Update February 11th

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Hello Wonderful Families,

Thank you so much for all of you that made it out to LegoLand for our field trip, I hope you and/or your kiddo had fun!

Remember that there is NO SCHOOL this Monday, February 10th.

January Assessment Logs went home on Thursday, February 6th.  Please sign and return them to school no later than Friday, February 14th, please.

February Poems came home last Monday, February 3rd.  Please make sure your kiddo has selected a poem and is practicing.  Poems will be recited starting Monday, February 24th.

Valentine's Day is this Friday, February 14th.  Handing out valentine’s is completely optional. If students wish to bring Valentine’s Day cards for their friends, please make sure that they have enough for everyone in our class. We have 24 total students.  Their names are listed here for your reference:
  • Blake
  • Belle
  • Logan
  • Carter
  • McKenzy
  • Luke
  • Raegan
  • Matthias
  • Wyatt
  • Stone
  • Ahaan
  • Maddox
  • Kenzi
  • Mark
  • Ryder
  • Konnor
  • Claire
  • Bella
  • Jordan
  • Isaak
  • Paige
  • Brooklyn
  • Madison
  • Addy 

The final day to take AR quizzes for this trimester is Friday, February 21st.  That is only 8 school days away! Please make sure that kiddos are completing their nightly reading and are ready to quiz when they come to school! You can check your kiddos progress using the Renaissance link on the left-hand side of this blog.
Just a few updates for the coming week:

This week in Math:
Topic 8:
  • Math practices and problem solving
  • Tell time to 5 minutes
  • Tell time before and after the hour
  • Am/Pm

This week in Language Arts:

Reading: Point of View
Grammar: Simple and Compound Sentences
Spelling: (comparative and superlative) bravest, fancier, latest, nicer, slowest, sweetest, weakest, wider, fastest, higher
Vocabulary:
  • deep: far down from the top
  • interested: wanting to know about something
  • unique: not like anything else
  • rank: to give something an order
  • reverse: move backward

Writing: Opinion Writing- I Wanna Iguana Opinion Assessment

This week in Leadership:
8 Key Strategies for Success
Empathy

Homework:.  Find the Evidence will go home on Tuesday and is due Friday.  Please remember to fill in your Reading Log and complete your math sheet nightly. 

Looking forward to a great week!

Alison

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