Jan. 30- Feb. 3

Wow! Have we got a busy month coming up! Looking ahead there are few dates and events to mark on your calendar:

Wednesday, February 1st: Report Cards Will be Distributed

Students will no longer be sent home with their report cards, teachers will be handing them directly to a parent or family member. If we do not see you at drop-off or pick-up, the report card will be mailed home.

Thursday, February 2nd: Groundhog Day

Have your student watch the news, look on the comupter, or listen to the radio to see if the the groundhog saw his shadow or not. If they can tell me on Thursday, they will receive a special treat!

Tuesday, February 7th: 100th Day of School!!

We will be celebrating our 100th day of school, ask your student about some of the fun activities we did to commemorate the day!

Tuesday, February 14th: Valentine's Day

We will be making special valentine mail boxes so if you have any cereal boxes or large Kleenex boxes that you could donate we'll take them! We will have a Valentine's Day party in the afternoon. Please make sure that if your child comes to school with valentines that they have one for each student in the class, a list will be sent home the Friday before!

NO SCHOOL Monday, February 20th: President's Day

HALF-DAY Wednesday, February 23rd: Crosswalk available until 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February, 23rd: Open House/ Art Show: 7-8 p.m.

Very Important Person Project

For the month of February we'll be learning about very important people in Social Studies. Students will be given directions for a VIP project (going home Feb. 1st) which will include making a 3x5 trading card and a diorama, both of which will be displayed during Open House. The directions will have an extensive list of people for the students to choose from. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

The following are our spelling words and home work for the week:

fetch, menu, simmer, devour, among, draw, fault, good, decide, pause

(word wall words to study as well: wing, rest, heat, dice, zone)

Monday: Spelling- 3 times each, Math- 6.5/Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes

Tuesday: Spelling- 10 Sentences, Math- 6.6/Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes

Wednesday: Spelling- 5 Definitions, Math- 6.7/Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes

Thursday: Spelling- ABC Order, Math- 6.8/Math Facts, Reading- 15 Minutes

Friday: Reading- 15 minutes, VIP Project

Jan. 23- Jan. 27

Hi Families and Friends! Looking at our week here are a few reminders:

• Ms. Welkly (music teacher), has asked each student to complete a project at home and return it this Friday, January 27th. Directions went home on Friday, please let me know if you need another copy sometime this week!
• Character Trait Chapel, Monday the 23rd, 2:15 p.m. in Monschke Hall. Congratulations to the following students: Bella P., Connor B., Malayah W., Dylan W., Isaac C., Grace S., Tallia H.!
• Second quarter ends on Friday, January 27th, report cards will be sent home next week!

Home work and spelling words are as follows:
hunger, examine, mammal, rescue, young, city, own, below, took, zoo
extra 5 word wall words: air, write, point, high, soon

Monday: Spelling-3x each, Math- 6.1/ math facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Tuesday: Spelling- 10 sentences, Math- 6.2/ math facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Wednesday: Spelling- 5 definitions, Math- 6.3/math facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Thursday: Spelling- ABC order, Math- 6.4/ math facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Friday: Reading- 15 minutes, Math- math facts

Jan. 17- Jan. 20

Hi Families! I hope you enjoyed your 3 day weekend! Just a reminder that we have a minimum day on Friday, January 20th. Students will be dismissed at 12:00 p.m., Cross Walk will be available until 6:00 p.m. Have a great week!

Spelling words and homework for the week are as follows:
inform, serious, heal, aid, chew, knew, clever, comfort, soup, suit

Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: Spelling- 3x each, Math- 5.9/ Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Wednesday: Spelling- 5 definitions, Math- 5.10 /Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Thursday: Spelling- ABC order, Math- 5.11/ Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes

Jan. 9- Jan. 13

What a great first week back after vacation! Everyone has successfully applied and received a job in Mitchellville, payday is tomorrow! Also, we had a visitor, Dr. Ana Conda from the Zooland Association, came to give a presentation on living and non-living things! She'll be visiting quite a bit this month since we are studying a zoo unit in science!

We will begin Math Facts this week. This is a daily practice of math facts, each student will be given a timed test each Friday to complete as many problems as they can. If they complete them all in the time allotted time, they move to the next fact page. Instructions will be provided in the Math Facts packet. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions!

Just a reminder about a few things. First, if you're looking for a place to get plugged in, the computer lab always enjoys having volunteers. We have computer on Thursdays from 12:20 p.m.-1:20 p.m. Secondly, make sure your child comes prepared for gym each week with the appropriate clothing and shoes, we have gym om Mondays and Wednesdays. Thanks parents, families and friends have a great week!

Spelling words and homework for the week are as follows:
obey, buddy, tip, above, color, song, accident, attention, coin, noise

Monday: Spelling- 3x each, Math- 5.5/ Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Tuesday: Spelling- 10 Sentences, Math- 5.6/ Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Wednesday: Spelling- 5 definitions, Math- 5.7 /Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes
Thursday: Spelling- ABC order, Math- 5.8/ Math Facts, Reading- 15 minutes