McVay January 10 - 14

2011 has begun with great success!  A wonderful addition to our classroom is Jun.  I am sure your children are talking about him.  He is our Korean visitor.  Jun is fluent in English, both reading and speaking.  He has already enriched our lives by teaching us how to say good-bye in Korean and introducing us to the Korean alphabet.  He will be learning along side your children till the end of February.

Math - 

Chapter 8 Lessons 3 & 4

Daily grade on lessons 3 & 4 is planned for Thursday.

Science - 

Chapter 13 Lesson 2

Social Studies - 

Lesson 1 & 2 quiz on Tuesday

Chapter 5 Lessons 3 & 4 daily grade and quiz by Friday, I hope.

No major test on this chapter will be taken.

The quiz on Tuesday will remain, if we have inclement weather on Monday and in spite of the BCS Championship game.  Therefore, I have instructed all of my students to take home all notes and books to prepare over the weekend.

All next week we have the Mac Lab for two projects.  On Wednesday we are going to create an electronic graph using M & M's.  On Monday, we are going to start our research on Famous Historical Couples.  I am preparing the bulletin board for February and what a better topic than historical couples?  Help your child this weekend come up with some fun ideas.  Here are a few to get the conversation started:  Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln, Romeo & Juliet, Pochontas & John Rolfe, Micky & Minnie Mouse, Lone Ranger & Tonto or Silver, Sherlock Holmes and Watson.  As you can see the couples do not have to be married, just a historically famous pair!  The activity will conclude with a brief essay written about the couple and a picture of the couple.  This will be on display in February.

Grace and Peace,
Karen McVay