We have finished our work on opinion writing for now and will now spend some time with Quatrain poetry.

We are beginning our study of Michigan government. What is the role of the government and what are the three branches of government is our focus right now.

We are working on motion, forces and simple machines in science.

The children are making good progress in their reading. That 20 minutes of reading every night is very important. Raz-Kids.com is also a good source of Good-Fit books. I hope you are finding the Parent Pipelines useful.

On February 1 we will have our fact test on the 8’s and 9’s. If you remember that the order of factors in multiplication problems is not important,( 4x 8 = is the same as 8 x4 =) the children only have a few facts to learn before February 1. After we finish our geometry unit we will focus more on multiplication and beginning division.