Three Day Weekend!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a great week!  I'm sorry I never got to upload the pictures from last week.  The picture uploader on here is still not working.  :( 

I want to thank everyone who made it to Brag Day on Wednesday.  I also love celebrating your daughters' hard work.  Congratulations to everyone who received an award.  Keep up the hard work.

This week we learned all about multiplying fractions by fractions, and fractions by whole numbers.  We also learned how to model these types of problems.  Next week we are learning our last fraction concept, which is division.  We are having a HUGE fraction test next Friday covering everything we have learned about fractions this year.  Make sure they are studying nightly.  They made a fraction book before winter break that they update every time we learn a new concept, so they need to be using that as a reference.  This week in spelling, a lot of people did not do so hot.  As a result, I am starting a new rule.  If your daughter fails her spelling test on Friday, she has to write her words 10 times each over the weekend.  I need you to sign her words, so you know that she had to do them.  Some people who usually do well in spelling are starting to slip, so I want to nip this in the bud.  Thanks for your help with this.  We are finished with our unit on electricity and magnets.  We are starting our unit on World War II.  This is a long unit.  We will probably work on this for about 4 weeks.  We have a lot of material to cover with it.  It is a very moving unit though.  We spend time talking about the Holocaust and Anne Frank. 

I sent home a letter this week about a Jekyll Island meeting we will be having next Thursday, January 24th at 6:30 pm.  We have received a small extension on the money, but we need it all ASAP!  Please plan to attend, especially if you have not paid.  We have a VERY SMALL number of scholarships available, so please attend even if you think you cannot pay for the trip.  I am hoping to see each of you there!

Next Thursday is also our second practice writing test of the year.  The focus will be on informational writing.  The formal assessment is in March, so this practice is extremely important.  Make sure your daughter gets plenty of sleep the night before. 

Just a reminder, there is no school Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.  Enjoy this three day weekend with your family!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, and WELCOME BACK!!

It was so good to see all my lovely girls this week!  I missed them so much over the break!  I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  We welcomed two new members to the Sunset Sweethearts this week!  Welcome Kaylah and Shay-Shay!  We are so happy you are a part of our family!  We love our big class!

This was a short week for us.  We got a lot accomplished though.  We started working on adding and subtracting mixed numbers, with regrouping, in math.  Next week we are going to continue that, and start working on multiplying fractions.We started our new novel, Esperanza Rising.  It is really good!  In spelling, we studied sort 17.  We will study sort 18 next week.  We started our new science unit on electricity and magnets.  I assigned an integrated project today that is due next Friday, when we take our assessment.  Please ask your daughters to see the project page.  You have to sign it before she turns it in on Friday. 

There is still no final work on Jekyll Island.  I will let you know as soon as we know.  It does not look good though.  :(

Our second nine weeks brag day is next Wednesday morning at 9am. If you daughter is receiving an award, I sent home an invitation with the report cards.  I hope you can attend!  I'm so proud of how hard everyone worked this past quarter. 

We had one birthday over the break!  Happy birthday Yemi!!!  Sharna' celebrated her birthday today, and Zakiyah celebrates hers Sunday.  Have great days girls!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

For some reason the picture uploaded isn't working.  Keep an eye out for two new pictures.  :)