It's a brand new year!

Dates to Remember:
Jan. 5-14: SRI Testing Window (All students in grades 3-6 test SRI during this window)
Jan. 12: Specialist Grades due to teachers and server
Jan. 12-22: Venture Theater practices for interested students in 4th-6th grade (No practice on PIR day, 1/19/08)
Jan. 16: End of 2nd Quarter
Jan. 19: PIR DAY, No School for students
Jan. 19: Grades and Report Cards due to principal
Jan. 21: Honor Band Assembly @ 1:15pm for grades 4-6
Jan. 23: Venture Theater performances (K-3 @ 1pm, 4-6 @ 2pm, parents @ 6:30pm)
Jan. 23: 2nd Quarter Report Cards go home
Jan. 26: Follow-up hearing screening
Jan. 26: BUG Club Assembly in gym @ 1:15pm (All 4-6 grade classes invited for this first BUG assembly)
Jan. 28: NAEP TEST for 4th Grade students
Jan. 28: Skyview Trading Cards here (8:00-9:50)
Jan. 28: Heights Girls Honor Choir Assembly (1:00-1:20pm)
Jan. 29: Student Council Mtg. in M-6
Jan. 29: PIR Early out. Students dismiss @ Noon.

I hope everyone had a great holiday. We have come back to school, ready to learn. January is one of my very favorite months to teach. The kids are ready to be back in a routine and with the cold weather, they are ready to buckle down and get to work.
In reading we have started Book Clubs. We are all reading the book Tracker. The children are reading the book individually while completing various journaling activities to bring back to their Book Club, or small discussion group.
In math we will take our Chapter 4 test on Tuesday. We begin Chapter 5 on Wednesday. It involves multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers. It is a somewhat short chapter.

Wishing all a Happy 2009!
Mrs. Morales

Quote of the Week:
"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built." - Eleanor Roosevelt