Division 12 January 2014 Up-Date
Dear Parents:
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas holiday and are glad to be back at school.
We are now beginning our study of winter which will include the properties of matter (freeze/thaw) as well as force and motion. We will also look at how animals survive in winter.
During our Read/Write Cycle, the children are now working in a draft notebook where they write several sentences on a topic. Once they have had their work proofread by an adult, they can choose to publish their work using an old manual typewriter, an Alphasmart or the computer. Next month, I will introduce two more publishing options; the Smartboard and the iPad. I hope to post some of their writing on our class blog. At this time, I am in need of additional parent volunteers to assist with proofreading, supervising children typing and helping with the printer. If you are interested in helping on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays for about 40 minutes in the morning, please let me know.