Weekly Update

Newsletter 4/14/14

 A note from Mrs. Horn…

Our hallway will be busy making notebooks to sell to the school for Relay for Life.  Students can preorder:  a bookmark ($1), notebook ($1), Harmony wooden coin ($2) or a set of “worry dolls” ($5).  All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.  All preorders must be in by Wednesday, April 16^th.  This is our only fundraiser for Relay for Life. 

With the weather warming up, we will be going outside as much as possible for recess and brain breaks! Please be sure your child has on proper shoes for the playground.  Flip flops, strappy sandals and crocs are cute, but dangerous for them to run in and wear on the playground equipment. 

 

Please also do not forget to send in a water bottle and healthy small snack each day. 

 

We are getting into the busy time of the school year!  Next week on Tuesday and Wednesday we will have scrimmage testing for 3^rd-5^th grade.  This means our Related arts time will be shorter and at a different time. 

 

If your child doesn’t know how to tie their shoes, now would be a great time to learn.  Check out some of the methods below. 

-       Old Fashion Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tt7iI0VV8

-       New Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWl2dPfBQPk

-       Alternative Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFKxElIr_A

 

Dates to Remember

·         April 15^th: Eat Lunch with someone you love & Book Fair

·         May 2^nd: Snow Make Up Day

·         May 20^th: No School for Students- Election Day

·         May 21-23 & May 27 & 28:  3^rd -5^th grade school wide testing. NO VOLUNTEERS or LUNCH VISITORS DURING THESE DAYS. 

·         May 26^th: No School- Memorial Day

·         June 3^rd: Zoo Field Trip

·         June 6^th: Last Day of School

 

What are we learning?

Reading Workshop

We are finishing up our unit on story elements by reading literary books from different continents.  We are also reading informational books about each continent and focusing on each continent setting (environments). 

 

Writing Workshop

We will continue to write our retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.  We are changing the setting and characters.  They have gotten very creative with these!  

 

Word Study

This week we will learn about the word families: -ell, -ill, -all. Our word wall words for this week are: down, us, any.  Have your child sing you the songs for these words.

 

Math

We will continue with our unit on number stories.  We will determine how to use numbers in my math stories, how to solve missing addends and how to solve number stories using a calculator!

 

Science/ Social Studies

We are continuing our unit on The Great Big World.  This week we are focusing on Australia and Antarctica.   

 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Computers	Computers	Computers	Computers	Art

 

Thank you for all you do,

Christie Horn