February 13 - 17, 2012

NEWS FOR PARENTS:


I will be providing Valentine’s Day treats for my students tomorrow afternoon at 1:45!  Since returning on Friday night, I learned that plans had not been made.  If your child already has Valentine cards ready to bring, then send them tomorrow by 8:00 a.m.  If your child does NOT have cards, do not rush out to buy them unless you choose to.  Instead, your child may bring some kind of wrapped treat, such as suckers, chocolates, or even pencils, to put in Valentine bags. I do not want you to think that you MUST send anything.  We will enjoy our special treats tomorrow.  Thank you so much for understanding!


More News:  


**This Friday is "Career Day!"  See the blue letter sent home by 
Mrs. Bush.  Dress as the person you would like to be when you grow up.  Be ready to tell your job title and what you would do at work.


**Reading Night is Thursday, March 1st at 6 p.m.


**CiCi's Spirit Night is the first Thursday of every month at the Prattville location.  A portion of the night's receipts benefit our association.


**SPRING BREAK is March 26 - 30th!!! 


Coming in April...............


**April 14th is Spring Fling/Mustang Stampede 5k & Fun Run.  
Spring Fling games and activities are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.


**April 10th PTA Meeting with BLUE PODS performing (that's us!) Pizza served at 5:30.  Meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.


Student of the Week:  Lilli




Reading: 
Story for this week is "I Like Where I Am."  We will talk about theme and plot.  The theme is the big idea of the story.  The plot is what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of a story.  We will also predict what might happen next as we read the story. Test will be on Thursday.


SPELLING:
Write words three times each, every night.  Practice words from previous week, as these will be used in dictation sentences. Test will be on Friday.


**Remember:   If there is ONE error (spelling/capitalization/punctuation) in the dictation sentence, the whole sentence will be marked incorrect and 5 points subtracted from test score.


GRAMMAR:  We are learning about adverbs that tell when and where.


MATH:   Students are being introduced to basic geometry!  We are learning about figures that are congruent (same size and shape) and about slides, flips, and turns.  Practice basic facts at home!


SOCIAL SCIENCE: