INFO: Feb. 3-12

*Courage is our Moral Focus for the month of February.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.  **THIS WEEK- due on Tuesday, Feb. 10.**  Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for February Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.

*Upcoming Events:
Friday, Feb. 6 is our field trip to the Outdoor Discovery Center. 
Wednesday, Feb. 11: Full day of school, Evening Conferences
Thursday, Feb. 12: Valentine Party, Dismissal at 11:30, Afternoon Conferences
Friday, Feb. 13: No School, Staff PD Day
Monday, Feb. 16: No School, President's Day 

MATH (Feb. 3-12)
Chapter 5: Unknown Partners with Teen Totals, Subtraction with Teen Numbers, & Mixed Practice with Teen Problems,
**Quarter 3 EB Groups will focus on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Feb. 3-10)
Amazing Words: growth, public, teeter, makeshift, population, shuffle, crooked, spindly

**Spelling Words: by, try, fly, cry, my, sunny, handy, lucky, silly, puppy

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -A Place to Play

Action Verbs

EBLI Lessons

Science

This week we will focus on the importance of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.  Then we will begin a unit on the 3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases.   

INFO for Jan. 26-30

*Perseverance is our Moral Focus for the month of January.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for JANUARY Book-IT.  Calendars are due at the end of the month. 
*Monday, Jan. 26 is the beginning of the third marking period.  Conferences are being held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 11 and Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12. There will not be school on Friday, Feb. 13 due to a teacher PD Day.  The students also have off Monday, Feb. 16 for Winter Break.   

MATH (Jan. 26-30)
We will be wrapping up Chapter 4 this week with a quiz and review in preparation for the Chapter Assessment.  We will also begin Chapter 5: Lesson 1- Unknown Partners with Teen Totals
**Quarter 3 EB Groups will focus on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Jan. 26-30)
Amazing Words: individual, special, slither, eagerly, industrious, creep, romp, wander

**Spelling Words: feet, we, she, be, he, green, tree, see, me, week

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -Honey Bees

Nouns in Sentences

EBLI Lessons

Science

This week we will focus on the importance of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.   

Info for January 19-23

*Perseverance is our Moral Focus for the month of January.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for JANUARY Book-IT
*Looking Ahead... Friday, Jan. 23 is the last day in the marking period.

MATH (Jan. 19-23)
We are working in CH 4. Lessons include: Mixed Addition with Tens and Ones, Counting on Strategy: 2-Digit Numbers, Practice with 2-Digit Numbers, 2-Digit Addition Games, Focus on Mathematical Practices. 

READING  (Jan. 19-23)
Amazing Words: environment, thrive, slimy, capture, require, inhale, sludge, creature

**Spelling Words: huge, tube, cute, mule, June, use, flute, rule, cube, rude

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -Life in the Forest

Singular and Plural Nouns

EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
We are working on a MAPPING unit.

Updated due to snow days! :)

*Perseverance is our Moral Focus for the month of January.  

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day. 

*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.  Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in. *HOMEWORK Packets will be due by Wednesday, Jan. 14. 
*We have started using our new behavior plan system.  If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.  
*Log your reading minutes for JANUARY Book-IT
*Looking Ahead... No School Friday, Jan. 16: Staff PD Day.  Friday, Jan. 23 is the last day in the marking period.  

MATH (Jan. 12-15)
We are working in CH 4. Lessons include: Practice with Tens and Ones, Use Place Value to Compare Numbers, Mixed Addition with Tens and Ones, and an interactive math notebook activity.

READING  (Jan. 12-15)  **continued from last week
Amazing Words: enemy, protect, holler, bluff, extinct, crater, swamp, boisterous

**Spelling Words: home, woke, hose, stone, hope, those, joke, rose, bone, rode  ** We will take this test on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -The Big Circle  ** THIS TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESAY, Jan. 14. 

Proper Nouns- Days, Months, Holidays

 

EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
We will begin a MAPPING unit after NWEA testing is complete.