Tuesday 7 February, 2012

Camping basket due March 2nd

Bring a photo of yourself doing something you enjoy for Friday Feb. 10

Remember:  Tubing on Thursday; bus leaves at 8:00 and we hope to return around 4:00 (a little earlier if possible)

1) Musical devices and headphones with parents' permission for Wed.

2) Lesson 5 due Wed.

3) Egypt art work due Friday Feb. 10

4) We will be beginning a biography research project next week.  I have asked the students to discuss with you possible candidates of famous people to research.  Sometimes the famous people who have been around for a while have more information on them.  I've given a list of potential people (EG:  Elvis, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Walt Disney, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, Nelson Mandela Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jimi Hendrix, JFK, Muhammad Ali, to name a few), but they are welcome to choose someone else.  I only worry because I've noticed in the past that people who research the latest celebrity find they don't have much information on that person.  If your child could come up with a person this week and bring some materials for next week (more than just internet searches, though those are important, too) that would help them start off well.  This has been a popular assignment in the past.  We will be posing strong questions, learning research strategies, note taking and paragraph writing, among other skills.  I am looking forward to this.

5) Tuesday will be extended reading day.  We will be reading much of the day:  silent reading, read aloud, partner reading.  Children are permitted to bring in pillows, sleeping bags, even wear pajamas, so long as they are prepared to read.

6) Poems - good copies - Diamonte due tomorrow; Sense poem due Feb. 13 and Season/Weather poem due Feb. 16