If you have Internet access at home, you may access some of our new ebooks online.
1. Go to the Grady County website. (www.grady.k12.ga.us)
2. Click on Parents tab
3. Scroll down to Follett-Library Catalog
4. Choose Whigham School
5. Click Destiny Discover
6. Click Interactive ebook
7. Username: whigham Password: indians
8. Select book

These are non-fiction books that students are allowed to test on as well. I hope you find this helpful.

Our test over Jellies will be tomorrow. It is important that students be able to distinguish between fact and opinion. There will also be a cold read section on this test. Short and constructed responses will appear on tests soon.

As you may be aware, we are currently reading Chocolate Fever. To celebrate our completion of this book, we will have a chocolate party on Valentine’s Day. EACH STUDENT is requested to bring their own “favorite food dish made of chocolate.” In other words, not something you can buy in the store, but something you make. Examples may be: chocolate macaroni, chocolate spaghetti, etc. Please bring enough for each student in their respective classes to sample these wonderful creations!

Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have.
k.stewart@grady.k12.ga.us

January 25-Spotlight Program @ 9:05
January 26-Reptile Show ($2.00)
February 10-Whigham Superhero 5K

ELA-We will not be reading a new story from our reading textbook this week. Instead, we are focusing on writing. We will be learning about and writing opinion pieces.

Math-We have starting our unit on telling time to five minutes-Module 14.

**MID-YEAR CONFERENCES**
Thanks to all who have responded and scheduled a mid-year conference. I would like to meet with all parents. If you haven’t returned the yellow sheet, please let me know of a time that works best for you!

Our Whigham Tribe Trot, a fundraiser offered through PTO, will be held on Feb. 10. We would love to see everyone there! Follow the link if you wish to register. Also, hard copies of the registration forms are being sent home today.
https://www.raceentry.com/race-reviews/whigham-school-superhero-5k-1-mile-and-tribe-trot

The MagLab invites everyone to join us for the first Science Night of 2018! Join us on Thursday, January 18 for Science Night with the MagLab at Barnes & Noble. This month we will energize the audience with demos all about electricity!

If you go:
MagLab Science Night atarts at 6:30 PM inside Barnes and Noble (2415 N. Monroe St.) in the Centre of Tallahassee. It lasts 30-45 minutes. The activity is appropriate for ages 4-12, but all ages are invited to come.

We will have a test on this text tomorrow, Wednesday, January 17.

We have started our new anchor text this week, How Chipmunk Got His Stripes. We will also be working on persuasive writing this 9 weeks. Additionally, we have started reading Chocolate Fever for our read aloud extended text.
Report cards will be sent home tomorrow.
As always, please email me with any questions you may have.

K. Stewart
k.stewart@grady.k12.ga.us