A few things went home today that have due dates:
1) Retreat permission slip- due Friday, March 8th.  Our retreat is a 2 parter- the morning is at the Franciscan Renewal Center and the afternoon is spent at school completing 3 rotations of Lent activities.  It's a really special day that I look forward to each year!  There will be numerous opportunities for volunteer help during the retreat, both at in the morning and afternoon!

2) March Book Orders- due March 8th.

3) Free homework pass- the kids earned 2 from the Fun Run.  We went over the "rules" today- that the may use them as they see fit, but they will still be responsible for the skills we're practicing.  For example, tonight's IXL is practicing classifying quadrilaterals- when test day comes, they will still have to answer questions about quadrilaterals.  That being said, they may have done great with today's lesson and skipping this additional practice is fine!  :)

New spelling words came home today- test on Friday!  We read Sacagawea from our Journeys book today.  After we read, the kids had to use a graphic organizer to tell me the main idea and supporting details.  We also reviewed shades of meaning again- using the correct synonym for the correct context of a sentence.

We set up our next science experiment. We are finding out if rocks and vinegar had a chemical reaction, so we soaked the rocks in vinegar and to find out, we're letting the vinegar evaporate to see if anything is left in our dishes.

We classified quadrilaterals today in math.  IXL is homework.

I have two kids with fevers tonight- so I'll be home tomorrow, however, Mrs. Jauquet will be subbing!