Weekly Newsletter 1/3/11

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break. Things will get back to normal starting today. The students will have homework tonight. Please make sure you child is getting his/her homework done. Reading Logs will start again today. Students not completing their homework will be assigned detention.

Wednesday, January 5th is Dud for Dollars (Dress Down Day for $1). Please remember there must be no guns, violence or inappropriate clothing worn on this day.

Friday, January 7th is a Big Event from 5 to 7:30 for our parents. Food will be cooked by two of the LPA great cooks. There will also be a movie and special informational meeting for the parents.

There will be NO school on Monday, January 17th for MLK Holiday.

Our 100th Day is Monday, January 24th. It is very important your child is at school and on time. This is a very important funding day for the school. There will be many activities going on this day.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns. Misty_fite@yahoo.com

Friday, January 21st there will be a Daddy/Daughter Dance.

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**

In Phonics, we will be working with syllable division.
In Math, we will be working on estimation. In Saxon we will focus on multiplication.
In reading, we will be learning about main idea and details.
In writing and language arts, we will learn about adjectives and putting your voice to work
In Science, we will learn about exploring the universe.
In Social Studies, the class will learn about Eleanor Roosevelt.

Spelling List

1. over
2. paper
3. music
4. equal
5. study
6. never
7. ever
8. copy
9. given
10. second
11. seven
12. planets
13. about
14. began
15. ago
16. amount
17. report
18. belong
19. Friday
20. thousand