Odds and Ends:
* No School Mon. 1/21 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Enjoy your day off!
* Spelling Bee: We will be holding our classroom spelling bee Tues. and Thurs. of next week. Your child received a list of words gr. 3-8 that will be used. The final top 2 spellers in our classroom on Thurs. will advance to our grade level bee.
*Water.org Donations: Thank you to all who donated to water.org. I have been collecting all of the money and will make the donation on Thurs. 1/24. Total collected will be announced soon! A donation will be made in Liam's honor for his 2nd birthday and in honor of each student in the classroom. We can make a difference in the lives of others!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
* Mon. 1/21: No School
*Tues. 1/22: Spelling Bee Practice
Math: Ch. 21 Checkpoint
*Thurs. 1/24: Spelling Bee: Top 2 students advance to grade level bee
Liam's 2nd Birthday :)
*Fri. 1/25: Spelling: List 15 Test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
* Reading: We began our guided reading groups. Students will work on their fiction novels, as well as conduct research on non fiction topics related to their novels. We will have mini lessons on story elements and questioning this week as we apply our skills to the books we are reading. Each book has vocabulary that goes along with the chapters. Please help your child review the words that they find tricky each night to prepare them for the quizzes (which will be announced at a later date...check their assignment notebooks in the upcoming days.)
* English: We will continue our study of verbs.
*Spelling: Due to the shortened week, there will be only 2 homework assignments this week. The homework will be due on Thurs. The test will be on Fri. Also, we will have our classroom spelling bee on Tues. and Thurs. of this week (moved from Fri.). All students will participate at the classroom level. The top 2 spellers from Thurs. bee will advance to the grade level bee, which will be held on Mon. 1/28.
*Social Studies: We will continue our study of culture and immigration (ch. 3). Be on the look out for information coming home regarding our culture day activity.
*Science: We will take a short break from science as we focus on social studies.
*Math: We will take our ch. 21 graded review on Tues. A study guide was sent home this week, as well as some review guides. We will begin ch. 14 on lines and angles on Tues. We also have finished our 7 weeks of multiplication review. I am so proud of the students work with their facts! If you child did not pass the test today, please review the problems they missed. Retakes will begin on Tues.
Have a great, long weekend! I will be celebrating a special birthday with the cutest soon-to-be 2 year old I know...Liam!
Mrs. Olsen
