HAPPY VALENTINES WEEK! It was so fun to celebrate yesterday. Thank you for all of your donations to make our party great! Additionally, thank you for the sweet cards and treats for me! They were so thoughtful and really made my day. I am so lucky to have such a sweet bunch!!

FOURTH: We spent our time really digging in to the characters thoughts and actions in a story called “Dad’s New Job”. We also took some time to discuss THEME! Theme is the lesson, message, or moral a story teaches you. We find a theme in most fiction texts. We will definitely continue to work on this moving forward. In ELA we learned about PREPOSITIONS. Students realized they were already using prepositions ALL THE TIME! We will fine-tune these skills in the upcoming weeks and continue to work on a project in class next week.

FIFTH: Fifth grade continued our study of QUOTATION MARKS in ELA! Students used a story board to create a story that they then turned into a silent movie. We used the silent movies to show how the characters in their movie speak. In Social Studies, we continued our study of the Northeast! Please review states and capitals of these states each night for homework as we will have  a quiz next week! We started an in-class project where students picked a state in the Northeast and are creating a collage as a state expert. They will draw the state bird, flower, slogan, capital, etc. I really love this project because it gives student’s creativity a chance to shine! 🙂 We will continue to work on these next week.

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FOURTH:
ELA: Prepositions
Reading: Story Elements, Theme, Character Analysis
VA Studies: A New Nation (VS6) Quiz on Friday Feb 22.

FIFTH:
ELA: Quotation Marks
Reading: Story Elements, Theme, Character Analysis
VA Studies: Continue learning about Northeast Region (natural resources, climate)— States and Capitals quiz Friday Feb 22

DONT FORGET 4th GRADE AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVER PROJECTS
ARE DUE WEDNESDAY THE 20TH!

UPCOMING DATES

• Benchmark Celebrations – Monday, February  18th
• VA Studies VS6 Quiz for 4th/ Northeast States Capitals quiz 5th: Friday February 22
• African American Achiever posters and essays due (no costumes) February 20th
• PTO Performance presentation of African American Achiever projects in costume- February 26th at 6 pm (optional but encouraged)
• SCHOOL PRESENTATION of African American Achiever projects in costume– February 28th

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