The Weber Weekly

Can you believe we're halfway through the quarter already?!  Spring conferences are just around the corner!  Thank you for sending in your conference preference sheet!  Once I have all papers returned, I can finalize the schedule and send home a confirmation of your time.  Please return your yellow conference form by next Friday.

In Language Arts this week, we worked really hard on fact and opinion.  The kids learned that a fact can be proven and that opinions come from the heart.  We also worked on finding the main idea and supporting details.  These skills will be valuable as we start writing our first expository report.

We're off to a great start in our cursive handwriting.  We are not learning the letters in the order of the alphabet; instead, we're learning letters with similar patterns.  So far we've learned the letters i, t, u, w, r, s, p, and j.  I've told the kids they should only practice letters we've learned so far.  Please encourage your child to practice his/her cursive handwriting at home. 

We started a new math unit on place value this week.  We will be reading and writing numbers to 1,000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.  The students will be able to recognize patterns with numbers, skip count by 5, 10, and 100, and build numbers to 1,000.

Our school will be celebrating Autism Awareness Week in April.  Yesterday order forms were sent home for tshirts.  We have adult and kid sizes available with three different designs.  Orders are due back to school by February 18th.

Next week we'll be celebrating Valentine's Day with a class party on Friday.  Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer and/or donate goodies for this fun event.  The kids will have an opportunity to pass out Valentine cards on Friday.  If your child is making or giving cards, he/she must have a card for every kid in our class.  Also, please send a decorated box to hold all the cards on Friday. 

Field trip money and permission slips to the Shedd Aquarium are due next Friday.

Next week we'll be having "Healthy Health Class".  Kids will need their gym shoes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. 

Have a great weekend!  Try to stay warm!!  :)