Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Holiday this year and a nice and relaxing break. I look forward to starting 2009 with you and your children. We will be starting some fun units as we enter a new year. The children will be learning about our Solar System in Science. This is always a fun unit, especially for the boys. They will be researching and presenting a project on a planet of their choice. I will send home more details shortly. Our Social Studies unit for this quarter is North America. We will learn a lot about Canada and Mexico. Such things as cultures, food, sports, language, etc. The children will continue to read for understanding by practicing such skills as fluency and comprehension. We will start working on organizing our writing by using topic sentences, details, and conclusions. You may hear them come home and talk about the colors green, yellow, and red often since these are the colors we will use to help us organize our writing. Again, I look forward to 2009. I hope everyone has a healthy, happy and safe new year!