Week of Jan. 21

Upcoming Events:

J Feb. 13 2 hr. early out

JFeb. 14 Valentine’s Day (a list of names will be coming soon)

JFeb. 18 No School, President’s Day

Notes:

J Throughout the year I check out books from our school library that go with the units we are studying.  These books are for students to read and look at to expand their knowledge on the topics that I am teaching.  We are missing a few books.  Please check your house for these books as they might have accidently gone home with a student.  Thank you! (Trucksgiving, The Best Book of Snakes, Molly the Great Tell the Truth, and Water As a Liquid)

J We have received our first out of country Travel Teddy back from Canada.  We have also received one back from Cherokee, Iowa.

JPennies for Patients has started.  Please send any change around your house in with your child and they can put it in the class box.

JReminder: When you come to volunteer please stop by the office and let Mrs. Siemers know you are here and pick up a visitor’s badge.  When you are done volunteering please stop in and tell her you are leaving. 

Things to Work on:

J Fractions: ½ and ¼  

What we have been up to:

Reading: This week is the first week that a challenge spelling list was offered for students who passed the pretest on Monday.  We are working on the word families –oke, -ose, and –ote.    

Math: This week we continued to compare two numbers.  Students are learning what some key words are that tell them to add or subtract.  This week we started learning about measuring using the inch.

Science/ Social Studies: This week we started the week learning about Martin Luther King and some significant things that he did.  We have finished our unit of study on United States symbols.  We wrapped up our unit talking about national holidays that we have.