Week of March 2nd

Hello parents,
I am so desperately hoping that this is the last week of really cold weather.  We NEED to be able to go outside soon.  Here is our plan for the week:

Religion
I am reading The Magician's Nephew to our class and we are doing activities with the book until we finish it.  We will then be reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as a follow up book intermittently throughout our days.  These are a part of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series.  They have great symbolism that ties into several Bible stories and also Lent/Easter.  It is always fun to see the kids so engaged in books that help grow their faith and reading skills at the same time.

Reading
We are doing Book Clubs with Beverly Cleary books for the next two weeks.  I will send home another packet for book projects next week.  The project will be due on Monday March 23rd (after spring break).

Writing
We are working on writing dialogue into our stories and learning how to use quotation marks.  In your child's planner you should see assignments called "Snowman".  They simply need to write about this prompt:
Write a story about you and a snowman spending the day together.  Your snowman can talk, so you need to show me your conversations in your story.  
Due dates are :
- Rough draft due Wed. 3/4
- Picture and Final Draft due Fri. 3/6

We will be talking about how to use quotation marks correctly throughout the week.  Using quotations and having correct spelling and grammar is what the assignment will be graded on.  They will turn in their final draft by entering it onto Kidblog by Friday 3/6.  I will show them how to upload a picture with it as well.

Chapel
Our class will be doing chapel next Wednesday March 11th.  You are welcome to join us!  This is our rescheduled time.  Chapel starts at 8:35 am.

End of Quarter
I will not be able to take anymore late work for the quarter unless it's due date was between March 2nd and March 6th.  Report cards will be coming out on Friday March 13th.  Please be sure that I have your child's service project form by this Friday March 6th.