Week in Review 2/5-2/9

First of all, I am so sorry for the utter silence on the blog the last few weeks. I've got no excuse other than just plain falling out of the habit. But here we are, back at it, keeping you informed and up to date. Here's what's been going on this week in the F/B classroom:





This Week in Academics:

• We practiced area, perimeter, and missing angles
• We built words using prefixes, suffixes, and base words.
• The fifth graders learned lessons in grit, and pushing through the frustration of learning a tough new skill, skiing! We had a beautiful day on the mountain encouraging each other to try our best, falling down, and getting back up.
• The fourth graders discovered how to create a magnet using electricity--an elelctromagnet!
• The fourth graders learned about relative pronouns with our student teacher, Ms. Peterson.
• We found lines of symmetry on various shapes.
• We analyzed our findings from our food waste audit with Ms. C. and Ms. Melissa from Willowbend.

Looking Ahead:

NEXT WEEK:

• Next Week is Random Acts of Kindness Spirit Week!
• Monday: Pajama Day
• Tuesday: Tie Dye Day
• Wednesday: Pink and Red Day
• Thursday: Hawaii Day
• Friday: Crazy Hair Day

• On Wednesday afternoon, we will be celebrating our class's positive behavior in their specials with a Waffle Party! If you'd like to send in treats, make it something we can top on a waffle! It also just so happens to be Valentine's Day. We have 50 students (and 4 teachers). You're welcome to send in Valentines, but just without individual student names on them. It takes FOREVER to pass out 50 individually addressed valentines...trust us.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK:

• No School NEXT Monday 2/19 for Presidents' Day

• Our class's science fair projects are due on Wednesday, 2/21
• We've approved the plans of all of our students
• Science fair boards are on sale for 5 dollars at the front office
• Here are a few other resources if you're interested Science Fair Stuff

Keep it up on those science fair projects! Have a great weekend!