Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Hi all!

Thank you all so much for your help with Colonial Day and the wonderful gift. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful group of parents supporting us!

We have begun our study of inventions, inventors and the invention process. Your child should be keeping an Inventor’s Notebook. In it, they should be brainstorming ideas for possible inventions. I do not want anyone to be committed to an idea just yet. Encourage your child to continue thinking creatively. I will send home a form on Monday for your child to write up their invention proposal. These will be due back by Monday, January 19. Please do not allow your child to begin building their invention model until their idea has my approval. More information will be coming home over the next several weeks.

Instructions for the January book project, a Cereal Box Book Report, came home on Monday. If your child has not already shown this to you, it should be inside their binder. Mini-goals and the final due date are all included in the information. We discussed the project at length in class, so your child should be able to explain any vague areas in the written directions. If you have any questions they cannot answer, just let me know.

There is no word study this week. We will begin again on Monday. Our first Wordly Wise test, of the New Year, will be next Thursday, January 15.

We are back at a full work load for homework, so please try to keep an eye your child’s their time management. They have all come such a long way in such a short time, and we are working hard to keep them motivated and progressing.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and I’d like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!

That’s all for now!
Kim Bushman