Week of March 25

Upcoming Events:

JApril 1 Snow Make-up Day

J April 10 2 hr. Early Out

JApril 15 Family Literacy Night at 6:30 at West Elementary

 

Notes:

JMonday we finished Iowa Assessments.  I am proud of this class and how hard each students worked. J

J We are running out of glue sticks.  Please send more so we can make it till the end of the school year.  Thank you!

JOur word work this week involve all kinds of painting.  One painting is with watercolors, another is with sponge letters, and the last is with puff paint.  Students are also able use the Smart Board during word work.

JWe have started a new fundraiser.  Profits earned from this will be set aside for technology improvements: laptops, smart boards, etc.

JWednesday we will go on our field trip to Sugar Shack in Algona.  Please make sure students bring tennis shoes and boots as we will be walking on trails.  We will be eating at the Chrome Restaurant for lunch and returning to school around 2:30.

 

Things to Work on:

J Spelling Contract (It is important to practice spelling words each night.   This allows the words that we are learning to carry over from the short term memory to the long term memory and be able to apply these words in their writing.)

 

What we have been up to:

Reading: This week in reading we are working on words with ar.  Students sorted their spelling words and then were able to practice writing them in sentences.

Math: This week we worked on making change for one dollar as well as adding two digit addition problems with a missing addend.  We have completed this unit and will start a new unit next week.

Science/ Social Studies: We finished our unit on motion and started a new unit on weather.  Mrs. Patton from Palo Alto County Conservation Board came and introduced our new unit by talking about stars and a few other weather related topics