SWIMMMING BEGINS THE WEEK OF FEB. 27TH.      It is from 12-1:00 each day Monday-Friday of that week. You should have received a note about this already. If not let, me know. 

FIELD TRIP THURSDAY TO SYMPHONY IN GR.          You have received 2 notes about this event. Cost is $6. Please have this to school no later than Wednesday February 15th.

HOMEWORK:     
MATH: Evens Lesson Remembering 5-3,  #'s 1-13                                                                                                                                                
Book Project:  
Students have another book chosen and should be reading.

MATH:    
There are math tutorials and practice in the order of lessons in the MATH TabWe have been practicing dividing 4 digit dividends by 2 digit divisors. This can be tricky and frustrating for a bit, but they will get it! We will add in dividing decimals next week.

 LANGUAGE ARTS 
Writing:  Students began presenting their persuasive speeches for their Fruit/Veggie Election. We will finish on Tuesday. It's been fun to watch and 

listen! :)
 
READING:  We continue in our genre unit working in groups and as a class reading The Sign of the Beaver. Students are working on comprehension strategies for finding text information, vocabulary, point of view, and how to cite text evidence using a quote.

SCIENCE: 

We learned about what causes Earth's tides. I showed a power point of a vacation to Oregon and what the tide going in and out looked like at Devil's Punch Bowl. 

We are reviewing moon phases and eclipses and will take the test next Friday. 

 Word Study 
 Students took the lesson 18 skill test. Next week's skill lesson is spelling rules for words with oi/oy.  The lesson 19 word list is on the blog which can be helpful for the proofreading section.