March 27, 2008

Can you believe that it is baseball season already!!!???  Our Sope Creek chorus is singing at the Braves game on Friday, April 18th.  Tickets are on sale now for a Sope Creek section at the game.  The tickets are on sale in the front office.  Hope that you can come.

We have been working on Literature Circles in reading.  After finishing The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, we are moving on to Freckle Juice.  See note coming home in notebooks on Friday.  We will be reading it in a special way, and you are invited to come in on Wednesday for a special book talk.  Both parents and students will come together to discuss this book.  It is always a good time and will help you learn how to talk with your child about what they have read.  Please return the form by Monday.  We will also present Mrs. Wooten with her birthday treat that day.

Wow, did the x3's improve this week.  The extra practice really did the trick!!!  We had 10-11 students pass!!!!  Next week, we are on to the x4's.  A flip book came home today to help with practicing.  We also discussed the doubles twice strategy.  All should help us do this in ONE week.

Our lifecyles unit continues in science.  The field trip was wonderful.  Mr. Shockley took pictures and Mrs. Newhouse, Mrs. Gurr and Mrs. Agee helped with our touring.  We have been dissecting seeds this week.  This helps us discover the seed coat, food stored and embryo.  Next we will discover what controlling variables such as water, light and space do to the plant. 

Our chapter on Multiplication will end soon, as we begin the division chapter.

Please look up your CRCT practice #'s which I gave you at conference time.  It is time to practice.

See you on Wednesday..................Linda