Week of 2/24

Odds and Ends: 

* Culture Day: We are working hard on researching interesting facts about our countries and cultures. Next week I will assign a date for your child to present. Presentations will be tentatively scheduled for March 10, 11,  and 12 if we finish our final copies as planned. A note will come home with your child's presentation date, as well as more details about the presentation.  Please check in with your child to see how they are progressing in the research. We hope to all be ready to type our final copies by the first week of March.  Thanks!1

*February Reading Logs: Reading logs are due Mon. 3/2, but can be turned in when you have completed 20 days of reading. Thanks! 


THANK YOU to all of the parents who volunteered their time or donated items to our Valentine's Party. The kids had a great time!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Thurs. 2/27: Spelling: 3 activities and test 
Math: 12's multiplication test 


*Fri. 2/28: No School: Institute Day

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*ELA: We will work on continuing to research and type our final copies of our country/culture report. We are also focusing on non fiction text features and structures. 

* Spelling: We will continue to work with the same lists as last week. Due to the shortened week, the activities and test will be on Thurs. 2/27. During the month of March, we will take a break from spelling and focus on a word study of prefixes and suffixes. 

*Social Studies: We are working on our culture day projects. A note will be sent home containing information about your child's presentation on their culture/country. A portion of the presentation is reading a few of the chapters of their paper, which we are working on in class. They also need to prepare some of the presentation at home- they can bring in artifacts (photos, souvenirs, clothing, food), make a poster about the culture, a google slide show, etc. The note will explain their options.


 If your child chooses to send in food from his/her culture to share, please keep the following guidelines in mind: 
1. bite sized samples only to share!
2. send in a complete list of ingredients and NO NUTS please
3. If your food requires utensils or cups/plates, please provide them

This is a highlight of the year and the kids and teachers LOVE these presentations. It's a great way to learn about the world and each other. The presentations will begin the week of March 9 (Tues, Wed, and Thurs of that week).  Your child's note will have the exact day of their presentation, as not all students can share on the same day. 

*Science: We are having fun exploring traits and inheritance. Ask your child about the clay creatures they made in class and how they knew what traits to include! 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working with division and multiplication, arrays, and writing our own story problems. We are also learning about perimeter and area. We will work on 11's multiplication facts next week. 

Have a great weekend together!
Best, 
Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 2/18

Odds and Ends: 

THANK YOU to all of the parents who volunteered their time or donated items to our Valentine's Party. The kids had a great time! Happy Valentines Day!

*Oak Trace field trip: We will spend 9-10:30 at the Oak Trace Retirement center on Tues.  Please send your child in with a small game, picture books, coloring books, or puzzle books to play with a senior citizen. See the list below for ideas: 

Go fish 

Uno 

checkers 

chess

Candy Land

small puzzles

coloring book 

Deck of cards

Bingo

Dice games

At least three picture books

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon. 2/17: No School

*Tues. 2/18: Field Trip to Oak Trace Retirement Home

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*ELA: We will work researching our country/culture report. We are also focusing on non fiction text features and structures.  We are also applying some of these features to our country reports. 

* Spelling: We will begin a new spelling unit on Tues. 2/18. The work and test will be due on Thurs. 2/27 (no school that Friday due to institute day)

*Social Studies: We are working on our culture day projects. A note will be sent home at some point containing information about your child's presentation on their culture/country. A portion of the presentation is reading a few of the chapters of their paper, which we are working on in class. They also need to prepare some of the presentation at home- they can bring in artifacts (photos, souvenirs, clothing, food), make a poster about the culture, a google slide show, etc. The note will explain their options.


 If your child chooses to send in food from his/her culture to share, please keep the following guidelines in mind: 
1. bite sized samples only to share!
2. send in a complete list of ingredients and NO NUTS please
3. If your food requires utensils or cups/plates, please provide them

This is a highlight of the year and the kids and teachers LOVE these presentations. It's a great way to learn about the world and each other. The presentations won't begin until March.  Your child's note will have the exact day of their presentation, as not all students can share on the same day. 

*Science: We are working on inheritance and traits. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working with division and multiplication, arrays, and writing our own story problems. We are also learning about perimeter and area. We will work on 9's multiplication facts this week.  We will have our 9's multiplication test on Fri. 2/21. 

Have a great weekend together!
Best, 
Mrs. Olsen 

week of 2/10

Odds and Ends: 

Parent teacher conferences with your child's math teacher will be held next week Mon and Tues, and Wed. . 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. 2/13 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 22 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!


* Oak Trace Retirement Field Trip: We will visit Oak Trace retirement home on Tues. 2/18. If your child has a book of puzzle, card game, or board game they would like to bring to play with a Senior Citizen, please send it to school with them on Tues. 2/18.  Thanks! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Thurs. 2/13: Happy Valentine's Day! 
Spelling: 3 activities and test due 

*Fri. 2/14: No School 
*Mon. 2/17: No School: President's Day 

*Tues. 2/18: Oak Trace Retirement Home Field Trip 

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. 2/13. 
 
*Science: We are working on traits and inheritance. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We began Unit 5 on Monday, learning more about the relationship between multiplication and division. We will take a break next week on fact fluency test's due to the short week, but we will pick up with 9's multiplication after the long weekend. 

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen