Wednesday, February 29, 2012

March Letter

Dear Parents,

Believe it or not, we are already into March with almost three quarters of the year completed. In science we continue to support the “Living Systems” unit helping students acquire the vocabulary of vascular plants and the process of photosynthesis.

Taking us up to conference time, our class will continue to support the mainstream classroom in developing students’ literary analysis by helping students find, use, and explain evidence. This is a difficult skill for all fifth graders, and so we will continue to work on it throughout the remainder of the year. You can help by asking for evidence to prove opinions and explanations.

Please mark your calendars for Mr. Gurecki’s ESL Talk “Preventing Summer Brain Drain.” He will be presenting to parents of ESL students in Grades 3-5 on Tuesday March 27 at 2:50 in 4A14 (Mr. Martin’s room). Mr. Gurecki will address the ways to create a strong summer plan to help your child consolidate and further enhance his/her English level gains over the summer. We hope to see you there.

Before that, we look forward to seeing you at our conferences Thursday March 15, and Friday March 16 at your designated time. Your child’s homeroom teacher and ESL teacher will be joining you at one of the conference centers during your child’s activity-based conference time.


Best regards,

Mark Gurecki Virginia Blais Lynn Somers

Wednesday, February 1, 2012