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Valentine's Day
We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday afternoon at the end of the day.  Please make sure that your child includes a Valentine for EVERY child in the class.  We will make bags to hold the cards on Thursday afternoon.  Thank you to everyone who donated supplies for them!  I emailed out the class list last week, please let me know if you did not get it and I will send you another one.

Homework
As promised at the beginning of the school year I am still not sending home consistent nightly homework.  However, I am getting more strict on the students completing assignments in class to prepare them for the much more independent climate of fourth grade.  Any class work not completed during class will be sent home for homework and is expected to be returned the following school day.  Please check in with your child nightly to see that they are completing class assignments. 

Literary Classics
I would like for every child to have a literary classic in their hand by next Tuesday, February 18.  I know several students have already brought one and been reading them in their spare time.  Reading the literary classics will be a part of their ALL Block menus beginning Tuesday.  I have some in the classroom they are welcome to choose from.  However, I have found them to be more engaged if the parents give them an active role in choosing one from the bookstore or public library.

Timed Quizzes
Please remember to practice multiplication facts each night at home.  The fact that your child is practicing varies depending on which ones they have passed.  I grade the timed quizzes and send them home that day or the next so they should always know what they need to be practicing.

iStation Log Ins
In December, you received a paper that has your child's iStation Log In information, which you access through their Wake ID.  Scores for this assessment will not be sent home.  If you would like to view your child's progress through the year then you need to use the log in to access it at home.  Please let me know if you need a copy of the log in information. 

Upcoming Assessments
Your child has a math assessment tomorrow on geometry, specifically naming the attributes of quadrilaterals and categorizing quadrilaterals.  Our science test on the states of matter has been moved to Wednesday due to school being cancelled on Friday.

Dates to Remember:
2/12  Mrs. Olynick Out in PM
2/14  Valentine's Day Celebration
2/17  No School-Teacher Work Day
3/3  Book Fair
3/9  No School-Teacher Work Day
3/20  Super Kids Day