Romano:gromano@LWSD.org / February 15, 2008

Class Web Site: http://schools.lwsd.org/kirk/users/Romano/index.htm

Thank You

Thank you to Theresa (Harrison) for organizing our Valentine’s Day party.  And Thank you Aileen (Camille) for making the cupcakes.  And Thank you Liz (Paul), Tracy (Lauren), Laurie (Rae), Tammy (Simon) and Saeko (Elliott) for helping out. 

Ask About

·        Science: planting wheat seeds in straws

·        Our Valentine’s Day Party

·        Voting for our favorite author (Chris Van Allsburg won)

·        Biography: George Washington’s Breakfast

·        Biography: Abe Lincoln’s Hat

·        Chapter Book: Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder

·        Valentine’s Day Story: Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch and beginning/middle/end comprehension page

·        Story: Franklin’s Valentine’s

·        100^th Day of School

·        100^th Day Froot Loop necklace (I advised that Froot Loops are better for art than for eating!)

·        100^th Day Story: 100 Hungry Ants

Math

Look for an assessment on our just completed geometry/shapes unit.

We began our second, large number sense unit this week.

A skill we will be working on mastering in the next two months is counting to 100 by 2s, 5s and 10s.  Look for the Skip Counting Challenge form coming home today.