigan and focuses on Michigan history.

Blessing to you!
Lynae