FIRST FEBRUARY FLASH!

Will we have six more weeks of this wacky winter? Or is Spring peeking just around the corner?

Next week will be a little different than most. On Wednesday, fourth grade students will enjoy a full day of rotating into each fourth grade classroom and learning from the teacher who lives there!  We have some great activities planned to support our Science studies of the solar system, stars, constellations, and planets. Each class will also visit the Star Lab which will totally fill the Science Lab. Students will be amazed by a virtual night sky!

     On Thursday, all Addison students will get a full day of economic lessons presented by Junior Achievement volunteers (which will include some Sprayberry High School cadets). We look forward to having Mrs. Cooney in our classroom and are so appreciative that she volunteered to coordinate this day for Addison. 

We will continue to work with fractions and mixed numbers. Study those X Facts!

America has certainly changed a lot since Colonial times! We are learning all about life in the early years of our nation. We have read two great novels by author Clyde Robert Bulla: A Lion to Guard Us and Charlie's House and have been able to better understand the hardships endured by so many of the people who first came to America. We will continue to learn more about the differences among the three regions: New England, Mid-Atlantic (Middle) Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.

Did you know that the /k/ sound can be spelled with -ck, -ic, or -x? Sort 23 words have been posted on the websites: SPELLERZ (CODE WNC738) and SPELLING CITY.

Each student will be hard at work to produce his or her best writing piece ever! Why? Because Addison's Writing Fair winner will compete at the county level! And who knows, someone from our class could win the State Writing Fair! We want to hook our readers with a story they just can't put down! We all love to talk to tell stories, now let's do our best to put our favorite stories in writing!

On Friday, February 13, we will exchange valentines with one another. I will be sending home a list of students' names in our class. They are all such sweeties!