WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8TH

LIFESKILL OF THE WEEK:
The lifeskill that we are working on this week is Problem Solving-being able to identify a problem and then find a positive solution.

READING
This week we will be reading the 18th story in our reading book, "Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man" (U4S3). The skill we will be focusing on is Text Structure. Text Structure is the way a piece of writing is organized. One way to organize writing is to put events in Chronological, or time order. Biographies and autobiographies, which tell about real people's lives, are often organized in chronological order. Important dates in a person's life and the age of a person at the time of an event can help you follow the order of a biography or autobiography. The students will be creating a timeline of their life.

SPELLING
The spelling words are "easily confused words". They are: set, sit, off, of, when, win, our, are, than then, lose, loose, were, we're where, quiet, quite, quit, whose and who's. Spelling homework is to use the words in sentences. The students should underline each spelling word. The Tuesday night homework is due on Wednesday. The vocabulary for this week is: convinced, courageous, engineer, gradually, and immigrants. The challenge vocabulary is: citizenship, commission, consecutive, prototype, and specialists.

BOOK REPORT
The book report for February is "Fantasy". Fantasy stories include folktales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and science fiction. We have discussed the book report and all the terms. I have asked each student to put the book report form in their Home Folder so they can review the types of questions and the assignment for the book report with you. Part of the book report is making a board game. They have written the criteria in their Agenda. The book report and board game is due Friday, February 29th.

STATE TEST
The State Writing Test started today and will continue through Thursday. The students have worked very hard to be prepared for this important test. There are several ways you can help your child be successful with this important test. Some of them are: adequate sleep, nourishing breakfast, and a positive “can do” attitude. You can be their “cheerleader”. J

AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” If students are focused in class they have time to finish all of their assignments except for Spelling and Math homework. Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous weeks. The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. If students have work listed on their Missing Assignment sheet on Friday (February 12th), we will provide a study hall for them in place of the Valentine's party. Please encourage your child to complete and turn in all assignments. The following students were responsible about all of their work in class this term, and are on AAI:

Pedur, Liliana, Anthony, Daniel, Solomon, Audrey, Jordyn, Kayla, Larry, Joseph, Kahly, Shania, Myjha, and Parker

VALENTINE'S PARTY
Our Valentine's party will be Friday, February 12th from 2:30-3:00.    Remember to bring your decorated box or sack to school so valentines can be handed out this week.