Have you cuddled with your pet lately? Do you savor each bite of food and appreciate what you have?  DO you wait patiently for your turn, treat new experiences with “I’ll try!”, and do you you relish in the sun and rain (or snow)?  Mrs. Smits talked to us about being mindful today.  She built upon our mindful lessons today by adding mindful tasting to the list.  We tried a new food and a sweet.  We used our senses first.  We all made goals for ourselves on how we would like to be more mindful this year.

You probably saw that a box of world’s Finest Chocolate came home today!  If your child sells the whole box, and you would like to sell another, just send in the $60 and a note saying it is OK to take another box home to sell.

In math this week we began our unit on fractions by finding equivalent fractions in three different ways.  We used pictures, a number line, and multiplications.  Ask your child about numerators and denominators being jealous brothers and sisters.

In reading and writing this week we are reading a lot and watching videos about the American Revolution.  We are trying to build our background knowledge on the subject for writing time and learning how to read history, both primary and secondary sources.

In science we reviewed and took the final test on properties of matter.  We are finished with our science units for the year and will be starting our social studies units.  We will spend the next few weeks studying slavery and the civil rights movement.

Important Dates

Friday, January 26 – Chicago chaperone requests due and BINGO Night from 5:30-8:00 PM

Monday and Tuesday, February 5 and 6 – Winter Break – No School

Friday, February 9 – Chaperone lottery results sent home and chocolate sales wrap up