Odds and Ends:
*Spelling Bee: A list of words will be available for your child to review as they prepare for our classroom spelling bee. We will have our first practice on Wed. 1/21 and are final class bee on Fri. 1/23. The winner and runner up from our classroom bee will advance to the grade level bee on Wed. 1/28. The winner and runner up from the grade level bee will advance to the district bee on 2/9.
*Matter Matters: Please send in your $7.50 to participate in our "in class" field trip from High Touch-High Tech as they enrich our unit on matter.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Mon. 1/19: No School: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
*Wed. 1/21: First Class Spelling Bee
*Fri. 1/23: Final Class Spelling Bee
Prefix/Suffix Graded Review
Math: 9's multiplication timed test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue practicing our Daily 5 reading rotations as we learn about culture through a variety of texts. We are working on cause and effect and theme.
*English: We will begin our study of adjectives.
* Spelling: There is no spelling this week. We will finish up our unit on prefix and suffix.
* Social Studies: We will continue to learn about culture as we focus on immigration this week.
Don't forget to continue working on your Culture Day project and presentation. Your child is either presenting on Mon. 1/26 or Tues. 1/27.
*Science: We will continue our study of matter (ch.11). We will focus on states of matter and how matter changes states.
*Math: We will continue to work on ch. 6 as we learn about the Associative Property of Multiplication and apply our knowledge of facts with word problems. We will focus on 9's multiplication next week. The last day to pass 9's will be 1/23.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
