Kemp - Brazile 2/19

Parents-

 

First day back felt like I worked a double-shift. I’m sure the kids a little tired too after the break.

 

Thanks for so many nice gifts and cards. You’ve made “Teacher Appreciation” very nice. In return I’ve given your kids a penny.

 

Sounds really bad in that context, but I really had planned to give them a penny regardless. I’m just that kind of guy…

Actually, I’d love for you to have a conversation with your child about the penny. The pennies were minted in 1943, a time when copper was rationed due to World War II. These pennies were made of steel and most have some form of rust on them. We checked them out with a magnet so they could see the difference in that aspect with copper pennies. Ask them about rationing during the war…

 

We’ll have our Science unit test Friday covering Magnetism and Electricity. With all the weather delays, I think we’ve been studying this forever. Our Social Studies test is next Tuesday covering WWII.

 

Friday, we’ll also have our weekly Computation and Problem Solving tests, along with our Spelling test.

 

Next week, we’ll get started on our Cold War to 1975 unit in Social Studies and the Cells and Organisms unit in Science. Spelling will continue with the next sorts and in Reading, we’ll continue with Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. For Writing, we’re working on our stories focusing on pulling together our lessons for great beginnings, details, and great endings. Those will be completed in class and turned in next week.

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

 

Thanks,

Shane Brazile

 

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