Dear Families,
It was wonderful to be back at school again with the students! We had a full week of learning how to make a “plot mountain” in reading, tell time, and explore life cycles of plants and animals in science. Ask your child which animal they chose to research for their writing, and what reference source they use to locate information!
Next week in reading we will be identifying main idea and details in nonfiction text, and summarizing information. In writing we will review prefixes and suffixes, and work on our animal research writing. In math we will continue to learn about time, focusing on elapsed time, how much time has passed for different real life activities. The students have a quiz on Friday on time. Please help them prepare at home by going over the time study guides in their math notebooks. These will come home with them Tuesday-Thursday to help them prepare. In science we will investigate matter.

A note from the school clinic: Parents– as a reminder, the following is the Henrico County Public Schools ill student policy. These measures are in place and must be followed to ensure a healthy learning environment for ALL students.
Students should not be in the school if they have the following:
· A fever of 100.4 degrees or greater before taking a fever-reducing medication.
· Vomiting or diarrhea because of illness
· An unknown rash or possible contagious condition (requires MD note before return)
· Are unable to focus due to: pain, chronic health condition and/ or acute illness
· Flu-like illness (with or without fever)- headache, fatigue, cough, aches, weakness, and sore throat.
A child should be free of symptoms of contagious disease (fever, vomiting, diarrhea, suspicious rash, etc.) for at least 24 hours before returning to school. If your child has been vomiting or having diarrhea, they should also be able to eat a full meal without any GI symptoms.
Pro tip: if your young child does not want to eat a meal- there’s a good chance they are sick. Pay attention to clues such as not eating, sleeping more than usual, or changes in mood/ behavior as these are usually signs that your child is ill.
Thank you for your support making sure we keep our classroom and school a healthy place to be.
Upcoming events:
Friday, January 17-Math quiz, time
Monday, January 20-Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
Friday, January 24-end of second nine weeks