Odds and Ends:
Parent teacher conferences with your child's math teacher will be held next week Mon and Tues. If you have not signed up and are interested in meeting with your child's math teacher, please email!
Valentine's Day: We will have a classroom celebration on Thurs. 2/14 from 1:30-2:15. We will be making our own decorated Valentine's bags to be used as our "mail boxes" for Valentines. If your child wishes to share Valentine's with his/her classmates, we have 23 students in our room. It is optional, however, if you share, we ask you bring enough for every student in the room. Your child will be taking home a class list today if they choose to personalize their cards (again, optional!) Any treats attached to the cards will be sent home to be enjoyed. Remember, we are a nut free classroom!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Thurs. 2/14: Happy Valentine's Day! Spelling: 3 activities and test due
Math: 8's multiplication test
*Fri. 2/15: No School
*Mon. 2/18: No School: President's Day
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue to explore non fiction text features and structures. We will also work on writing informational papers as we start our culture day research. Your child should pick a country/culture from their own background to do research on and eventually present a culture day project on (more information coming home on that later). We will begin doing our research in class on Monday, so please have them choose a country from their own culture over the weekend. This is a connection to our social studies unit on culture and immigration and a great way for students to share about their own cultures to their classmates.
*Spelling: We will work with the same words from last week. 3 activities and a test are due on Thurs. 2/14.
*Social Studies: We are wrapping up our unit on ch. 3. Your child should have 3 graded quizzes in their SS folder that they can use to study for Wednesday's test. We will be taking the last lesson 4 quiz on Monday. Your child received a study guide this week. Filling out the study guide is optional, however, I explained to the class the importance of studying a little each night to prepare for the test. They can bring home their SS textbook each night as long as they return it to school the next day so we can use it . If your child fills out the study guide, they can earn PAWs or goodie tickets. We will play a review game on Tues and take the test on Wed. 2/13.
*Science: We are working on gravity and magnetic forces and how 2 forces can be acting upon one object at once. We are learning about stability, balanced and unbalanced objects and forces. Ask your child how they made a paper clip float!
*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will begin Unit 5 on Monday, learning more about the relationship between multiplication and division. We will also focus on 8's multiplication facts, with the test on Thurs. 2/14.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
