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NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER FEB. 4-8

PICTURE DAY- Students will have pictures taken tomorrow. Please send in your money tomorrow for individual and class pictures.

GEORGIA-OLOGY- We will have another High Touch High Tech inschool field trip tomorrow. It will cover many of our Georgia standards.

ACCELERATED READER- We are half way through the 9 week period. Are you doing well with your AR goal? As of today you have ______out of 12 points.

DONATIONS FOR BROWN ELEMENTARY- We will continue to accept donations for Brown Elementary until Thursday of this week. We are still in need of glue sticks, masking tape, and clear tape. Many thanks to all of the families who have already made dontations.

EARLY RELEASE DAY/HAT DAY- Students will be dismissed at 12:20 this Wednesday. They can bring a $1.00 donation for Relay For Life and wear their favorite hat.

CURRICULUM NIGHT- Thursday, Feb. 7th from 6:00-7:30. Please come and join us for a wonderful night. Students and parents can visit all of the different rooms and participate in various activities. (If you signed up for the spaghetti dinner, it starts at 5:30)

VALENTINE’S DAY- Students will be allowed to exchange Valentines next Thursday. We will make folders at school to hold the Valentines. I will copy a class list on the back of this newsletter. Please include EVERY student if you choose to participate.

NO SCHOOL- Students will not have school on Monday, Feb. 18 or Tuesday, Feb. 19th- Enjoy your time off!

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Core Words- room, sea, against, top, turned Bonus Words- persuade, paragraph, because, government, governor, democrat, republican / Cloze Review on Thursday / adding suffixes / consonant fractions

ENGLISH/WRITING- Learning how to perfect persuasive writing / Read Hey, Little Ant and write a persuasive paper to go with it

READING- Literature circles / Read AR books / Share books on the Georgia Book Awards list / Scholastic News Test / Time For Kids

VOCABULARY- Unit 4 test on Wednesday / Fill out items to review Units 1-4

MATH- Continue studying fractions and decimals / Fraction Town assignment will be given on Wednesday. It will be due on Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES- Levels of government / Watch video made of Mayor Allgood / Please discuss the various presidential candidates and their positions with your child at home. / Send in a picture of your favorite candidate and give reasons why he/she is your favorite- due on Thursday