February 19, 2010
Dear Parents and Students,
We will be hosting School Family this coming Friday, February 26, 2010. Please join us for a special morning presentation on honesty. Please arrive to school before 8:15am. I will pick students up on the playground at 8:15am and walk them over to the Freed Theater. You may meet us at the theater at 8:30 with your child. If you arrive late please accompany your child to the theater. They are not allowed to walk over alone for safety reasons. We hope to see you all there! Please practice your script and song…Thank you.
Our SACRAMENTO trip is March 4, 2010. Only 13 Days away! Sacramento here we come…Please return your completed student permission slip and health forms (one per traveler) to me ASAP. I will send home a note next Friday with any last minute updates.
**If you are not going to Sacramento you are encouraged to stay home and have a day off. Please let me know if you will be staying home for the day. If you will be coming to school I will need to arrange for you to stay in another classroom for the day and leave class work to keep you busy. Please send me a note letting me know what your plans are for Thursday, 3/4/10.
We will be finishing up our Science unit on Rocks & Minerals next week with the test on Thursday, February 25th. All the students will be taking home their Science books to study. Please review the vocabulary words, review questions at the end of each lesson, and the main concepts. Review, review, review…Know the rock cycle and examples of how rocks change.
Our History unit on the Gold Rush will be completed next week and we will have the test March 3rd. I will also be sending home their history books to review and make sure the packets are complete for the first three chapters and the vocabulary page (the last page of the packet). We will do lesson 4 next week. Please study the vocabulary words, important people, the main ideas, and the “think about it” questions 1-5 at the end of each lesson.
Math- We will be working through lesson 70 next week and will take the test on Monday, March 1st. Please review the last test and new concepts to check for understanding.
We will be on list 24 in spelling next week with the test on Thursday, February 25th. The following week March 1-5, we will not be doing spelling due to the field trip and no school Tuesday.
The February Bible Memory Verse is Psalm 27:1-3. Please be memorized by Friday, February 26th. We will have our last written test on Thursday, 2/25 with the spelling test on Psalm 27:3. The oral test will be on Friday the 26th on Psalm 27: 1-3. Awesome Emily and Fantastic Ryan have memorized the three verses and already written their names on the memory verse wall! Who will be next??? You will!!!
February Biography “coffee can” book reports are due Monday, March 8th. Please follow the direction sent home a couple weeks ago or see that Friday letter online with the directions. Save an extra large size coffee can and lid for this project. If you have any extra please send it in for someone who is having a hard time finding one. You may need to ask friends or family to save one for you. Start drinking…
God bless,
Mrs. Hoops
Important Dates to Remember:
Thursday, February 25th – Spelling test List 24 and Bible memory verse Psalm 27:3
& Science Test on rocks & minerals
Friday, February 26th – Mrs. Hoops Class School Family 8:30 – 9:15ish in the Freed Theater. Arrive early to get good seats in the parent section on the right side of the theater.
& **Oral Bible Memory Verse test on Psalm 27:1-3
Monday, March 1st – Math test on lessons 66-70.
Tuesday, March 2nd – No School…CSI Fine Arts Festival on campus.
Wednesday, March 3rd – History Test on the Gold Rush
Thursday, March 4th – Sacramento Field Trip!!! And no spelling test this week.