Welcome back and happy 2013! I spent the vacation being well taken care of by my family and friends and am on the road to a speedy recovery!

Language Arts: This week we will be reading Sleeping Pig. It is a fun story about a pig that won't wake up! Our strategy focus is summering stories and our comprehension focus will be story structure. Use both of these strategies when enjoying books at home with you child this week.

Social Studies: We will start out unit on Famous Americans and learn how these great leaders helped to change and form our country. We will start with Martin Luther King Jr. and end with a very, very special American. (make sure and ask your child who this very, very special American is)

Math: We will be learning about place value in Chapter 12 so please complete the at home pages from Chapter 12. This chapter also focuses on counting by 10's, one more, one less, ten more, ten less, writing numbers 1 to 100 and estimating.

Choir: We are exciting to get back our weekly choir practice and I wanted to let you know that on January 30th we will be performing. Location and time TBA.

Reading Logs: Please complete your child's reading log daily writing down the book read and signing each day that your child has been working on math skills. This Reading Log is due each FRIDAY.

PE: Each Monday and Tuesday afternoon we have PE class so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in all the activities.

Library: A reminder that each Thursday we go to Rio's library so please help your child remember to return his/her book to class by Friday.