Weekly Letter

2/20/09



Dear Parents,



Did you know we learned many different interesting things this week. If you continue to read you will be amazed by all our hard work.

First we have been working on six different bug species. The species we have been learning about are, Praying Mantis, Banded Alder Borer, Black Fly, Darkling Beetle, Orange Rumped Bee, Blue Eyed Dragon Fly, Camel Cricket, and Mosquito. We have found interesting facts like Praying Mantis are amazing killers of the insect world and Black Flies bite people and can put their larva into their skin. Also the Orange Rumped Bumble Bee makes honey and lives in nests.

We have also continued to work on writing our stories from our cartoons. Our stories are becoming extremely interesting and we will publish them on our blog so the world can read them. Hopefully we will make a book and send it home so you can read everyone’s work.

Finally we have just begun learning about x2 and reviewing x7. The class seems to be doing very well but we need to continue to study so that when we have our test next week we all pass. Today in math we learned about fractions and we used blocks to help us understand how different fractions are equal and how they can be added together. It was fun.

We hope to have a great weekend in the warm spring sunshine.

Sincerely,

Your Bug Expert