Looking ahead to the week of February 10

Thank you to all of the BookMEN, who joined us for our 100th day celebration!  Check out some snapshots from lunch!

 

Hello, families!  I hope you all enjoyed your weekend with your awesome kids!

Looking ahead:  The children will kick off a brand new unit on geometry (lessons 11-1 through 11-4).  Students will skip units 9 and 10 for now... we'll come back to fractions later in the school year.  Please continue to encourage your child to practice his/her facts every day, as this will help him/her with division!  Students will continue to have mixed operation quizzes throughout the rest of the school year.  As historians, the children will continue to study major battles of the American Revolution, as well as, famous heroes and heroines of the war. In reading, students will continue reading their American Revolution biographies. They will study conjunctions (both coordinating and subordinating). Students will also continue preparing for the PASS writing test, which is in March.  They will take part in an upper-grade prompt practice Tuesday and Wednesday.  These essays will be scored, but will not count as a grade.  We just want to see how the children have grown when it comes to their writing skills!

Valentines Day UPDATE:  Students will have school Friday, February 14, in order to make up one of the snow days! Since students will be at school, our administration has given each grade level the opportunity to choose whether or not to allow students to pass out Valentines.  Third grade will take this opportunity to let students pass out cards and/or a healthy snack (No sweets!), stickers, pencils at the end of the day!  If your child chooses to bring cards Friday, February 14, please do not have your child address the cards "TO" individual classmates.  Please have your child only fill in the "FROM" part of the card, as this makes the delivery much quicker and easier!  Also, please remember that if your child brings cards in, there must be one card for each classmate.  We have 19 students in our class.  Please have your child refrain from passing out cards to students in other classes, as this will need to be done outside of school, so that students do not disrupt teaching and learning time.  Be sure to check out this friendly reminder from our Health Advisory Committee:

Dear Bookman Family,

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we want to take this opportunity to review our policies and procedures regarding this day. We will not be celebrating this holiday in school; this includes any "party" type of celebrations or treat bags. Classroom snack choices, for those teachers who allow them, will continue to follow our acceptable snack guidelines which are found in your child's agenda book and on our website. Teachers are asked to ensure adherence to these guidelines during the day. We appreciate your understanding, acceptance and support of these policies.

 Sincerely,

Your Bookman Road Health Advisory Committee

Report Cards:  Please be sure to sign and return your child's report card cover, as soon as possible!  You may keep the report card.

Half-day:  Students will have a half-day Thursday, February 13.  Please make sure you send a note, if your child's mode of transportation changes!

I hope you all have wonderful week!  Thank you again for all of your support!